Spontaneous Family Dates

I started our Sunday by waking up late at 1100 am and everyone in the house was asleep. I really wanted to wake the family and rush out of the house but when I started to encourage them to get ready for church the family chose that there wasn't enough time. I was reflecting on how I didn't set an alarm or prepare the family the night before for church. I realized if I truly want to attend church on time than I need to be prepared.

So since we didn't go to church I asked the family if they would like to have church at home. We all were in the living room and I found a church called Saddleback Church that had an iphone app and we were able to download the latest service. It was called, "When the Unthinkable Happens". The Pastor talked about how movies work off a script and to complete the script the cast has to do their lines. He related the script to the scripture from the Bible and God is the director and we are the cast. He shared stories on how sometimes in life the Unthinkable happens and when we have faith with God's support we can get through situations. He talked about how his father had died unexpectedly and he always thought he would have had his Dad to grow old with and have the butterscotch in his pocket. Since God is the director and he is the cast member he shared how the bible states it's Gods will not our own and if we follow this we will get through our troubled times.

The time that my family spent on this 45 minute broadcast from Saddleback Church was amazing as we all listened in on what the pastor was saying. The kids all crawled on our laps and sometimes asked when it was going to be over but for the most part laughed at his jokes and seemed to really enjoy the time we were spending as a family together.

The funny thing was later Sunday night, Jim had found a pair of pants from his Dad as we are in the process of moving and there was a butterscotch in the pocket.   It was true to the Pastors word that a Grandpa would have butterscotch in his pocket. Jim laughed and brought the butterscotch to show all of us.

Funny little sign :)