Rainy Days

Our little construction project has been wrapped up in plastic going on five days. :) Along with the rain, we recieved a nice little cold of sorts. So Friday I spent most of the day in bed. Sleeping. Reading. Crocheting. Sipping on hot tea. Tony & I usually always do everything together, but that evening he went to a Bible study and I stayed at home to rest. Saturday we had plans to go minister at the abortion clinic and the St. Patricks Day parade in Raleigh. But the parade was postponed due to the rain and we didn't think it would help with the healing process to stand in the cold wet weather outside the abortion clinic. So we just spent time together here at the house. :) Sunday we went to church and then had a wondeful mexican lunch with some friends. Yum!! That evening we visited at my parents house and enjoyed very tasty carrot cake made by mom!! Yesterday, Mom, Brittany, and I ventured to Wilson and ate lunch together at the Carolina Cheese Company and then looked around Marshalls. It was a fun little girls day out (thanks to Brittany's planning)!

A quote by Mark Driscoll that rang true in our ears this weekend:

The problem with both syncretism and sectarianism is that they

deny the clear teaching of the Scriptures that the power of God

unleashed through the gospel of Jesus Christ can transform anyone.

Sectarians do not live by the necessary faith in the gospel and therefore

believe that evil hearts and sinful actions and worldly social structures

are more powerful than God, unable to be redeemed, and therefore are

a waste of our energies because they are destined to be meat on God's

grill anyway, so why bother? Likewise, syncretists do not live by the

necessary faith in the gospel and therefore believe that the hearts of people

aren't that bad, their actions aren't that sinful, and since people are doing

the best they can, we can't expect any sort of radical transformation,

and so we should simply bless them with a sentimental love.