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Death... and Square Dancing!

Yesterday, I was thinking about how every year, we pass important dates in our future life, like our wedding day, and children's birthday's, and the day we die..

So I was telling Isaiah, "You know how weird it is, that every year we pass important dates in our future life? Like our wedding day, the day we die, our children's birthday's.." and I turned around the hear Noah start sobbing, "I don't want to die!" At that moment, I felt like the worst sister ever. But I know that death was a part of life, and Noah needed to understand that. So I told him that death and dying is a sad and scary thing, but it happens. He kept crying, so I then told him, "Noah, you are going to die someday, but I hope and pray that it's not anytime soon. Jesus died for us, remember?" He nodded, but this didn't comfort his little mind. So I just sat there and started praying over him, asking Jesus to keep him safe and sound today, and tomorrow and all the rest of his days. He finally settled down, and then he asked me "Mommy's safe with Daddy, right?" (Mom and Dad were at Truth Project that night.) and I replied, "Yes, she is very safe with Daddy." :)

Poor guy! I remember when I was deathly afraid of death, and I'm still a bit nervous about it now, but at his age, it must be the worst thing to think about! I hope that he won't think about it anymore.

Well, on a happier note..

I'm excited because tomorrow night I'm choreographing a square dance for the H.I.S Players play, with one of my friends. I'm uber excited! I hope we can figure everything out!

So, that's it for now, I'm sure I'll post sometime soon:)

Update

What can I say? God is SO good.

I have so much to say, but I feel like I can't express everything on here...

But I will try my very best:)

So, to start out, God has really been teaching me a lot about patience and trust. Little lessons in life can be very useful. I've also been working at the Laconia Highschool, where Micah is going. My experiances there have been very eye-opening and exciting. I've learned so much from the few times I've been there. Life is so short.

This is a note I added on Facebook a while back, if you care to read it, you may:)

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Yesterday, the Lord tested me.



Last night I went with my brothers, Micah and Isaiah, to a Laconia Varsity Boys Basketball game. They were playing against the Lomria Lions. The game started out well, and halfway through the first quarter, I asked the boys if they were hungry. Obviously, they were. I went up to the concession’s stand and got to bags of popcorn. I turned to go and bumped into someone. It turned out to be a special needs girl named Klara, who Micah goes to school with. She was with her mom, Shelly. "Hi!" Klara said, recognizing me. "Hey Klara!" I replied. Shelly asked Klara if she remembered my name. When Klara shook her head no, I told her "I'm Sarah." Klara nodded, "Oh hi Sarah!" she repeated. Shelly asked me who I was and how I knew Klara. I told her that I was Micah Gumness's sister. She smiled "Oh! I can see the resemblance." I laughed "Yeah, we all kind of look alike.” "Is Micah here?" Klara asked, "Can I sit by you?" First test. My first thought, as a human, was "No way!" but that only lasted a split second. "Of course you can!" I said, smiling. "Where are you sitting?" Klara asked. I pointed over to where Micah and Isaiah were, but she didn't see them. Shelly took Klara's arm and said "We'll find you." I nodded, "Ok, were just over here." I said, walking away.



By the end of the first quarter, I had forgotten about Klara coming to sit by us. So when she came down the stairs to where we were, my first reaction was surprise, but I soon remembered and patted the seat next to me. "Hi Klara! You can sit right here!" I said. After doing so, she started asking me all these questions. Second test. I really wanted to watch the game, and she kept interrupting me. But, I soon just let my human selfishness go, and I talked with her, answering every question she asked. I could feel a few people glancing over at me, but I didn't care.



At halftime, she went over and sat by Micah, who enjoyed her company. I was thankful for a few minutes to check my phone. When the third quarter started, she asked Micah if she wanted to hold her baby doll. When he refused, she turned to me and asked if I wanted to hold it. Third test. "Oh how stupid I would look holding a doll!" I told myself. But in my heart, I knew that Jesus would hold the doll. "Love Sarah, Love" I thought. "Sure, I will." I said, taking the doll. We were sitting on the opposite said of Laconia, so we were amongst the Lomria fans. One of the Lomria JV boys called out "That doll isn't real" and I heard his team mates snicker. I turned and looked at them, which shut them up right away. It took everything in me not to go and teach them a thing or two. If they would have continued, I would have gone up and talked to them. But thankfully, just a glare worked. I felt a wonderful feeling come over me and I knew that the Lord was proud of me. All the rest of the game my heart was filled with joy, because I knew that the Lord was pleased, and that's all that mattered.



As we left the game, I turned and said goodbye to Klara, and she hugged me. Looking back, I could have almost cried.



So as I finish this note, I hope that Love is in your heart, and I'm so glad it's in mine!




1 Corinthians 13:13

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

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So, this is one of my mini lessons this year:) I hope to have many more!

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