Loving or Unloving? Respectful or Disrespectful?

Many a date-night-ago, Mr. Robinson and I went into Lifeway.  It's pretty impossible to go into Lifeway without spending a trillion dollar, and we ended up walking out with a nice stack of books.  Well, my reader eyes were bigger than my reader belly and I didn't have time to read the books I picked out right away.  I'm just getting started good on the first book from the stack, but it's amazing.  

If you are single, dating, engaged, newly or oldly married you need to read this book.  Let me share one quick thing with you that I've learned so far.  

"Everything, for a man, is viewed as respect or disrespect. For a woman, everything is seen as loving or unloving."  This is so incredibly true.  Honestly, every thing my husband is does is run through the same filter.  His actions trigger one of two reactions:  "He loves me!" or "He doesn't love me at all!"  I got my Mister to read the little section on wives encouraging their husbands respectfully and he said he agreed 100%.  Hopefully he will read the book when I'm done with it.  But him agreeing means that everything I do is run through a similar filter.  My actions trigger one of two reactions:  "She respects me!" or "She doesn't respect me at all!"  Just something to think about.  

Our church has Revival meetings this week.  Big things are happening at our church and I'm definitely excited about what God has in store.  

Oh, and one more thing.  I've come across my new favorite artist.  Francesca Battistelli.  Check her out!  =)  I'm just not discovering Christian music, so if I'm a few steps behind...forgive me & send me some tunes to check out.  =)  

    

Coo Coo Kachoo, 

Mrs. Robinson

Children's Easter Musical

This past Sunday night the children in our church performed their Easter Musical, and it was absolutely precious.  I had no idea that we had so many talented children in our church.  I definitely teared up listening to them sing, so I just had to share a few short videos with you from their darling performance!

This is Jewel.  She is kinda new to our church, but very sweet!  And she has the most precious little, tiny voice!

And then this girl is Abi!  :)  She's our favorite.  Don't tell the others.

This girl is just so pure, you know?  Our families have always been close, and I love watching her grow up loving the Lord.  You can tell that she means it and that she understands.  Mr. Robinson has really bonded with her, and it's a pretty amazing thing to watch.  She's one of the reasons why I think that, regardless of our decision not to have kids (or at least any time soon), Mr. Robinson would make such a great dad.  However, this was the first time I really ever heard Abi sing.  All on her own.  It was perfect and I'm so proud of her!

Watching the kids from church perform their Easter Musical is one of the ways we are preparing for Easter. Kids are so excited, they have a passion that many adults lose as they get older.  Sometimes we get so focused on being "civilized" that we forget to be worshipful.  Watching children sing for the Lord is a great reminder of the passion we should always have.  Not to mention, the kids are pretty darn cute.  I don't know why, but kids seriously get ten times cuter when you put them on a stage with microphones.

  If your kids aren't in church...I'd like to encourage you to find a good church for you and your family to attend.  Raising children in church is beneficial on so many levels.  Even if you, as the parent, don't consider yourself a Christian or a "church person," I know from experience that growing up in church can make a huge difference.  It has made all the difference in my life.  As adults, we all deserve the right to make our own decisions.  And one day, your kids will be making a religious decision - to believe or not to believe, or what to believe.  Exposing them to church will help them at least make an informed decision.  (Not to mention it will help them learn good morals.)  And honestly...after watching these two videos...how can you honestly say that church is bad for kids?  I hope I'm not inviting a lot of negative feedback...um...I know that people believe different things.  All I know is that it doesn't matter that I don't have kids, how old your kids are, or whatever.  God is good, no matter what.  Whether you embrace Him or ignore Him, He is there and He loves you. I hope that you'll embrace Him this Easter.  :)