Day 4

I love my 4th grade girls.  I love teaching them the units in our girls ministry.  Tonight was different, we are doing a summer series and even though it is way different than my usual Wednesday night teaching, I had a blast.  Off The Rails is a fun series.  Tonight we talked about the parable of the prodigal son.  It's a story we've all heard and one we all love.  You can never be to old to appreciate the fact that no matter what we have done, no matter what we are currently doing and no matter what we will do in the future, our heavenly father loves us!  We can't earn it, we don't deserve it and the best news of all...we can't lose it!  Our heavenly father loves us NO MATTER WHAT.  Even when we deny him or reject him he STILL LOVES US.  He is watching and waiting for us to come home where he will welcome us with open arms.  What an amazing God we serve.

My 28 thanks:

1. The parables of Jesus are still useful for teaching 2000 years later.

2. God loves me!

3. His love for me is unconditional.

4. I don't deserve God's love, and there is nothing I can do to earn it, but He loves me anyway!

5. No matter what, I cannot lose God's love. 

6. Tonight, I watched Zachary dance, sing, and raise his hands during praise and worship.

7. Zachary enjoyed his new class tonight.

8. Zachary made a really cute Father's day craft for Matt tonight in his class.

9. Madelyn enjoyed meeting Ms. Shea and Mrs. Danielle in her 3rd grade class tonight.

10. I watched as Madelyn walked over to her brother during praise and worship to help him feel comfortable in his new environment.  She is a great big sister (most of the time)!

11. We went to the Omniplex (Okay, okay....Oklahoma Science Museum...who even calls it that?) today and had a great time!

12. I finally got to go to a planetarium show!  Every time we have been the planetarium has been closed. 

13. The kids enjoyed the planetarium too!

14. My cousin lives two streets away from me and had a shelter put in tonight!  Now I have a place really close to home to go when the weather gets bad!

15. The kids and I have been jamming out to PFR in the car the past couple of days!  I love having a CD player in my car!  Admit it, you loved PFR's song, Great Lengths, as much as I did...right?

16. I love watching weird TV shows like Toy Hunter and Storage Wars with Matt.

17. Barry on Storage Wars makes me laugh.

18. Both my kids can brush their own teeth! 

19. Both my kids can buckle their own seatbelts!

20. I love having mostly self sufficient kids, it  makes life so much easier!

21. I have the awesome responsibility of teaching God's word to young girls.

22. The girls in my class make me laugh.

23. I asked the girls what they think is the dirtiest animal on a farm.  One girl told me a cow mixed with a rooster.  Where do they come up with this stuff?

24. I was able to take a father's day craft home with me.  I plan to make my daddy a nice little corny father's day gift.  I hope to make him laugh!

25. I put on a pair of capris I haven't been able to wear and they fit!

26. The burritos I made for dinner tonight were delicious!

27. I signed Madelyn up for Kids Camp tonight!  She is going to have so much fun!

28. I get to go to Kids Camp this year too!  I am crazy excited!