Coming to the Still Waters

Good Sunday morning all - another one upon us and I am still working through the book of Luke.  We are in chapter 8 and some of the radio broadcast are following after the passages I am in now.  We had the great opportunity to go to Florida last week to button up the mobile and then this weekend to have our youngest with us while finishing some classes at Moody Bible Institute.  I sometimes work so much that I need to remember how to enjoy the life that is going on around me.  A little confession there.  They say it is good for the soul.  --Adam---

Today's verses are Lamentations 3:19-27, which read, 19 -  Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness. 20 - Surely my soul remembers and is bowed down within me. 21 - This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. 22 - The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. 23 - They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. 24 - "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I have hope in Him." 25 - The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. 26 - It is good that he waits silently for the salvation of the LORD. 27 - It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth . On Wednesday we left Jeremiah in a place of despair over the sin of the Israelite nation.  His prayers were going no higher than the ceiling.  He was being made a laughingstock for continuing to follow after the holiness of God.  He was feeling the...

A good Thursday to you and feeling caught up from the vacation.  It is great to be back on track with the weekend coming.  There are always things on the list to accomplish that are coming up but I love it when I can sit down and whittle away at them with a little breathing room. Another part of my life that is developing is getting together with other minister's in the area.  When I came to Oglesby, it was a burning desire to gather with other pastors but nothing was happening here.  I ended up going to another town 20 miles away to find a group that would fill this need.  I didn't give up on this area though.  One interested pastor approached me and then another and after 3 years of effort, we have a list of 12 who gather monthly for coffee and conversation.  I moderate this group and keep up with email reminders but the discussion around the table is what keeps them coming.  It is amazing to see a "new" guy come in and watch the reaction o...