February 28 – “Wise Mom. Awesome God”

For those who are checking for the service times for Josh Stone's funeral, the visitation and viewing will be Wednesday evening from 5 to 8 at Carnes Funeral Home in Texas City.  The celebration service will be Thursday afternoon at 4:00, also at the Carnes Funeral Home.   Chris and I realized that our family has quite a connection to the Stone Family through Josh in three very unusual ways.  He was born on my son Nathan's birthday.  He served as the ring bearer at my son Josh's wedding.  And he died on my son Kel's birthday.   We took up an offering for the family today at Seaside.  Looks like we got enough to cover all of the funeral expenses.  They don't know how much of the medical side their insurance will cover, so there may be quite a bit more to come later on.    It was quite a day at Seaside.  Our attendance was back up almost to pre-Ike standards, with several visitors and some folks who haven't been in awhile who came back.  Two of those "returnees" joined back up today.  And three other adults indicated that they have become Christians and want to be baptized.  One of them was a Mom, and her son was also interested, but she wanted to make sure he knew what he was doing first.  Wise Mom.  Awesome God.   Hebrews 12:28-29 says, "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire."   Father, you are awesome.  Yeah.  Amen.