More to go to heaven for...

Today, I have more to go to heaven for, than I had yesterday. My grandmother is home now with our Lord.
Growing up, and being 3,000 miles away from her did not keep us from being close. My mother made sure we were connected to them. She was my little Mamaw.  Growing up, my favorite thing about Mamaw Martin was talking to her. I would lay down and  put my head on her lap and she would comb my hair while we talked. She was easy for me to talk to. As I got older, it felt like she understood me. And that meant a lot.  She taught me so much. I will always remember her teaching me to crochet.  Her patience and even her laughter at just how many different ways I could mess it up will always be my favorite memories. The afternoons of sitting with her and talking about life and asking about her child hood and how she fell in love with my papaw. And her wisdom from a simpler, and more slow paced life.   Her love for the Lord and her life long dedication to Him. The memories of when she would make hot cocoa for my husband and me and we would sit around the table and just visit, or play a game of Wahoo!
 She got the best Christmas gift this year, Heaven! This is the second grandmother I have lost in the last 8 months. I knew growing up with six grandparents, these days would come. But that does not make it easier. I wish I was able to be there with the family, and celebrate her life with them. Right now California feels SO far away from Arkansas. It hurts to be here and not there with them. I am so thankful for her faith in Jesus as her personal Savior! Because of that I know I will see her again! I am going to miss you mamaw. What an awesome woman you were. And I hope some day I can be a grandmother like you were. My mom wrote this poem and I want to share it.

WHAT A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFT

What a special Christmas gift,

my Mother received this year.

She got to go to heaven

to see her Savior there.

She got to see her Daddy,

her Mother and sister too.

She is holding all the babies

that only Jesus knew.

She had so many blessings

thorough out her entire life,

But the greatest one of all,

was being our Dad’s wife.

She loved him more than life itself

and hated to be apart.

He was her only love,

her joy, her purpose, her heart.

She did not want to leave him

to make it on his own.

But knew that God was with him

and he would not be alone.

Mother we will miss you

as we continue on.

But look forward to our reunion,

at God’s Eternal Throne.

Sharon Coulter

Dec 23, 2011

Wednesday Night Science Bible Lesson- God is Real

With this windy weather, this was the perfect time for this lesson.  I started class by asking the students if anyone "saw" the wind that day? Most of the kids said "yes". Then I asked them what it looked like? They described the leaves falling off the trees and things getting blown around. This is when we talked about how we can see the EVIDENCE of wind, but the wind itself is invisible.  I asked the class if wind was real? They all said yes.  I said "but you can't see it".  They said "but we feel it and see what it does".  Then I asked if God is real! They all said Yes of course. I asked if they had ever seen God.  The answer was "no".  The students said that they could feel Him and see His work all around them. And that proved He was real!  I read John 6:45-47. No man has seen the Father, but that does not mean He is not real!  We have Faith.
Hebrews 11:1-  Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
I asked the kids to list off some "evidence" of God.  They went for it.
- salvation- creation- conviction- blessings- protection- the bible
It was great to hear them listing off all the evidence of God.

I blew up a balloon for each student and gave them stickers to decorate them. (hands on stuff is always the best way to learn) Then set up a blow dryer and fan, and had them experiment with putting their balloon in front of the fan and see what happened. They had a great time chasing the balloons all around the room. We again talked about how we can't see the air moving the balloons, but we saw the evidence of the air and that proved it was real. 

Then for the science! First I lit a candle.  I poured some vinegar into a measuring cup. See through glass. Then I put a some baking soda in and it began to bubble up and have a reaction. I covered the top of the cup with my hand, holding in the gas. 

Then, when the bubbling was done I took my hand off the top and did a pouring action onto the candle, but as you can see NONE of the liquid came out of the cup. Yet it still blew out the candle. The kids loved it. It was like magic. You could not SEE the gas, but it was there and it blew out the candle. This one was so simple and easy to do, only a few ingredients and had a big impact. 

Just because we can't see God, does not mean He is not there. He is alive and with us ALL the TIME! Just look at all the evidence!