Start the clock a'ticking!

I have a busy start to a short week ahead of me today. This morning we're having staff meeting at 10:30, so that will take up about 1/2 hour of my morning. After that, I have to prepare for my lunch meeting with the youth sponsors over lunch. This afternoon, I'm driving to Oblong to take the Christmas presents to the Children's Home and might stop in Terre Haute to runs some errands on the way through. Those last two events will be the greatest part of my day. So, it will seem like the day has flown past at about 4 this afternoon. That's ok though. On Thursday of this week, Laura is coming to town!!! We're going to spend the 23rd and 24th with my family in Newton and Oblong. We didn't think we would be able to pull anything like this off but she got it worked out at her jobs and here we be! Just a couple more days and we'll be able to spend some real time together for the first time since early October or late summer. Let the countdowm begin!

Proverbs 20:6 says, "Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?" Is the love you claim to have as deep as you say it is? Are you as faithful as you say you are? These questions ought to cause us to stop and think for a bit. Being completely commited is difficult in this world, with all there is trying to get our attention, but it is possible. This verse speaks on many different levels. Dating and marriage relationships, friendships, jobs, family, and so forth. Faithfulness takes a minute by minute decision making process. When opportunity arrises to be unfaithful (on any of these levels above), will you decide to stick to your guns and remain on the path you know you are supposed to be on, or will you stray and decide to lay the object of faith aside for a little while? Faithfulness must be maintained and practiced in order to be strengthened. There is no other way. For there to be faithful people in the world, each of us must first be individuals of faith.

Wednesday 12/21: A Big Deal Christmas (White Elephant gift exchange & party)...Mack...tell anyone you see at school to remember this!!!

Later...