Posted on September 21, 2008 at 10:05pm.
Time for one last blog before we head overseas. I don’t know that I will be able to do much of this while we are gone but plan to give a full update when we return. Suzi and I will appreciate your prayers for us that God will use us as we meet with our friends. I know that he will also continue to work on our hearts. one thing I have learned from these trips is that you just can’t return and ever see things quite the same. You will be in our prayers. That really is the beauty of the Body of Christ - we need each other. Have a great couple of weeks.
Posted on September 20, 2008 at 7:06am.
I wonder sometimes what it takes for God to get my attention? My pace of life, my routines seem at times to block my ability to hear his voice. The very thing I say I want is the very thing I can effectively push to the side. Walking with the Spirit has been described as a dance, finding the rhythm of the Spirit. There are times when it feels like I have two left feet. I know there isn’t a formula I plug into nor a checklist to mark off - so what does it take? Could it be as simple as letting the Spirit lead and getting my feet out of the way? Maybe so.
Posted on September 17, 2008 at 10:04am.
I was in New York the past two days. My roots are up in that area but it had been a long time since I have been back. I went to see one last game at Yankee Stadium before they tear it down. Lots of memories came flooding back to me, games I had seen, the sights and sounds of the game and one other memory which meant the most - time spent with my dad and my brother. The power of family both good and bad has a profound impact on our lives. I am grateful for those times and the relationships that time has allowed. By the way, the other thing that makes this newest memory so powerful was being their with one of my son-in-laws and a good friend.
Posted on September 12, 2008 at 6:27am.
In Psalm 37, David use this phrase three times - “Fret not yourself.” Another way of saying this is, “Do not bother your head.” While this is simple and to the point it raises the question of “Why?” When I look around at life, my own life, there seem to be many things to fret over. My head gets bothered and my heart is worried over lots. Well King David had a reason to say this, it was his understanding of God. In a series of verses he tells us to “trust in the Lord, delight in the Lord, commit your way to the Lord and be still before the Lord.” Here is his conclusion - God is acting and he will not forsake his children.Maybe if I believed this I would fret a little less often.
Posted on September 11, 2008 at 7:01am.
This is a day that we will always remember. I remember where I was, who I was with and the absolute numbing disbelief I felt. In many ways we have moved past the events of 9/11. Life has gone on, babies have been born, young people have graduated from school, vacations have been taken and the list goes on and on. However in other ways those events have forever changed life and how we live. In the midst of it all there has been one constant - God is in control. While I have difficulty wrapping my mind around all that means, I believe with all my heart it is true. I may never fully understand the “why” of that day or of many other events in my lifetime but I am learning to trust His heart.
