Big wheel keep on turning!

Good morning everybody. Thanks for showing up here at the old blogger ranch where we all just like to sit for a spell and visit. It is Friday, July 20, 2012. How's that busy life going that you have there? You know. The one where the rule is to burn the candle at both ends. I actually have never burned a candle at both ends but it's obvious that it would tend to use the candle up more quickly than if you only burned it on one end. I suppose that is what is implied and I did not take the time to give you some insight into the origin of that saying. But, I do know that I have been tagged over the years with that saying, many times. I plead guilty, especially for a large part of my life where I spent far too much of my time in being about as busy as one can be in things that really, for the most part, when it is all said and done, didn't amount to a hill of beans. Most people involved in that Gerbil wheel lifestyle don't see it that way, they just keep that wheel turning. I thank God I have learned there are endeavors that do count for time and eternity and they are worthy of our pursuits. These are the ones pursued out of love for God and caring for others. Finding the balance is difficult but doing something about breaking that candle on both ends burning cycle is worth the effort. Take it from me. Been there, done that!

I didn't even mention last week on this very day we had a Friday the 13th to contend with. Just joking. Guess what? I can tell you what happened last Friday the 13th? Some really wonderful things happened in the lives of some people. Some really bad things happened in the lives of others. Many had a really good day. Many had a really bad day. Others had what they might call a same old, same old kind of day. Yes, there was laughter and yes, there were tears. That's how it goes as we count our days. And, that pretty much is how it will go UNTIL that Day comes. That's the Day when our Savior will return to make all things right. The Apostle Peter said there will be some who scoff at this coming Day. They will report that things are going on just like they always have gone on. He said those people willingly forget how it was in the days of Noah when the flood came. The folks back then were going about their busy lives without heeding the warning that a day of judgment was coming. But that Day did come! The door of the ark was closed and the floods came. (See 2 Peter Chapter 3) Therefore, whether it be Friday the 13th or any other particular day we can always look up because one day soon He will come back just like He said He would. Amen.

Another one of those kinds of weeks folks and it has been so good to have y'all along for the ride. Come to think about it, most weeks are like that, for all of us. Thanks so much to those who have been praying on behalf of our brother in law and his family. It means so much to know that people care enough to pray. Prayer is a most remarkable provision that God gave to us so that we can connect ourselves into His resources from which flow the things we stand in need of. I am often hit with this challenge, "Since God knows all things, why pray?" That's a real easy one. We pray because God has both made a way for us and invited us into His very throne room. (See Hebrews 4:16) It is God who chose prayer to be an integrated part of the unfolding of His will. Jesus, God the very God in human flesh, spent much of His time in prayer while He was here on the earth. That's good enough for me. Amen? Yes! Amen! See you next time and may God bless.    ....More later.