A Note From the Pastor
February 18, 2009
Today is my daughter’s twelfth Birthday! Very hard to believe that she is… that I am that old! She can now go into the Youth Group. I am not sure I am ready for this. But I am so proud of her. She is the most honest and rule-following little girl I have ever known. She likes to only listen and watch things that are nice… maybe not always the most wholesome, but nothing with violence or evil in it. Praise God she takes after her mother. Praise God that he is good to us even when we don’t deserve it.
“Many daughters have done virtuously, nobly, and well [with the strength of character that is steadfast in goodness], but you excel them all.” Proverbs 31:29 AMP
A Note From the Pastor
February 3, 2009
Crisis is defined as: a dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a person’s life. It seems this term is being used more and more all the time to describe life, marriage, financial matters, etc. People are facing issues that are rattling their entire existence and shaking the very foundation of their lives. Sometimes I have to question sometimes how strong their foundation was to begin with, and if Jesus is truly their Cornerstone. But in either case, crisis may be the very thing that stirs a person to turn in the right direction. The change that must take place sometimes needs crisis to ‘force the issue.’ I like another definition for crisis: a condition of instability or danger leading to a decisive change. It is often an indecisive walk that creates instability; an incubator for crisis.
“If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn’t much to you in the first place.” Proverbs 24:10 MSG
My daughter is turning 12
February 3, 2009
Sheridan’s 12th birthday is this month. I was reading back over some old newsletter articles and came across one about Sheridan… she was and is a cutie!
ATTENTION!
I ENJOY MY CHILDREN! Sheridan is a small “bundle of joy” and “too much to handle” all rolled up into 30 pounds. On the days she does not have pre-school, and no other kids are around, she can literally wear a person down with her “attention getters” and little commands. I don’t know how many times I have made the 100 yard jaunt up to the house from my office after an insisting phone call, only to be shown a piece of paper displaying her masterpiece of colors and markers. She demands attention, using her irresistible, well-polished charm and manipulation (innate in every female) already perfectly crafted at age four. How can I ignore that?!?! Yet, when I want her attention, especially to tell her something important or to discipline her, the conversation goes something like this: Sheridan, I want you . . . Sheridan, look at me . . . look at me please . . . I want you . . . look at me! . . . Go upstairs . . . Sheridan, Sheridan look . . . go upstairs and . . . look at me right now . . . it’s time to brush . . . Sheridan, you better look at me! . . . Right now! . . . Go upstairs and . . . SHERIDAN!!!! My “one sentence order” turns into a ten-minute repetitious speech of tyranny! How so with our relationship with our Heavenly Father. He loves us so much that He puts up with our constant commands and shortcomings, our selfishness and failures. Yet when He wants to tell us something we are too busy or refuse to listen. We twist His words or simply disagree. Even at our most spiritually mature state, we are still children of God who need His discipline. “My child, don’t ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don’t be discouraged when he corrects you. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and punishes those he accepts as his children.” Hebrews 12:5b, 6 NLT
