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Saturday the alarm clock went off early and we made our way to a meeting in Wilson. Afterward, we sat at a little table and shared a $5 veggie sub, then did a quick visit to Ollie's and Books a Million. We were back home around 2pm. I went to my parents house to drop off some made.by.me menus and decor for Joey & Chrissie's special dinner {they celebrated one year of togetherness on Saturday!! Joey surprised her with a very nice made.by.mom meal at my parents house, turning one of the spare bedrooms into an Italian Cafe'; Chrissie was so surprised and absolutely loved it! Her and Joey even made mom and I receipts and left us tips. Sweet!!}. Most of the afternoon/early evening was spent studying for a test... and then Tony taking the test. We praised God for the "A" he received!! That completed his school work for the week; always a good feeling!
We then got ready in a hurry and made our way to the last Raleigh Downtown Live for the Summer - a rain or shine event. The crowd was visibly thinner because of the rain, but there were still lots of people there. We stood near one of the exits, Tony wore his sandwich board sign (over his poncho) and I stood there with my umbrella. Something funny happened... I was standing there, staying mostly dry, when all of a sudden my umbrella collapsed and water splashed on top of my head. I wasn't expecting that at all. Haha. It made for a good laugh. Apparently, I had hit the "close" button. :) We passed out some gospel tracts. A couple guys joined us and open air preached there on the corner. The truth of the gospel was proclaimed. And one particular lady listened for a long while. I ended up talking with her for several minutes there at the end. She professed to be a Christian, but didn't agree with everything we were saying - mainly that people only need to hear about God's love and grace. Of course scripture states otherwise. One will not understand how amazing God's grace is, until they understand how wicked their sin is before a holy God. There must be a balance of wrath and grace when presenting the gospel. We reasoned about that and toward the end of our conversation she said she was very grateful that we were out there, that Tommy was preaching, and that she knew God sent us all there for a reason.
We stayed on the corner for about an hour, then we went on a **date** - Tony & me. ;) We chose Olive Garden; chicken parmesan for Tony and a personal veggie pizza for me. Endless salad and breadsticks of course. Oh, and we were excited to see that they had October fest in stock - so that accompanied our meals. It was a wonderful time of togetherness. Causing me to love my sweet husband all the more!!Yesterday morning, Pastor Jonathan continued in our study of James chapter one. I must realize my lack of wisdom in the midst of trials and seek God for wisdom. To what or whom is the first thing I turn to? "In ________ I trust." Honestly, many things can fill that blank - google, friends, books, my husband, pastor, etc. My heart is such an idol factory! I am to ask God - He alone gives wisdom generously without reproach. It is by the grace extended to me through the cross of Christ that enables me to say "In God I trust"; blood bought wisdom, that is not deserved. May I ask God for wisdom with no doubting and boast in the grace of God who humbles me and causes me to realize the vanity of my riches apart from King Jesus! Amazing grace!!
We shared lunch and conversation with a lovely couple after church, then went home sweet home. Last night we hung out at my parents house, mostly talking. I praise God for the family that God has given to me. Tony & I ate leftovers from Joey & Chrissie's special meal ~ stuffed chicken marsala, angel hair pasta, bread, salad and chocolate lava cake with homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream for dessert. ;)
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