Jumpin’ Jehosaphat!
Happy Easter! I hope everyone had a wonderfully glorious day!
James and I certainly made the most of it. We went to church at CTK and sat with his parents. The service was amazing. The pastor’s message was about “Crossing the Line.” That is, crossing the line from sinner to saved. Making the choice to accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. The whole sermon was basically one long alter call, something I’m sure a lot of people attending today needed to hear. It was really moving. The first half of the service was of course, mostly singing. Then the message. And the last few minutes of the service involved a lot of people, mostly members of the church, standing up on stage with cardboard signs showing their previous label, like “Had Multiple Abortions” and then they’d flip it over to say “Forgiven and Alive in Christ.” It was totally humbling. I think the one that got me the most was when one of the Associate Pastors stood up with his sign that read, “Drug Dealer 15+ years” and he flipped it over to show “Associate Pastor 12 years.”
Wow. Talk about really getting my attention. Sometimes I feel so self-absorbed. But at this service I just couldn’t believe how wonderfully transformed all of these “sinners” were. You know what I mean? Sometimes I feel like no one would understand what I might be going through at any given moment, letalone that God would understand or care about my struggles. But then to see the people, including Pastor Grant, standing up there, bearing the shame of their past and beaming with joy at how God had changed them. It was amazing.
That’s just it. God is amazing. Afterall, he sent his one and only Son to die for us. And he now He lives again. That’s pretty freakin’ awesome!
Chocolate bunnies and marshmellow peeps aside, I have something else I’d like to share with you.
His name is Jo. That’s short for Jumpin’ Jehosaphat. He’s my new goldfish. He was a gift from my Mother-in-Law, Sue. (Thanks again!!)
He is a orange and white Ryukin and he’s HUGE compared to my other Fancy Tail Guppies. This is why I named him Jumpin’ Jehosaphat 
He seems to be fitting in nicely with the other 6-8 guppies. I say 6 to 8 because right now I have 3 males and 3 females (two of which are pregnant) and atleast 2 babies that were born within the last week or so. I wish the babies luck, if they can outswim Jo, then I’m sure they’ll go on to live a long and happy life!
Here are some pictures of the other fishies…
School of Yellow Fancy Tail Guppies
Pregnant yellow guppy
Male Yellow Fancy Tail Guppy
Well, I think that’s about it for now. I guess I’ll close with a few more pictures that I took of my 20 gallon aquarium.
Have a marvelous Monday and I promise I’ll be more diligent at posting!!
The tank
Checkin' out his new digs
Swimming, Swimming, Swimming (he's channeling Dori) Jo stretchin' his fins