The Bible

    In my Monday D-group (discipleship group) we have been reading a book by Patricia St. John.  Each week we read a short story that helps flesh out one of the lines in the Apostle's Creed.  This past week I decided to do a review to see what they remembered.  I would give them the title of the story and a few descriptions of the story and they would fill in the rest.  One of my girls kept give me answers like "Is that than one story where the little boy was asleep and God kept calling him. " And I would say know that story is in the Bible.  After this happened two or three times I realized she was remembering Bible stories we had never done before in youth group or Sunday Night Church.  I asked her how she was remembering so many stories and she said, " There in that Bible you gave me.  I've been reading it." She was getting the stories from the Bible mixed up with the stories in the book we were reading.  I didn't remember give her a Bible, but we bring Bibles to Church with us on Sundays to give away if anyone wants to take one.  Apparently she picked up a Bible one Sunday night, took it home with her and has been reading it ever since.

     One of my concerns the last couple of weeks is that we are teaching the kids from the Bible, but I didn't feel like any of them would go home and read it for themselves.   Now I know that is not entirely true.  It is so sweet to see little glimpses of what God is doing especially when it is clear no one can take responsibility but Him.  Thank you, Lord, for continuing to work in the hearts of people around me and then letting me see little glimpses of what you are doing.