Back in the Saddle

I know, I know. . .it has been a while since I have blogged. Getting settled and finding a house has proven to be more of a challenge than we anticipated. Turns out finding the right combination of schools, price, and size in the housing market is more difficult than finding authentic Mexican food! We are trusting that God is in control in this process and that He will show is in His time and not ours.

So enough fluff. . .what is my latest rant? Not so much a rant today, but a call to repentance. I feel like the Rich man (only take away that rich part) in the account of the Rich man and Lazarus. He was worried about his friends and family hearing the truth of the scripture and was told that they had the prophets to guide them if they were inclined to search. (New Craig Version-NCV) I may be a little off on all of the details as I have not read that passage in a while, but what grabs me is the reality of the fact that we have THE WORD of God in our homes and lives every day. Yet we rarely take the time to cherish it. Our worship service Sunday used the statistic that the typical family spends 3 hours per day in front of the tele and less than 10 with God. I had the opportunity to visit with our Sr. Adult minister, Dick Baker on Tuesday night (great guy by the way. . .he is retiring this week after 26 years of ministry at this church! unheard of today). We visited a gentleman that is 80 years old and is now going blind. He can see shapes and that is about it (Dick was quick to tell him that he was the handsome one of the two of us).
The dear man was bemoaning the fact that he could not even read his Bible now. Little did he know that we have a ministry at our church that does Biblestudy by speakerphone and that we would have a copy of scripture on cassette. We are blessed with the WORD OF GOD in our lives, but do not give it the proper place that it deserves so many times. We place it on a shelf and say one day that we will read it. I pray that I never have such a wake up call. That the treasure of God's word would dwell richly (sounding pretty King James huh?) in my life and family every day. That is the secret of men like Dick Baker who serve faithfully and impact hundreds of thousands of lives through their ministries.
Sorry for the delay in ranting. I am speaking to myself more than anyone in this rant. That I might have regular, deep time in the loveletter of my Savior each day.
Keep crimefighting and I will see you again soon (hopefully). . .same bat time, same bat channel. If you get a chance, check out camfrog.com and see the free web conferencing that they offer with video/audio! Cool, hip, and all that Jive.
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