I hope we get a TON of snow!
It is Friday morning and they are calling for snow! I personally hope we get a TON of snow. What is the best time to get snow…..Friday night of course. No one misses school, most people won’t miss work…….and you have the morning to sleep in if you wish or to get out and play in it!
As a reminder, if we get a lot of snow, the hill in front of the church is a great place to bring the kids! Last year we had a few fun mornings sledding down the hill out front. If you have a boy (or should I say a KNIGHT) in your home…..don’t waste this opportunity to let him get out and play like all boys love to do! We only get Snow a few times a year. You can sleep in another day or curl up on the couch in the afternoon! Get out and have some fun!
Of course the Princes in your home would love to get bundled up and jet down a hill too! Making memories like this is very important in the maturation process of both boys and girls. Remember: Rules without Relationship leads to Rebellion. Of the course the opposite is true too: Relationship without Rules leads to a lack of Respect and Chaos!
I want to also remind you about our Sunday Morning cancellation policy for snow and ice. We NEVER cancel! No need to watch the news or get up early and check the website. Go to bed and plan to come to church. Look forward to being here! Then, when you get up, look outside at the roads. If YOU decide it is safe for you and your family…..then come to church with us! If not….stay home. Very simple……
Genesis 21
1 The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised. 2 She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. 3 And Abraham named their son Isaac. 4 Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded. 5 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
6 And Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me. 7 Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”
8 When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion. 9 But Sarah saw Ishmael—the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar—making fun of her son, Isaac. 10 So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won’t have it!”
11 This upset Abraham very much because Ishmael was his son. 12 But God told Abraham, “Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tells you, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted. 13 But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar’s son because he is your son, too.”
14 So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar’s shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush. 16 Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards away. “I don’t want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.
17 But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what’s wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. 18 Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants.”
19 Then God opened Hagar’s eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her water container and gave the boy a drink.
20 And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer, 21 and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.
