Things That My Wife Say To Me, Annapolis w/ CG, "Standing Tall," & 1 Peter

So it's Friday night ... Mari and I are having a relaxing evening at home eating Pizza. I've had three pieces and I go to grab my fourth. Mari says, "What are you doing." I say, "Grabbing another slice of pizza. A typical serving for men is 4 pieces of pizza." She says in her sweet voice, "Typical serving for 'OBESE' men." For some reason, I thought that was the funniest thing, so I laughed for a long time. Below are three pieces of pizza because I like pictures of food.

Speaking of food, Mari and I went to Annapolis with our singles care group. It was a lot of fun. We had brunch at Buddy's. Here's the happy group after a little walk around the town.

On Thursday I had the second out of three concerts this month. The students did a great job both performing and behaving. I videotaped the concert and I told them that their grade was based on what I saw on the videotape. I think that scared them because they seem to behave very well. We finished the concert with a song that the students and I wrote called "Standing Tall." We dedicated it to the memory of Moses Wright, who was the Great Uncle of Emmett Till. Moses was one of the first black men to accuse white men of murder in a United States court of law. "It may have been the first time when a black man stood in open court in the South and accused a white man of a crime -- and lived."

Lately, I've been reading 1 Peter. Here are a few verses that stood out to me:
1 PETER 2:1-3,24-25
"So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation-if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good."
"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls."
One of the best ways to grow as a Christian is to remember that the Lord is good. God's goodenss is revealed to us primarily on the cross of Christ, where Jesus died for our sins. May this week be a week of putting away sin and embracing God's goodness through the gospel of Jesus!