The Little Rock paper "...remembers when Pickles Gap, just outside Conway, was in the country. Not anymore." The Highway Department said work on a traffic signal should start early this spring. Hurray!!! There have been more than a few fatal accidents at the intersection where my Mom has to pull out into 4 lanes of speeding traffic. I'll be glad when it's finished!
Mike was in Miami, Florida, this week, to prepare for his Spring Break mission trip. He got back yesterday, and Jessica and Mikayla got an invitation to spend the night with some friends, so we got an unexpected evening alone (almost) to catch up! Rebecca goes to bed early and sleeps soundly. It was kind of like a date!
I got an upsetting email from someone I care about this week. He had declared himself an atheist on his facebook profile, and after a few weeks of thinking/praying about what to say, I finally sent an email "begging him on behalf of God to be reconciled to Christ" (2 Cor. 5:20). But not in those words. I did it in love, and I didn't see it as a lecture, but he wrote back telling me he didn't need a lecture and didn't believe there is a God, and that the Bible is inconsistent and therefore can't be trusted, and he won't believe anything he can't prove. He basically said if he goes to hell, so be it. It not only broke my heart, it made me feel physically sick. I know all kinds of apologitic answers I could send him, and maybe I will someday, but I don't think he'd listen. For now I'm just praying for God to open his eyes to the truth and soften his heart.
The good news is, that very night I watched session 4 of "The Truth Project", since I'll miss that one next week, and it addressed a lot of the things he wrote me, which I found very encouraging. I love "The Truth Project"--it's intellectually stimulating and spiritually affirming. We have around 7 students going through it with us, and I hope it makes a difference in their lives.
In lighter news, all 3 girls got haircuts yesterday! Rebecca just got a trim, and Jessica got layers that you have to look hard to see, and Mikayla got the most dramatic change--an above-the-shoulders bob. They all look precious, and I'll post pictures if they ever come home from their sleepover. :)
Mike should be home any minute with half a cow to put in our freezer (yay!) and Rebecca is feeling neglected, so I think I'll stop babbling and go paint her nails.
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I'll be praying for the young man. And you - that's a hard thing to hear from someone.
Today's word is Bidens. :)
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