God is everywhere

My wife has been sick for a few days with a high fever and has barely gotten out of bed. I had to be at church early yesterday because I had a lot to do to be prepared for the day. The only one awake when I left was Stephanie. I reminded her that she would be staying home with Mom and asked her to take care of her mother and to have a church service of their own.

Between services I called home to check in and see if everything was alright. Stephanie answered and said all was okay but Mom wouldn't get out of bed. She told me that she had asked Mom to get up several times for church and each time she said she'd be down in a few minutes but then never showed up. I told her to let Mom sleep and to not bother her again.

I asked her about her church service she was going to have and she filled me in on all the details. She had brought in a lectern we have in our entryway to use as a pulpit and had already made a bulletin (that's the picture up above on this post). Pretty good start to getting ready for a service I thought. But she had more to share. She had picked out a few Psalms to sing from a Psalter we have at home and informed me that it would all end with a sermon. I asked her who was preaching and she said she was. I asked her what her text was for her sermon and she told me she had picked a passage from Luke because it was Palm Sunday and then another passage from 1 Samuel. My heart swelled with pride.

I returned home to find my wife asleep on the couch. (I have pictures but I'm a kind husband) surrounded by the piano bench that was the refreshment table. Stephie had prepared hot spiced cider along with a tray of strawberry fig newtons and bit-o-honey's.

The girls played quietly all day without any fighting or arguing while Sue continued her slumber. I couldn't have been any prouder of them. Love you punkin and half-pint!!