A day with the Lord

Even though we lost an hour of sleep, we were able to sleep in on the first Sunday this season. That was because we decided to attend worship at Faith Lutheran which began at 9:30. It was not an uplifting event. The church would probably seat 250 but there were only around 20. The sermon was about prayer and featured many quotations from Scripture. The pastor worked hard but not many were there. I don't know how many winter Texans had gone, but I bet there weren't many of those either. After Communion, we went to Bible class with Lois and Lionel who have begun to attend that church. They are mad because of some comments Pastor Edge made about Bill Clinton in a Bible class. They are Minnesota liberals and took great offense. The remarks should have been made outside of Bible class. They tried the Baptist church but were offended by two videos showed about President Bush. I thought Lionel would complain about politics again, but instead he made a very salient comment: "I asked myself, 'what did George Bush ever do on the cross for me?'" I couldn't answer that either. Well that led them to Faith Lutheran. We went to Burger King for lunch with them because Evelyn had to get to Bonny's for an LWML trip to Port Isabel for a zone meeting at 3:00. I had made plans to play golf with Tom Newcomer at Mid Valley at 1:00. We walked and played nine. It was depressing. When we returned home, we had a beer and a visit. It is difficult to visit much while playing because often the players are on opposite sides of the fairway. We did get together on the greens and when looking for my lost ball in tall grass. :-) At 7:00 Don and Donna Reddel came to tell us about their trip to the Holy Land. They had just returned the morning before and didn't have all of their pictures and videos. They had enough to share the Spiritual thrills they experienced while walking where our Savior walked. We are thinking about going about this time next year. We will see what the Lord has in mind.