Those Days of Summer…

are fading fast. Cooler weather has filtered into the northern Missouri area, with daytime highs only reaching the 70’s and the evenings into the upper 40’s.

Already, I am missing summer. The heat can be unbearable at times when it’s a scorcher, but the wonderful sounds of cicadas buzzing, and katydids with their insect violins making a disjointed symphony, are precious…as well as the vivid greens and vibrant purples and yellows of flowers splashing their hues on God’s canvas of the world.

Those are things that take your breath away, and make one thankful to be living on this beautiful planet…even though there are major problems with wars and famine and suffering and a multitude of issues…there is still God. He is seen in the multi-colored splendor of a dawning summer morning as the rays shoot across the sky; He is heard in the clap of thunder late at night; He is felt in the wind’s whisper that caresses our faces on a calm spring morning…And He is always there with us…if we allow Him to be.

Thank you, God. For being You.

My wife FINALLY has a blog!

After many months of gently coaxing her into the 21st century of online journaling, Jeannie has finally bit the bullet and launched her own blog…you can read her first post here.

Yeah, I know it’s sappy…but that’s one of the reasons I love her so much…because she is such a romantic at heart.

I love you, my angel.

One of THOSE Days…

I am so very glad that the day is almost over; it’s been a very long one.

Book season is almost over here at my job and we’re starting to wind down now; but home life is getting busier and more complicated with the ministry starting to pick up speed for Jeannie and I. It seems that we are pretty much running around every night of the week…and I don’t see it getting any calmer in the near future.

But, as I’ve said before, I am glad that the Lord is using us in this way, so that others can be reached for Jesus Christ. That is the sole purpose of my every waking moment now; I want to live, breathe, sleep and work towards the prize of the high calling in Christ.

For 26 years, I lived on this earth pleasing no one but myself, and hurting a lot of people in the process. My life was based on the “New Trinity”–me, myself, and I. And God was patient with me; He knew that one day I would cry out to Him and give my entire life to serving the Lord.

Have I struggled in the past 17 years? Sure. No Christian could be honest and say that there aren’t still trials and tribulations to face; yet we know that through prayer and faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, things will turn out ok. Maybe not the way that we want them to…but the way GOD wants them to is for the best, after all.

So, even though the day seems to be ho-hum and boring and lacking excitement…I know that there is a might work still to be done in God’s Kingdom as Jeannie and I do our best to reach out to those who are the last; the lost; and the least.

What an exciting adventure that is to come!

Key words: New Trinity, God’s Kingdom, Christians, trials, tribulations, Jesus Christ.