Sunny chilly day

 Bruce stopped by the house about 7:30.  We visited and then went up to the court for pickle ball at 8.   Girls played girls and boys played boys.  When I got home Denny had gotten the spade ready for planting grass seed.   Bruce came over and helped dig and loosen the dirt and I did his laundry.  I am so happy I got the 3 books I ordered on Amazon.  DDD, Fast feast, Repeat, and Read thru the Bible in a Year. The guys ate leftovers before putting seed on the dirt and starting the waterer.  Today I got 3 books delivered.  I had a lot of fruit, so I called Kathy and she came over for fruit smoothies.  They brought burgers for supper. Mandy had a Lifestyle 28 zoom call at 8.      I think it went very well.  

Great post that Kathi shared with the Sunday school class:

Don’t feel sorry for or fear for your kids because the world they are going to grow up in is not what it used to be. God created them and called them for the exact moment in time that they’re in. Their life wasn’t a coincidence or an accident. Raise them up to know the power they walk in as children of God. Train them up in the authority of His Word. Teach them to walk in faith knowing that God is in control. Empower them to know they can change the world. Don’t teach them to be fearful and disheartened by the state of the world but hopeful that they can do something about it. Every person in all of history has been placed in the time that they were in because of God’s sovereign plan. He knew Daniel could handle the lions den. He knew David could handle Goliath. He knew Esther could handle Haman. He knew Peter could handle persecution. He knows that your child can handle whatever challenge they face in their life if they trust in Him. He created them specifically for it! Don’t be scared for your children, but be honored that God chose you to parent the generation that is facing the biggest challenges of our lifetime. Rise up to the challenge. Raise Daniels, Davids, Esthers and Peters! God isn’t scratching His head wondering what He’s going to do with this mess of a world. He has an army He’s raising up to drive back the darkness and make Him known all over the earth. Don’t let your fear steal the greatness God placed in them. I know it’s hard to imagine them as anything besides our sweet little babies, and we just want to protect them from anything that could ever be hard on them, but they were born for such a time as this. ”