These ladies are amazing! Thank you God for a weekend full of fellowship, worship, teaching, good food, sunshine, love and meditation.

On Saturday we went to Santee Lakes to get some fresh air and just relax. We lounged on our blanket and later took a stroll up the lake to a small playground where we introduced Corbin to a swing. He loved it. He was all smiles and giggles. Afterward we walked across the way toward the water and grabbed our bread and sat down to watch and feed the ducks. Corbin also thought this was fun and enjoyed watching the ducks eat the small pieces of bread we threw their way.

On occasion I watch Stasi for the day. She’s 2 1/2 years old. Each time I watch her I try to come up with things to do to pass the day. Last time we tried a playgroup. I think she was overwhelmed because there were so many moms and kids around. She pretty much stayed to herself and played quietly. This time we met up with Kathleen at Big Rock Park in Santee. Kathleen is mutual friend’s of Stasi’s parents and has two boys of her own. Ethan is almost 3 and Quintin is 5 or 6 months. You could tell Stasi was much more comfortable in this setting. She had a blast playing on the playground, swinging and climbing on rocks. Corbin and Quintin also had fun. They spend their time eating, soaking up the sun, playing with grass and leaves as well as the toy lunchbox filled with fake food.

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Preaching the gospel to yourself and to others is an art that all of us must grow in if we seek to see real and lasting change in our lives. It is often assumed the gospel is only for those who have not yet trusted Christ. As we know, this is a faulty view of the gospel and limits its work to a personal salvation experience rather than the explosive power and catalytic dynamic for renewal in our hearts on a continuous basis. To sum up, the life of the Christian is one of continual repentance and belief, without which we slip into a boss/employee, earn/wage, work/rights relationship with our God.

It then becomes the loving responsibility for each of us to run gospel diagnostics to determine whether or not what motivates our actions is “in step” with the gospel (Gal. 2:14).

Here are some gospel questions to ask ourselves:

1) What is my greatest nightmare? What do I worry about most?
2) What, if I failed or lost it, would cause me to feel that I did not even want to live? What keeps me going?
3) What do I rely on or comfort myself with when things go bad or get difficult?
4) What do I think most easily about? Where does my mind go to when I am free? What pre-occupies me?
5) What prayer, unanswered, would make me seriously think about turning away from God?
6) What makes me feel most self-worth? What am I the proudest of?
7) What do I really want and expect out of life? What would really make me happy?

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