Phew! What a weekend!
After working on Friday, we had our youngest final high school band concert to attend. The big hitch here was the Concert band would play last and it was Senior night. And Ann & I had a time limit. Jonathan needed to be in Dubuque, Iowa early the next morning, which meant leaving Friday night. Well, we were able to hear the concert band play and then nearly ran to our car. Picked up Jonathan after work at 9 p.m. and hit the road for the 3.5 hour trip to Dubuque. Arrived there just before 1 a.m. Up and at’em by 6.30 a.m. and at Emmaus Bible College by eight o’clock. A full day’s schedule for Jonathan to register for classes and us, as the parents, to hear about the school and how we might possibly pay for this venture (still have no idea there; seriously considering the lottery…no, not really). Then it was ‘hit the road’ to get home, which saw us through the door around 8.30 p.m. Ann and I ate and crashed. Full slate Sunday morning, with fellowship meal and Congregational Meeting following the service. Finally arrived home and just kinda went all wobbly-legged in the chair. Nearly read an entire James Patterson book, watched the awful storm blow over and went to bed early.
Well, it just doesn’t stop there. Jonathan and I are headed to the Twin Cities today to attend a pastor’s conference at Redeemer Bible Church. Paul Miller, author of ‘A Praying Life’ will be the featured speaker. Greatly looking forward to that.
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Josh Blount, writing at The Blazing Center, has an excellent little blog post about the great need for the whole church to serve, not simply ‘Supermen’ and ‘Superwomen’. If I could have added anything to it, I would only have talked about how attempting to be Superman and doing it all is also one of the greatest, yet subtlest forms of pride seen in the church. Those of us who have played this superhero role may not approach it with any sense of hubris, but it is still prideful to either think ‘I can do it all’ or ‘No one else will possibly help me, so I’d better do it all.’ Maybe I’ll work something up on that…
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If this story doesn’t rock your world AND make you thankful for the forgiveness through Jesus Christ’s work on the cross, I’m not sure what will. Please read: Tunnel Vision: The Personal Purgatory of Kevin Tunell. After you read this, immediately thank the Lord that He has forgiven you––completely––through His Son, Jesus Christ. Then, let others that you know, who are brothers and sisters in the Lord––tell them this great news so they will be encouraged and strengthened in their faith. Oh, what a wicked God we would serve, who would say that He forgave us, but every single week, force us to remember our sins so vividly, so pointedly, without any recourse for comfort and relief. Thanks to Cripplegate for posting this.
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And to add a smile to your day: Rogue Pandas on the loose!
HT: Kevin DeYoung
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I’m not sure where Tom has been, but am I ever glad that Tominthebox News is back! Because who else would have picked up on this story and reported? USA Today? Time? The Washington Post? I think not. Only TBNN has this headliner. Reformed Presbyterians unite & rejoice!
K-Love Switches to Exclusive A Cappella Psalmody
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I really hate it when people meddle and start looking inside my heart. And yet it is so amazingly necessary. Thanks Scotty for writing this prayer.
A Prayer for Repenting of Whining and Ingratitude
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Well, that’s enough to keep your mind busy this morning. Have a blessed week.
