Change is in the air. I could feel it this morning as I walked the dogs. A little cooler, maybe a little crisper. Oh, we'll still have a couple more warm, maybe even hot, days- but autumn is on the way.
My family, like yours, is experiencing change. Our kids are getting older- even if we're not!
Our church is certainly in a period of significant change. The biggest challenge may be the simple fact that the most immediate changes are only stepping stones to even bigger changes.
It's probably not a bad thing for all of us to be reminded that change really isn't a four-letter word!
Brian McLaren offers the following prayer in his book, Naked Spirituality:
All that I'm now going through
Will make me better or bitter,
Break down or breakthrough.
Learning this patience-- it takes so much patience.
It's a great education,
But why is the tuition so high?
Why God, why?
Monday, September 17, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
USMC
The call came early Monday evening. I could barely recognize the voice I knew in the voice I was hearing:
This is recruit Conrad calling to inform you that I have arrived safely. Please do not send any food or packages. I will be in contact by mail in the next 7-9 days. Thank you for your support. Click. I wonder what the voice will sound like when I hear it again in thirteen weeks?
Since we first laid eyes on Thomas twenty-three years ago He's become quite a young man. His Marine Corp packing list included only the clothes he wore, razor and toothbrush (forgot both), and Bible (which he remembered), and $20 (I guess there aren't too many vending machines on Paris Island). As he undergoes this intense period of preparation and transformation I find myself praying:
Our son is a Marine. I ask you to pray for him. I hope you will pray for his parents.
This is recruit Conrad calling to inform you that I have arrived safely. Please do not send any food or packages. I will be in contact by mail in the next 7-9 days. Thank you for your support. Click. I wonder what the voice will sound like when I hear it again in thirteen weeks?
Since we first laid eyes on Thomas twenty-three years ago He's become quite a young man. His Marine Corp packing list included only the clothes he wore, razor and toothbrush (forgot both), and Bible (which he remembered), and $20 (I guess there aren't too many vending machines on Paris Island). As he undergoes this intense period of preparation and transformation I find myself praying:
- that the body God has blessed him with will stay safe and strong
- that the mind God has blessed him with will master knowledge and skills that will serve him for a lifetime (and some, I pray, that he will never have to use) and
- that the spirit God has given him will be strengthened by the Spirit that indwells him.
Our son is a Marine. I ask you to pray for him. I hope you will pray for his parents.
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