OK, maybe another space — like Prince Albert.
We were just resting when the call came. Meet us for coffee. Tim Horton’s will do.
Five kids, and we got to get up to speed on their lives. And the lives of the parents. All in all an enjoyable time.
Good to have friends. Ones who lead us to remember the past and show us the future. And the future looks like anniversaries and weddings for them. May their family and friends be a blessing!!
Sometimes I find that I get going too hard. I miss my day of rest each week. I extend my usual work day into long hours.
Most of this is related to an ability to see many things that need to be done. That’s not bad in itself. Without vision we end up as couch potatoes.
On the other hand, we can burn out before the candle is even half finished.
So, I have those who push me to evaluate my busyness. And lately I’ve been going at it fairly hard. And enjoying it. Which is why now is the time to run down my busyness before I run down.
Today, I wrote a sermon and took some time for rest. Tomorrow I will take the day off and relax. That’s a start! Let’s see how it goes.
We were outside today, working on our grass patches that didn’t make the winter. Our anxiety has been that the next rain will come before the seed is planted. The rain’s nourishment of the seed is vital.
So, we’ve watched the weather channel, listened to the news and gone online. All indications were that rain was imminent. I’m looking out the window on an evening sky with a few clouds. But no imminent rain.
So, whether there is weather, I’m never sure. Only God knows, and I guess that’s not a bad thing!!
A quote every once in a while just hits you on the forehead. This is a short quote from USA Today at Easter time called "Has the notion of sin been lost". The article has previously been talking about merely helping people change without them recognizing the root of sin as a problem in their lives.
The Rev. Michael Horton, professor of theology at Westminster Seminary in Escondido, Calif., calls this "moral therapy."
"It’s changing your lifestyle to receive God’s favor," Horton says. "It’s not heaven in the hereafter but happiness here and now. But it is still up to you to make it happen."
He finds sad truth in an old newspaper headline he once saw: " ‘To hell with sin when being good is enough.’ That’s the drift of American preaching today in a lot of churches. People know what sin is; they just don’t believe in it anymore. We mix up happiness and holiness, and God is no longer the reference point."
In other words, he asks, if you can solve your problems or sins yourself, what difference does it make that Christ was crucified?
People have to see themselves as sinners — ultimately alienated from God and unable to save themselves — for Christ’s sacrifice to be essential, Horton says. "(The apostle) Paul didn’t see Easter as therapy."