What an end to a year

2006 is winding to a close. With the day we celebrate the birth of our Lord and savior, It has brought about a reflective moment ( s) to the ol noodle.So often life feels so normal...so much like the way it was before I was born again into our Lord. The radical changes that occured early on seem to have slowed. When I look around at the believers that are around me I wonder if I appear as they do. The Joy of Christ, the promise of His Salvation and the presence of His Love in their lives...showing and flowing from their eyes and every body gesture. I often wonder what I can do to accelerate the process. I have to know his word as best I can as soon as I can. With such limited time, i must commit all to the study and worship of God. Of all things on this earth to do halfway...this is not it! I worry about time in the week and how much i will learn between now and the next sunday ( given the opportunity to exist of course ).
Then the Lord gives me a couple days, like this week has been. I struggled through much of the week. Resentment with friends, unknown difficulties that are starting to pop up at work. On the flip side I had one day where my memory verse was memorized when I zonked out while trying to remember it. There in my sleep I dreamt about the verse and memorized it ;Ps 1:1-3. Friday was an encouraging day as I started out my early morning ( 4:30 am ) with a weird occurance on the porch. Woke up in a bad mood saw the cat staring at something on the porch, flipped on a light and saw a 6-8 inch tall owl trapped in our screened in deck.
(poor little guy got stuck, but just for a moment)
( A pretty photo of My wife during a bible study of ours)

Then had an encouraging discipleship study with our pastor that led to a beautiful day working in the woods that was for me filled with prayer ( unusual ). Saturday was a great day shopping with my bride, Obey ( unusual as well, not really a shopper ) This Sunday was a great day just singing praises to our Lord. No real lesson to learn. No information departed other than God is great in His Salvation for unworthy mankind. His awesome Love, what a wonderful creator we have.In the words of the song Agnus Dei: Alleluia Alleluia, For our Lord God Almighty reigns...Holy, Holy are you Lord God Almighty. Worthy is the Lamb. You are Holy!!!
Merry Christmas- Trust