Odia brought homemade chocolate, and Susanna gave Lydia and I each an adorable lamb stuffed animal--one tan and the other white. Too cute! She told us to fight out who got what, so Odia decided to help us out. She put them behind her back and had us call her right or left hand while Lydia’s and my eyes stayed shut. I got the white one. I love it! I have this thing for stuffed animals. =)
We started out by drinking tea and talking some. Conversational topics ranged from chocolate (ha, ha!) to school, to a Bible discussion, to modest clothing, to babies and children.
Lydia made asparagus soup as an appetizer, then for lunch we had tuna salad, antipasto salad, a vegetable tray, and an assortment of various crackers. Black-bottom cake topped off the meal. Yum!
Besides eating a lot of yummy food and getting some good fellowship, we also found time to watch a 45 minute movie about Fanny Crosby. Though blind, she was the writer of 10,000 hymns. That was a blessing! What an amazing woman! I guess she was an amazing woman because she served an amazing God and allowed Him to take complete control of her life. Any woman longing for true honor will dedicate herself wholly to Jesus Christ, for it is He alone who bestows honor that lasts. Look at the “famous” movie stars; as soon as their outward beauty is lost with age, their fame also vanishes away. People forget. God, however, highly esteems the virtuous woman, despite old age or lack of beauty. What truly matters in life is this: God’s Word tells us that “the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). Fanny Crosby was not an attractive woman, physically speaking, yet in her soul lay a treasure of beauty beyond description. A small portion of that can be seen in the touching words of her hymns. “She hath done what she could,” the words spoken by Jesus about Mary Magdalene found in Mark 14, were engraved on Fanny Crosby’s tombstone. I was reminded of that beautiful song sung by the Marshall family entitled “She Hath Done What She Could.” Truly, “favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised” (Proverbs 31:30). Fanny Crosby is an inspiration to me in so many ways. I look forward to meeting her in Heaven.
Well, we did some talking about the movie afterwards. I believe our ladies really enjoyed it. I sure did; it was my second time watching it, and I liked it even better having seen it twice.
It was nearing 4:00 p.m. when Morena decided she needed to leave. David, Susanna’s husband, was going to pick Susanna and Odia up, but they decided it would be best to just leave with Morena and save David the half-hour trip to our house. I think both ladies were hesitant to go. We should definitely do this more often. We ladies don’t really get to fellowship much at church in between children interrupting or needing this or that. I know the guys tease us about needing time to talk, but we all know who does most of the talking. Ha, ha! =) I think men just say that to cover themselves. Sort of like the “I was waiting for YOU!” statement. Ha, ha! =) Anyway…
Mom, Lydia, and I waved our guests off, feeling very glad we could enjoy each other’s company. God is good! =)
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Pink triplets! Left to right: Mom, me, and Lydia.
The little lambs from Susanna. Aren't they cute?
Beautiful Morena! (She and I share many jokes together, and this is one of them. It's a long story. =) I love Morena. Pray for her. She doesn't have it easy caring for three kids without a husband.
Susanna (left) and Odia (right). They are sister-in-laws and are true characters when together. I dearly love both of them. They had us cracking up.
The food. Yummy! Nice and colorful, that's for sure!
Sitting around in the living room. I had to run upstairs for something. Descending the steps I wondered why it was so quiet. As I peeked around the corner I saw everyone quietly eating their cake. Ha, ha! I guess they were intently savoring it.
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