One Fine Day

This morning Trevor Devage told the story of Jesus  and the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-11).
Sin leads to
SHAME,
STONES, and ultimately, a
SAVIOR,
he said.
One of the memorable points: "I think Jesus got down at eye level with that woman weeping in the dirt. I think he looked her straight in the eye and said, 'I've got this one.'"
His challenge: "We're going to be a church that gets in the dirt, eye level with sinners."
He asked us to pray for one, invite one, and move for one and announced that we would move from four services in two hours to five services in three hours, starting the week after Easter.  Our church is growing, our services are full, obviously there are many, many around us who don't know Jesus, and we must do what we can to reach them. It was a moving, challenging service, and we're full of anticipation about what the future months will bring.
Dave and Carol Ray visited this morning  and we invited them the grab brunch with us at Bob Evans after the first service. Lots of laughter, but serious life sharing too.
Jennifer is in town this weekend. She came this way a few days early before she heads to Louisville for an NACC 2014 executive committee meeting. So it was a great time with the five of us at lunch.

This afternoon I paid bills, took a long nap, went to the grocery store, and came home to make vegetable soup for supper. It was so yummy. Jen asked if I could pick up some pimiento cheese at the grocery store; she was used to finding a dozen different varieties of it in Nashville, but it's an unknown quantity in Philadelphia.
Oh, it is so good on three-cheese bread and crackers with that hearty minestrone-style vegetable soup.  And we have leftovers!
Settling in and watching the first episode of the History Channel's miniseries, "The Bible," to end a good day.