| Learning Together Dear Sisters Our family has been blessed with the opportunity to attend a Bible Institute! Twice a week, we travel into town to feast on the teachings of the Word of God. I cannot express how much this has affected our family relationships. The children look forward to and ask questions about His Word all the time. The teachings stir their curiosity and wet their appetites to hear more, learn more. My husband is very quiet and thoughtful. He doesn't say much, but there is a change in his attitude towards all of us. Oh, if any of you should get the opportunity to learn together, seize it, dear sisters. I never realised what a difference it would make. To me, learning and reading the Word of God ~ together, as a family was a thing other, 'good Christian families' did. Those who had a higher level of spirituality. Don't ask me why I thought this. A trick from the pit, I suppose! But...... it's NOT so, dear sisters. His Word is for all. No matter where you are in Christ. Our questions, thoughts, ponderings are never too insignificant for the Father. Through God-appointed men, He shows us and reveals to us. If you had asked me ~ no less than a year ago ~ if I ever dreamt our family would be doing this together, I would never have guessed. My feeble brain would not have even conceived of it! Looking back, I can see the Hand of God, leading us through the storms of life and then the calm. The blessed calm. Leading us to this point in life where we are where we are. The here and the now..... There are times that it is extremely hard to drag myself away from the home, or, alternatively, stay in town long enough for the Institute to begin ~ at 6pm. There are times that I have felt sorry for my children to be up so late (we arrive home around 10.30) ~ especially in the icy cold of winter! The fact of the matter is that it's not them complaining ~ it's me worrying unduly! And yet ~ each time we are there, each of us are blessed with a new revelation of abundant life! Each of us thoroughly enjoy the lessons, and feel a hunger to learn more.... No, we are not that 'good Christian family' I fantasised about. We are a normal, God-fearing, bunch of capable sinners, needing a Saviour. May the Lord continue to teach (and feed) all of us ~ His hungry children....... With love, Helen |