Family outing update.
We had the best time at the Starlight Six Drive-In Theater on Wednesday night. Even though it's a bit of a drive- it's certainly worth it! They have new releases available all week on six different screens. You can bring food and chairs...relax and enjoy a movie under the stars, make that 2 movies under the stars. For $7 per person 10 & up and $1 for kids ages 3-9 you get the luxury of a double feature while in the comfort of your very own car (or seated in front of it in folding chairs as our case was). The Starlight Six Drive-In has conveniently located concessions with clean bathrooms and a snack bar. Our double feature was "Up" at 9:30pm and "Night at the Museum 2" at 11:30pm. Now I wasn't sure that my kids could stay awake for both movies....especially since we brought their pillows and blankets. But there is something about the night air that makes staying awake and focused on that big screen so much fun. With mini-vans everywhere and the occasional baby crying we enjoyed our family movie night more than we have in a long time!! The kids are already asking when we're going back.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
God is LOVE
"in my mind, the essence of the gospel is love. everything else–and i mean everything–is secondary to love.
in matthew 22:37-40, when the lawyer asks christ to identify the most important commandment, jesus answers: thou shalt love the lord thy god with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. this is the first and great commandment. and the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
in romans 13:8,10 we learn to “owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. . . . love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” and galatians 5:14 reiterates the idea: “for all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” it seems very clear to me that to love will naturally lead to living christ’s teachings, to living a christlike life.
the scriptures also make it clear that love is the avenue to knowing god and thereby gaining eternal life. john 3:16 teaches us that “god so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” and john 17:3 clarifies that eternal life is to know god and jesus christ. 1 john 4:8 clarifies that he that loveth not knoweth not god because god is love."
Thank you, Amelia...for putting words to feelings I find it hard to express. I feel so clear about my goals today after reading this.
in matthew 22:37-40, when the lawyer asks christ to identify the most important commandment, jesus answers: thou shalt love the lord thy god with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. this is the first and great commandment. and the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
in romans 13:8,10 we learn to “owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. . . . love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” and galatians 5:14 reiterates the idea: “for all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” it seems very clear to me that to love will naturally lead to living christ’s teachings, to living a christlike life.
the scriptures also make it clear that love is the avenue to knowing god and thereby gaining eternal life. john 3:16 teaches us that “god so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” and john 17:3 clarifies that eternal life is to know god and jesus christ. 1 john 4:8 clarifies that he that loveth not knoweth not god because god is love."
Thank you, Amelia...for putting words to feelings I find it hard to express. I feel so clear about my goals today after reading this.
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