Blessed Wednesday to all! From Sunday's DTBM subject, "Showers Bring Flowers", emerged the query, 'into every life some rain must fall, the question is: can you stand the rain'. The scripture that was established was found in Matthew 5:44 - 45 "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; (45) That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

 

Oh, the joys of parenthood!  I'll never forget holding my oldest son and firstborn child while beholding the miracle (yes, for me it definitely was) of God's favor upon my life.

On Monday, January 19th, the day that has been Nationally established to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr., I found it interesting that our children had school when most others in this area did not. For a short time I had a radical moment, but it was soon quelled after a conversation I had with my wife, where we concluded the whole 'Dr. King- would-rather- had -students- attend-school- to-learn- more- about- the- civil-rights-movement' thing. As much as that benefit of the doubt sufficed for the moment, I still challenged my children to take note of what observances would occur in school that day.