Sunday, March 16

Verses from Today

In our reading through the gospels we have reached Luke. I have always loved the story of this centurion, so I thought I would share it here. Even if you have read it before read it again!

“And a centurion's slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave. When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored Him, saying, ‘He is worthy for You to grant this to him; for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue.’ Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, ‘Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof; for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it.’ Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, ‘I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.’ When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.” ~ Luke 7:2-10

Change of Plans

Yesterday morning my Father and one of my brothers were going to fly out of state for a few days of visiting and meetings, so my Mother, Grandpa, and another one of my brothers took them to the airport and then went shopping. Due to the delay from Wednesday’s snow storm, however, their flight kept getting delayed. When it became apparent that they would not be able to fly yesterday, the trip was cancelled and they all came home.

Visits

We have had several more visits from cousins, as well as one of my Grandpa’s brothers and one of his cousins. It has been so nice to see some old friends again, and we’re looking forward to seeing more!

Card “Challenge”

My Grandma, sisters, and I spent a good share of the past two days making cards. One thing that we enjoy doing is doing what we call a “card challenge”. To do that, everyone thinks of something specific that everyone then has to do on a card. It could be a certain paper, design, or color of paper, or a particular ribbon, or anything else! I’ll include some pictures of our card challenges once I get them downloaded from the camera (It’s too late for that tonight!).