Weekend

07/23/2010

Good Morning!

A boy was watching his father, a pastor, write a sermon.
"How do you know what to say?" he asked.
"Why, God tells me."
"Oh, then why do you keep crossing things out?"

I have a couple of readers of the Good Morning who are preachers and will appreciate the above. But isn’t there a little seed of truth in the joke? God tells us (over and over again – it seems) what His will is for our lives – but we seem to have a breakdown in communication. As the wise man once said: “God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason – we should spend twice our time listening and half our time talking.”

Well, we come to the weekend. It has been a good week for me and Miss N – at least I think it has been. Wednesday morning we both went out to the Wee Links and walked around the course. I was hitting a little white ball – she was taking pictures. But it was a joy to be out with my sweetheart – sweating on the course.

Proverbs 5:18-19 (Contemporary English Version)
18Be happy with the wife
you married
when you were young.
19She is beautiful and graceful,
just like a deer;
you should be attracted to her
and stay deeply in love.

I am truly a blessed by God with the wife He gave to me forty-four years ago. We have had and continue to have a very loving, caring relationship. What a joy to be able to write these words. I hope for each of you that you will find a similar relationship.

The weekend is upon us. Miss N and I hope to make a side trip to Helen this Sunday and see some red-headed grandchildren. It seems like months have passed since we saw them. I also hope to catch up with Travelin’ Jim and find out about the Kenya mission so I can share that with you next week.

Have a great weekend in the Lord.

Agape’

Mr. Jim