Happy New Year 2006
Can you believe it is 2006 already? I will warn you younger people that the calendar passes by faster every year you age!
I've tried to think that through and I believe that the reason for that is that as you age, things are less awesome and mysterious to you. You don't anticipate things like you did when you were younger and not real sure how things worked. As you age, it all becomes "old hat".
I suppose that is why it is so neat for older people to stay around the young crowd. It helps you focus on things like a child sees them.
Depressing news for Bus 5 today. We had only 17 people which included 3 workers today. Too many people stayed up all night watching the ball drop or whatever they did!!!
We did have one little girl that came forward for salvation today. She is a 3rd grader. I was telling her how happy I was for her when she volunteered that the other two times she didn't really understand. That brought back old memories.
I asked Jesus to save me when I was 5 years old and I know that I understood the basics at that time but years later I dealt with such lack of assurance until my early 20's. My burden for these children is to help them understand the theology behind salvation. I know what it is but need to study it more to be able to express it in younger terms. Someday, I would really like to write a book for children about this wonderful gift of salvation. It is such a beautiful present but so many people never open it. Anotherwords, they accept Jesus as their Savior but then they selfishly put Him on a shelf.....dust him off on Sunday morning and go to church, then put him back on the shelf until an emergency comes up. I am convinced that there is so much more to salvation than I have experienced in my life.
I feel like Paul who said "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" I try so hard to be consistent in my spiritual life but the struggle is too much sometimes.
For instance, I have had several weeks now where the bible reading has been put to the back of the list of things to do. I can really tell it in my thought pattern and in my reaction to things. I hate being in this place and I know that the only thing that will bring me out is to determine to go back to "The Book" and put it in an important part of my life again.
Lord, how I need you to strengthen me in the spirit.
I've tried to think that through and I believe that the reason for that is that as you age, things are less awesome and mysterious to you. You don't anticipate things like you did when you were younger and not real sure how things worked. As you age, it all becomes "old hat".
I suppose that is why it is so neat for older people to stay around the young crowd. It helps you focus on things like a child sees them.
Depressing news for Bus 5 today. We had only 17 people which included 3 workers today. Too many people stayed up all night watching the ball drop or whatever they did!!!
We did have one little girl that came forward for salvation today. She is a 3rd grader. I was telling her how happy I was for her when she volunteered that the other two times she didn't really understand. That brought back old memories.
I asked Jesus to save me when I was 5 years old and I know that I understood the basics at that time but years later I dealt with such lack of assurance until my early 20's. My burden for these children is to help them understand the theology behind salvation. I know what it is but need to study it more to be able to express it in younger terms. Someday, I would really like to write a book for children about this wonderful gift of salvation. It is such a beautiful present but so many people never open it. Anotherwords, they accept Jesus as their Savior but then they selfishly put Him on a shelf.....dust him off on Sunday morning and go to church, then put him back on the shelf until an emergency comes up. I am convinced that there is so much more to salvation than I have experienced in my life.
I feel like Paul who said "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" I try so hard to be consistent in my spiritual life but the struggle is too much sometimes.
For instance, I have had several weeks now where the bible reading has been put to the back of the list of things to do. I can really tell it in my thought pattern and in my reaction to things. I hate being in this place and I know that the only thing that will bring me out is to determine to go back to "The Book" and put it in an important part of my life again.
Lord, how I need you to strengthen me in the spirit.
posted by momlinda1945 | 9:50 PM
2 Comments:
hey hey havent talked to you in so long how you are doing ok drop me a email sometime :)
Hey there Paul!
Things have been moving along at such a pace over. I have been trying to get all my end of the year business financial stuff done for taxes, plus all the other Christmas festivities and church bus work. I really was exhausted there for a while. Now I am dealing with bringing everything to a close and beginning bookkeeping for the next year. That, and trying to keep my mother-in-law's checkbook balanced and her bills paid have me a little swamped.
As you saw, the kids gave us a trip to Florida for Christmas. We are going to leave on Tuesday the 24th and come back on the 29th. We are very excited about it since we rarely ever travel. Mike has never flown before so that will be a new experience. I have flown 3 times, I think. It will be better to have him sitting right beside me.
Hope your holidays went well. Fill us in on the details.
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