January 25 – “A little drama”

The count was 56 attendees.  Some were excited to be there.  Others came because they felt they should.  Others because they had no real choice.  You know, Mom and Dad were coming and sometimes you’re just too young to stay home by yourself.  We were approaching the climax of our study of the Book of Esther.  What would happen at the last banquet?  Would Haman finally be found out?  What would happen to Esther and Mordecai … and all the Jews, for that matter? 

 

It was all just too much to handle without a little drama.  Jim played his impromptu part well, as usual.  But then Don got so into it that he wanted a part as well.  So we acted out Haman getting caught by Xerxes while begging for mercy and having a bag thrown over his head.  No rehearsals here, mind you.  I gotta say, those guys did a remarkable job.  Hollywood would have some new stars … if Hollywood was open right now.  It was lots of fun, and I received a lot of comments later on about how much folks enjoyed it because it made the story come alive.  Now that I know we have some budding actors in our midst, maybe we can do this more often …

 

The online portion of our Sunday experience is really holding steady.  Folks continue to tune in from Alaska, El Salvador, MinneSNOWta, Colorado, Missouri, Tennessee, and several parts of Texas.  Yesterday someone was even watching while they drove.  Well, I hope they meant listened while they drove.

 

The afternoon was spent working on our new puzzle and watching some TV. The puzzle is an array of Christmas sweaters.  Lots of colors and a million unique shapes.  As for TV, we watched a few episodes of Stargate on Netflix.  We also checked in on the Tom Brady versus the World installment.  Looks like Brady won that one.  He’ll be in the Super Bowl.  So will Mahomes.  Battle of the superstars.  Hmm.  Hope the commercials are good this year …

 

Isaiah 55:6 says, “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.”

 

Father, thank you for the involvement of the people at Seaside yesterday.  Sure makes it easier to teach when everybody seems to be getting into what’s happening.  Amen.