First Day of School

Still trying to finish Uprising by Erwin McManus. Very deep book. Very challenging book. I have to put it down for a while to mull over what I have read. It was the same with his other book, An Unstoppable Force.

Sermon went well on Sunday. I didn't finish preaching until 11:20. Which means that I preached for at least 35-40 minutes. That very rarely happens. I think that I felt so strongly about this message that I definitely let it show. I was very much emotionally involved in the topic. Jonah was such a prejudiced guy. The whole story of Jonah is not about the salvation of the Ninevites, but about Jonah's own salvation. He had God all wrapped up nicely in his own little box. When that thought hit me, I was ashamed of Jonah, but then I became ashamed of myself. I think I have done that. If you don't look, act, sound like me, then you can't be a Christian. What a shame!

Anyway, it still weighs heavily on me. I pray that I don't get stuck in that rut like Jonah did. I think Jonah turned it around though. After all, he wrote the book of Jonah. He had to know what the whole story was really about.

So Isaac's at school today. A day we have very much been looking forward to, but now that it is here, we are sad. Riley is moping around today. Not feeling well, but also missing Isaac. It is a sad day. I'm sure he's doing good. We look forward to hearing all about the first day when he gets home soon.

Lots of stuff happening! Very busy! God is blessing!