Shannon's Corner

SHANNON’S CORNER March 2019 In the book of Ecclesiastes in chapter three it talks about a time for everything.  “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven,” which the changing of seasons reminds me of this verse and the ones that follow.  Here in the Dominican Republic the weather is getting warmer as we are in the season of spring.  Recently, I was sitting outside on my porch reading, the clouds rolled in, there was a cool breeze and the smell of the anticipation of rain that would come. The rain came, the beautiful sounds it created; the smell of the earth; and the coolness and breeze.  How refreshing it was to sit there in the anticipation of rain but also while it rained the music it played was beautiful. As I sat there listening to the rain a song that we sang in church came to mind called “Nuestro Dios” (He is Our God) by Sovereign Grace.  There is no one else like our God....

This month it is my turn to once again teach SS class for the 7-10 year olds.  I have to say that even though once the class is done I am exhausted but what a joy to be able to share with my class about Jesus. My first class the lesson was on the letter "L" meaning Liberator.  Jesus is our Liberator through dying on the cross for our sins.  We had a bunch of stones that were named various sins and placed in a bag for one of the kids to carry until the load (bag) got really heavy to carry.  This represents how sin in our life can really weigh us down.  In Old Testament times, God's people would kill a lamb to cover their sins.  We had a lamb drawn on a piece of paper and would tear the paper in two symbolizing the covering of sins, lay it over the bag of stones and cover it with a blanket.  Each time we placed a stone in the bag we had to kill a lamb (tear paper in half) and lay it over the stone.  But when Jesus came into this world, he took upo...