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Thank you for lifting my family up during some hard days. I know they aren't over, the hard days that is, but Mom is finally at rest. She wasn't healthy for so long that she deserved a break. I hate that break meant that I can't see her until later, but I know she is well...finally. We prayed for a healing in her body and for a miracle to be done. She is healed and if that miracle means that lost family members come to know Christ, then that is all she wanted and prayers were answered. Even in her last days, when she was really not well, she still lifted people up. And all of us for that matter. Mom was a woman of prayer. What better compliment can a person have than that. I hope that others can say the same about me and you. She was an incredible woman and I know I will ,and do, miss her so much. At my core, I am a mamma's boy. I always will be. All the phone calls, all the cards, and all the times when I just hugged her I will treasure. I love you, Momma. Talk to you later. I love you guys and I am so thankful I have you in my life. My session name from Training is The Builders of the Kingdom. We all are Builders. Not just of the Kingdom, but each other. That's the cool part. Jesus did it while on earth. Paul taught it and did it while on earth. You can too. God bless you all and Godspeed. Captain Chris
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Let me first say that I have never been one to worry about the maintenance of life. When things stop working, I get them fixed. When people stop working, I move on by hiring someone else or just getting the job done. I have had an issue come upon me here that will require the first comment. I drove up this morning to see my shelter director pacing in the parking lot. During the evening yesterday, our water heater stopped working. Don't really know why. I guess it was tires. Maybe it blew a gasket, kicked the bucket, pushed up a daisy, looked at life from the other side of the grass, I don't know. So I listened to the frustration in his voice and knew he was about done with it. After the dust settled, which is hard when with water (you try it), I started to think about things. This is what I have. Don't we get the same way when people just stop working around us? It can be quite a hassle just getting by. Sometimes we get so microscopic in our view that all we see is us and not the effect we are having on those around us. It has encouraged me to work harder, be better, do more; not just for others but for our Lord. The water heater didn't care that it stopped working; it just did. The effect was widespread, not just on our guys in the shelter, but to the staff with water going everywhere. Fortunately, the damage was small, but the potential was huge. We are the same way when we just stop working; whether at home or work, or even in our spiritual walk with Jesus. The effect of our non-action may be more cumbersome to many others than we thought. Like when a leader stops leading; it's not just them that the action effects. So my encouragement to you is to not be a water heater. Keep working; go deeper with God and do more for and with Him. Have a great day.....there you go. And by the way, ROLL TIDE!
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Spellcheck is a beautiful thing. It works great when you outright misspell something. Not so good when the word is spelled right but not in context. For those errors, I can only say: My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.
Emo Philips
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| Some days I forget how good God really is. I slip, I fall, I pull away from the promises given by God through His son Jesus. It makes those days tough to move on. I awoke early this morning and felt a tugging to get in gear earlier than I normally would. There was a reason. One of my staff members was out in the parking lot when I arrived to work and he looked like he wanted to talk. I am glad I was there. He looked at me with tears in his eyes and said something I will never forget. Not verbatim, but his words were that gratitude was not just a feeling. He's been on board since August and he said that since that time, gratitude has been a physical action. That may seem simple, but it rang in my ears. He said his work has touched others; he knows that, but the gratitude he had for those he has served has resonated in his very being. It reminded of all the times David would write about joy and sadness. There seemed to be a joint effort of the two at the same time. My staff member is going through some dark moments for his family but, at the same time, has this overwhelming sense of gratitude for the opportunities he has on a daily basis. A wide man once said that the issues we face with people each da in this Army is the "messiness of ministry." How true that is. Even within that messiness, we can still have that sense of joy and gratitude. Sounds tough to practice and have in our lives. I know there are some days I am not sure how it will happen but it does. Gratitude for the simple act of being where I am. And that brings up so many issues I can't even begin. This past weekend, my family and I went for a drive. We drove out to Folly Beach. As we went on this road, I was amazed by the fact that I had only gone 5 miles on this road over he past two years. There was a beach 3 more miles down the road! Not just a beach, but the lighthouse I have been looking for.( I collect lighthouses.) I sat in the car just amazed at the fact that just a bit further, i would see all this beauty. I know it is a tourist trap with evrything that goes with it, but that fact that the beach was right there made it awesome. The boys ran up and down the beach and had a great time. It made me think that God was telling me..."just a bit further and there you go." So I give that to you and to me...just a bit further. There you go.
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