Acts 2

Every Wednesday morning I get up and drag Samuel out of bed (he goes to bed late and sleeps in late). We haul our tired selves to BSF (Bible Study Fellowship). And its there that Samuel will actually go into the nursery with people he doesn't know for more than 10 minutes. I truly believe God wants me to be at BSF, and in my small group. I have and am currently learning so much from this group!

Tonight I read Acts 2. I have read this passage so many times, but I never studied it like this. No commentary, just the Bible. This is what I discovered;

God gave people the Holy Spirit and the gift of tongues so they could unite and communicate.
            -they were uniting as one body of believers so they would be powerful to communicate
            -they needed to communicate the message of Christ to the rest of the world
I cant believe I have missed this. I have let what I was taught about the Bible become more important than what the Bible actually says. God uses the gift of tongues to speak to His people and to allow them to understand things they would not be able to.

Lord,
Let me have the gift of tongues so I can understand/relate to/and communicate with fellow believers. Fill us with your spirit so we may share your love and the good news of Christ with this starving world. And teach me to esteem the truth of Your word above the ideas of man.

Acts 2: 1-13

Acts 2

The Day of Pentecost

 ¹ When ^(A)the day of Pentecost ^[a]had come, they were all together in one place. ² And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled ^(B)the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And there appeared to them tongues as of fire ^[b]distributing themselves, and ^[c]they ^[d]rested on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all ^(C)filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ^(D)speak with other ^[e]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them^[f]utterance.

 ⁵ Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, ^(E)devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶And when ^(F)this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own ^[g]language. ^7 (G)They were amazed and astonished, saying, “^[h]Why, are not all these who are speaking ^(H)Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we each hear them in our own ^[i]language ^[j]to which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and ^(I)Cappadocia, ^(J)Pontus and^[k](K)Asia, ^10 (L)Phrygia and ^(M)Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around ^(N)Cyrene, and ^[l](O)visitors from Rome, both Jews and ^[m](P)proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” ¹² And ^(Q)they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³ But others were mocking and saying, “^(R)They are full of ^[n]sweet wine.”

Saving with the Saverys

I love being a stay-at-home mom. In the past four months I have experienced the greatest joys coupled with the most fearsome challenges of my life thus far. I know there are many more coming my way.
Im so excited to face them with my family!

My current challenge is to find ways to save money so I can continue to live my dream at home with my son...and our 4 legged children.
Two weeks ago we ventured into the word of cloth diapers, a quest that will save us almost $40 a month!!!! Its been an interesting couple of weeks.

The first lesson I learned, make sure the diaper is on right before going to bed. Samuel and I woke up in a swamp after the first night.

Lesson number 2, make sure the diaper is not to big. Poo has a way of spewing out the sides even in public.

Lesson number 3, don't forget to bring extra diapers with you. Cloth diapers get wet faster than disposables.

All in all, I would say our $40 craigslist investment has paid off thus far. But don't be surprised if you see Samuel sporting a disposable diaper from time to time.