They weren't just tumbling about and having fun in Sunday School. In worship service Jan 26, 2025, the Bates children got up on the platform and recited the church memory verse for the month.
Now nobody had an excuse not to try learn it too.
"Just want you to know, I'm coming through, okay?" I'd said to the mallards taking a walk in the park in Iwatsuki. I didn't want to scare them.
Sometimes, we learn the verses God sends...and we find ourselves stumbling over His blessings because of them. We trust and obey Him today, and, like Eddie and Nari, we may find stronger health or birds quacking across our paths or slamming into hotel windopanes as we serve Him. Maybe.
But I've learned better than to expect brighter days all the time. At the Iwatsuki Park, I found that in the daylight, some insects that looked like plain ole' beetles, when it got darker, were attractive fireflies! Hm; this month's memory verse refers to our being salt. But what if that means there needs to be a distasteful experience to highlight our winsomenes for the Lord?
