Meeting God

B1 and I had a great conversation at breakfast this morning. (After the 10 minute long debate about having 3 snacks for school instead of just 2...and yes, I gave in and gave it to him.) We were talking about the Bible and ended up on Revelations...again.

Me: The Bible is true.

B1: But it is not real.

Me: Yes it is.

B1: It's not real, like me and you.

Me: Oh, you mean like alive, living.

B1: Yeah.

Me: No it's not....well, actually the Bible says that God's Word is living and active. It's doesn't breathe or need to eat or grow. But it's alive in a different way.

B1: (look on his face like "I don't understand".) It has an ending.

Me: Yeah. You know what happens at the end? Jesus comes back to take everybody who believes in him to heaven! That's in Revelations.

B1: Up is space.

Me: Huh?

B1: If you go up from earth, you go to space.

Me: Do you think we'll go through space to get to heaven?

B1: Yeah.

Me: I don't know. I don't think so, but we'll see.


A few moments later...

B1: I'm gonna be shy.

Me: When you meet God?

B1: Yeah.

Me: That's okay.

B1: Not a lot shy. Just a little.

Me: What are you going to tell Him?

B1: About when the hurricane came at our old house, on the old earth, and we had candles.



Man, I love that kid.

How do teenage boys show they love you?

By secretly camping out on your front lawn, of course!



It was a normal Saturday. Breakfast was done. And playtime was beginning. Then, a knock on the door...at 8:30 AM. Robert prepared himself for combat with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Instead, there were 4 teenage guys and a tent in our front yard!



These guys are part of an accountability group that Robert is leading...guys from the school, where he teaches. They decided that it would be quite comical to secretly camp out in our yard. And it was! They had pitched their tent shortly after 1 AM. We had no idea.

Got Goggles?

Who knew goggles could be so much fun outside of the pool?

Cute.

Not so cute.

"This is how I roll."

Umm...playgirl bunny? Hopefully not.