Sunday

Today was another great day! We have another new brother in Christ, that makes 2 this weekend!! Always wonderful to welcome a new Christian to the fold.

Here is a quick rundown of the day:
I taught sweet girl's Bible class this morning since her regular teacher has lost her voice. My husband preached the sermon this morning and did great as always. We went to lunch with some of the members at Smithfield church of Christ and had fun getting to know them a little bit better. Everyone at Smithfield has been so friendly and we are really enjoying worshiping and working with them all. This evening we had a guest preacher and he did a great job too, then we went out to dinner with some more friends from Smithfield. It is such a blessing to have christian friends we can fellowship with and enjoy ourselves without having to worry about worldy influences.

Sweet girl is fast asleep and I think sweet man is probably getting close to that point too, so I better get myself in bed. Have a wonderful night!

~Lisa

A Life Cut Short

This past Sunday Husband and I drove out to Palestine, TX so he could preach for the Crockett Road congregation. On our way there we noticed a very interesting statue in a cemetery and decided to stop and look at it on our way home. While walking around and looking at different headstones we noticed one of a young girl who died on her 21st birthday. Yes, this is just an assumption on my part, but it occurred to me that she most likely died while out "celebrating" her 21st birthday. How sad! How sad to have your life cut so short!

So let us just run with this for a minute, let's say she was out drinking alcohol to celebrate reaching the "legal" age... I wonder, how many people were affected by the loss of this young lady? I wonder if they had it all to do over again, how many of them would discourage her from drinking? Would they still have taken her out to party? Would they still have bought her that first drink? If her parents had realized years prior the very real possibility that their daughter could die from a drunk driving accident, do you think they would have taught her about the dangers of alcohol consumption? Do you think they would have encouraged her to just stay away from it? Told her the evils of it? Informed her of all the pain it could cause?

This is just one example of many of how alcohol can ruin someone's life. We all have either experienced or know someone who has experienced the heartache and pain that alcohol can bring. Yet we still try to justify it. We say it is harmless fun. It helps us relax. It helps us forget. It... It... It...

This is what has been on my mind since reading that poor girl's headstone. It wasn't harmless fun, it very much was anything but harmless fun.

~Lisa