We are on our second week of attending church back at Cornerstone. We’d gone there before, but when we moved towns it seemed like it was going to be too far, so we began going to something closer. It only ended up being 10 minutes closer. With my job taking me back to Iowa next summer it just made sense to start going back while we are still here, getting some great bible teaching, grow our friendships, and then be able to visit when we’re back in town visiting Rachel’s family.
This week, Dave D. went over Luke
Luke 9:43-45 CSB
And they were all astonished at the greatness of God. While everyone was amazed at all the things he was doing, he told his disciples, [44] "Let these words sink in: The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men." [45] But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
Here’s some of his takeaways I liked enough to write down:
Jesus is the only one who can make us right with God.
You can’t find salvation in politics (president election is in two days, so some people need this reminder 😂)
Suffering has the potential to remind us to keep our eyes on Jesus.
(These ones had to do with the timing of God)
Sometimes God is protecting us from knowing things that would overwhelm us.
Sometimes you only gain clarity with time.
Another Halloween for the boys. This year they both started off being Stitch, but last minute decided he liked Owen’s old Buzz Lightyear costume. Armada definitely knows how to do trick or treating. When we first moved here and our neighbor told us to expect 600+ kids, I thought he was exaggerating. He was not. So many kids and so much candy to go around from everyone in town.
Owen filled his bag up in about twenty minutes after just going down our street. Levi was loving the inflatable shark costumes, thinking it was baby shark.
I love that this is my backyard right now. Especially this time of year before it’s completely dead, you can still see the colors and you get to peek into the woods and see the sunrise.
I still can’t believe they didn’t put the main bedroom on this side of the house though 🤔both boys get to wake up to an excellent view and we are looking into our neighbors driveway 😂