God's Power Over Death

This morning I headed to Grandma's apartment to work on my wall hanging after dropping Elizabeth off at Band Camp.

Grandma is a sewing queen. Many of my earliest memories involve her, and most of those memories involve sewing. Whether she was sewing on a quilt, teaching me to sew my first pillow or taking me to Jamesport to coordinate quilt making and selling with the Amish ladies, we were often together and we often had fabric around us.

I would say Grandma has a bit of an entrepreneurial bone in her body. Or maybe she's just industrious. Besides keeping up with the farm, she had a little quilt businesses going for quite a while. She'd piece the quilts together herself, but then she'd take them to the Amish ladies to quilt. When they were done, she'd pick the quilts back up, put the binding on and then take them back over to the stores in Jamesport to sell.

Sewing with Grandma is something that always brings back memories for me, and even though she's now in her apartment and there isn't quite as much sewing going on, today reminded me a little of those old days.

The top piece of my wall hanging is nearly finished. I'm just working on borders, then I'll be ready to make up a back, add some batting and start quilting!

Time flew and soon enough it was time for me to pick up Elizabeth. Then when we got home time flew again! Before I knew it, it was time for Bible School again! I was running a little behind after working on a couple other projects, so I frantically ran around the house to find the posters I needed for tonight and to print off our memory verses for a little game we would play. Oh, and I had to proof Mom's letter to the parents too. All in, oh, fifteen minutes. Once we had everything together, we jumped in the car and hurried off to the church.

Then I had another 15 minutes to set up my classroom and make sure my kiddos were where they were supposed to be. I was slightly concerned. But once the music hit for us to go to our first class time, for us Bible Study, I felt a wave of peace wash over me. It felt like the Holy Spirit was reprimanding me for my doubt- everything was going to be ok. See- even us teachers are still being taught by the ultimate Teacher that God truly is more powerful than anything and in control of everything. Speaking of His power, tonight's theme was God's power over death.

I was thankful that the kids were especially attentive during our lesson tonight. We learned about the resurrection of Jesus from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, Joseph of Arimathea, Mary Magdalene, the Angel and Peter. Then we had a great celebration because Jesus is Alive! Jesus is alive, and through Him we can live in His presence eternally. What a day that will be!

Tomorrow is our last day of VBS before Parents Night. I'm a little sad because I think I've had just as much fun as the kids! I love to see their faces light up when they know an answer to a question or when they recognize the Bible verse we learned in our lesson later in a song. It makes me wonder what opportunities I'll have in the future. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what comes up next on my journey!