The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen!

Do you know the reference of the above verse?? Revelation 22:21...or...the last verse of the New Testament. Have you ever copied out part of a book of the Bible and gotten discouraged...or felt you could never finish what you began?? It CAN be done. Yesterday, April 7, 2009, Benjamin finished copying out the New Testament. The above photo shows how many notebooks it took for him to finish it...not too expensive a project...though it does take TIME. Still...it is time well spent. For every verse you copy out, you probably read it three or four times. First you look at it and copy the first part down...you look again, and copy more and look back and make sure you begin the second part at the right place...if it is longer, you look back a third time for the last part of the verse...you check and make sure your punctuation is correct...then you read over the verse again to make sure there are no errors or ommissions. By the time you are done, you should have a pretty good idea of what the verse is about...and just maybe, you will see something you have never noticed before. So I encourage those of you who have never tried this kind of Penmanship...it is a great option... and it can be done! Benjamin had copied some during his high school years...but had some extra time recently, and began Feb. 6th with Acts chapter 2. It took him 2 full months to finish the rest of the New Testament.

Isaiah 55 10-12 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not ruturn unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Science experiment for school.

This month the verse we have been studying is Matthew 5:13b ...But if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. The major concept is: Inefectiveness brings harsh consequences. We have been learning about the many characteristics of salt, and how it applies to our responsibility as Christians to positively affect the world around us for good. One of the things they have been learning is that there are serious consequences for being ingrown Christians. This is illustrated by the Dead Sea. The dead sea receives water but never gives any back. The salt, which is useful in so many situations has killed almost all forms of life in the Dead Sea.



One project the kids did was to see how much salt it would take to make 3 cups of water dense enough to make an egg float. The egg was almost floating at 8 teaspoons, and at 10 teaspoons, it popped right up. They found that it takes approximately 1.1 tablespoons per cup of water to make the water have the same properties as the Dead Sea.



Lets remember to be "salty" christians!