A Good Read

Because it is a vacation day, I have been able to spend more time than usual reading God's Word the Bible. The porch was my reading chamber and the hundreds of cars that fly past my house the backdrop.

I read the first three chapters of the Book of Genesis.

It's good to go through the verses slowly and thoughtfully. Every now and then as these are the beginnings of the planet, our knowledge of God, our own creation, and the fall of humanity into disobedience and death-bringing sin.

I soared through chapter 1. I worshipped in chapter 2. And I wept through chapter 3.

I hope you have a bit of time to drift through these chapters yourself sometime this weekend. Let me know their impact on you.

An Important Albeit Familiar, Reminder

"If you want to last over the long haul of ministry, you have to learn how to recharge yourself spiritually, emotionally, physically, and mentally. Here’s an easy formula to remember: Divert daily, withdraw weekly, abandon annually. Know what relaxes you and what recharges you -- and do it." - Rick Warren

What God Reveals

"Man cannot cover what God would reveal." (Thomas Campbell)

A Most Evangelistic Church

"The church is most evangelistic when she is least concerned about impressing the world or with adding to her numbers."
Iain H. Murray

In God's Darkroom

I received this gift in the mail today from a wonderful saint in my church and I thought I'd share it with you. Maybe it will help you as it's helped me and others where we worship!

Ere it can be developed
A film at first must be-
Taken to a darkroom
Where there is no light to see,
The chemicals need the darkness
To do what they must do-
Produce a lovely picture
For everyone to view.

Sometimes our Heavenly Father
Will often take us through-
DARKROOM experiences in life
To do what HE must do,
Frustration, trial, and sorrow
Disappointment, stress and strife
Are the chemicals He uses
To develop our spiritual life.

If you are in God's darkroom,
Don't despair, for HE-
Is developing a picture
For HIS art gallery.

(written by Edie Wood)

A Stark Tragedy

"It is a stark tragedy to love the church and its work and not to love Jesus." (E. F. Hallock)

Canada Bound

Spent a lot of today on the road checking out Providence, RI. Our Prayer and Vision Tour will be visiting this city in March and I wanted to find hotels and see what the city had to offer. You should see Providence Place!

A huge snow storm is coming so we hit the road at 2:30 p.m. and point the Camry toward northern Maine. Lots of traffic most of the journey. Settled into our motel now and processing email.

Tomorrow we'll cross the border into the Homeland. Looking forward to catching up with Canada and her people. Although I listen to CBC every day, I'll be glad to be on soil once again. Canada - the world next door!