March 15 – “Forever! Forever! Forever!”

We had a fun day at church yesterday.  Actually, it was our guests that made it so special.  First, our little dog Freddy made an appearance.  Cailyn came, too, as Freddy’s handler.  I told the story of how she came to be adopted by us.  That involved three things: 

We had to pay her medical bills. 

We had to agree to take care of her from now on. 

And we had to give her a name. 

It all worked together to make a good point for the teaching: 

Jesus paid the price for our sins. 

He takes us into his family and cares for us from now on. 

He gives us his name – Christian. 

 

And then we got to experience an amazing video from the Humphries Family where they shared their take on what adoption means to them.  It was fun to see them in their element … snow.  Lots of snow.  Here’s a few snippets of their message:

When asked if an adopted family loves her even when she’s bad, Syd immediately responded, “Especially when I’m bad!”

Moriah noted, “Out of all the kids that want to be adopted they chose me.”

And the two boys had a take on how long an adoption was designed to last.  Tossing handful after handful of snow into the air, they cried, “Forever!  Forever!  Forever!”

 

After dropping Freddy off at home, we went to a home blessing for new Seasiders Stewart and Sonya.  They brought in pizza and made a salad.  I did a little house blessing ceremony that we all took part in.  It was a nice time of fellowship.

 

Next we headed out west again.  First we dropped off a delivery in Bay Harbor, then made the trek off island to the Blue Water RV Resort.  Jim and his band were playing a gig there.  Seemed to be a pretty good crowd, although I’m not too sure what would constitute “good” since we are decidedly not campers of any shape, form or fashion.  One whole table was other Seasiders, though.  Ray was celebrating his birthday, so he provided a cooler full of drinks for whoever wanted them.  Some folks even danced.  Cailyn refused to dance with me, though.  Can’t believe she wasn’t impressed by my insanely awesome rock moves.  She did agree to dance with another guy from the church, though.  And as she followed him onto the floor, she tossed over her shoulder, “HE knows how to dance.”  Ouch.  Later, though, she told me that she would rather have been dancing with me.  I guess the two-step is now on my list to learn how to do before she gets married, so I can dance with her at her wedding.  Oh, and some wild lady even managed to drag Chris onto the dance floor to join me at one point.  It wasn’t exactly ballroom, but I guess we managed …

 

Proverbs 13:6 says, “Righteousness guards the person of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.”

 

Father, thank you for adopting us.  Being a part of your forever family is simply amazing.  Amen.