Sunshine

With the dawn's early light I was up and off  to early church ( I attend two places) where a brother just back from the northernmost province told of the heart-hunger, and stark living conditions of the people he had gone to (for the sixth time).  They will sit and listen endlessly as long as one can preach, never glancing at the clock.  It was thirty below zero and there were  no bathrooms......... and, well, I can't go into all that.  They eat not much besides potatoes.  He preached on family relationships and they wept and made things right between family members.

In the gloriously warm sunshine, a large number of us strolled along the canals for a long afternoon walk, sharing  what God is doing and counseling on concerns.  The preacher at that early service had said that so many Christians, when they get together say things like , "Which college will you send your son to?  How big is your apartment?" ---just like unbelievers, instead of asking, "What are you reading in your Bible?  What is God doing in your situation?"  I thought of that, as we walked...... I was the only one in the group who had heard that message, yet I was glad to hear the appropriate topics of conversation introduced.

The children each quote Scripture they have learned each Sunday after they sing,  about midway in the service.  Some have been quoting whole chapters, and I have been thinking how good if we adults would do the same.  A nine-year- old friend in THP has set herself to learn one verse every day, and during vacation it's three verses a day.