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Christian I -This morning started off badly. Lately, I've
been running myself ragged with the family, and when you have MS, it tends to
catch up with you very quickly. However, by God's Grace, I was able to make it
through a special event called “Bible Bee”.
I was telling my brother about this, and he thought it was
some sort of spelling adventure! I'm sure most people would think this, so as
usual, I would like to give a little detail before I deliver a very simple short
story. The Bible bee is a national endeavor that encompasses several months of
hard work regarding Biblical study and memorization.
Children from the ages of seven years old all the way to 18
years old are given a specific book of the Bible to study, with selected memory
verses distributed from anyplace in the Holy Bible. Given this shallow description,
this may seem somewhat dull! However, it is an absolutely riveting journey,
especially with seven children that have made it a going concern. :-) The
children compete at a local level, in a very serious manner. Then, when the results
are tallied nationwide (among thousands), they have the opportunity to compete
at a national level (potentially gaining prizes of worth up to $100,000).
Please see the following link if you're interested: www.biblebee.org.
Today was a very special day for me to be with my family at
the local level Bible Bee competition. Granted, the majority of the day was
very exhausting, but I loved it. I got the chance to be with my children as
they were tested (written test and oral recitation), and when the results were
given, I was one proud papa :-)
The real payment, is having your children get excited about
God's word - and love It, obviously! But, when they place well, that also gives
me a nice affirmation that, "daddy is doing something right". :-)
Today my oldest son Ethan (13) placed first out of 30 or so other teenagers.
And my daughter Mary (9) placed fourth out of 20 or so of her peers. Once
again, it was a very rough day for me physically, but this morning I asked
God," why am I doing this when I'm soo sick?", And he showed me the
answer when they took their places on the stage. They really needed their dad there
to see them! And I'm so glad that I could :-)
Today's entry may not be very eventful, or funny. But, life
isn't always that way anyway! I think I overextended myself today, and may not
make it to church in the morning. But once again I'm reminded that we don't
always get what we want But, our Father in Heaven gives us what we NEED! :-)
Christian II - Christian is fast asleep now. He had a very
difficult day also, but not for the same reason. I think he played and ate entirely
too much! But not to worry, we stayed on top of this insulin. He is sleeping
soundly, with a nice grin on his exhausted little face. :-) By the way, if we
ever get enough money for his dog-the dog's name will probably be SIMON! Christian is starting to say, "Where
Simon?". LOL
God
bless you friend…