I was asked to teach a 20-minute gospel lesson this morning on Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Kind of like saying "You too can master Danish in 10 easy lessons." It was a lot of wonderful material. I loved the opportunity to study it and try to come up with a much abbreviated form of message. We have two lessons every other Sunday since our block is only 2 hours.
The name of the lesson was "Happy is the Man Who Finds Wisdom." It covered 7 dynamite concepts....and I only had time to cover one. We talked about getting wisdom over knowledge. We had a lot of good comments.
Last night, I was sent a text asking if I would teach. I replied "Yes, I'd love to, and then I promptly forgot. I remembered this morning with a start. Something had to go....so I decided not to wash my hair. There has to be a proverb about the wisdom of putting off washing your hair so that you can prepare a lesson right?
The day has been delightfully dark and stormy, and while we weren't out much in the rain, Mary Poppins would have been very useful if we had been.
After church, SK took Elder and Sister Parker and me for a driving tour of the island the Church is on. As we drove we came upon a horse-drawn wagon of "old people" - that is how SK referred to them. Don't tell him, but I think they are about SK's and my age. They had matching umbrellas and were drinking something....maybe beer. They didn't look too cheery, but then would you if you had scheduled a delightful summer outing and it ended up looking like this?
We came back and enjoyed dinner together and then talked about Denmark. Elder and Sister Parker had some questions about food products, some of which we knew the answers to. They had some great answers for us about blogging and showed me a shortcut on downloading pictures....which have always taken me quite a bit of time to do.
We'll all drop off to sleep tonight with the sound of rain lulling us to sleep. Rain is predicted for much of the week....isn't that fun? Now my new hairdo will not only look windblown, but wet as well. It's OK....I love the rain. Ask any Arizonan. This is a treat.
We would love it if you sent some of that rain this way!
ReplyDeleteErin gave a talk in church today and did such an excellent job. She mentioned you and some of your ancestors several times! She has such cute hair too! And Ethan sang "have turned, have turned have turned…Several times!"
I would have loved to be a fly on the wall....for that meeting. Otherwise I would hate being a fly. She always does such a nice job. Thanks for telling us. And Ethan too! Wow....hate to miss those meetings.
DeleteWhat a wonderful Sabbath! Lesson over "locks", rain on the road, dinner with divine friends and restful rest with rain falling. L&P
ReplyDeleteAll the young mothers out there need to know there will come a time when they can actually HAVE a day of rest. L&P
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