July 31
I ask in the van if she has her cell phone. She returns to the house to look for it.
She is back in less than half a minute with the phone in her hand and a quizzical look.
“ Where was it,” I ask, relieved?
“I don’t know,” she says softly.
“What do you mean you don’t know?”
“I went into the kitchen and I didn’t see it, I prayed and then I’m holding the phone. It was like someone handed it to me.”
“Let your request be made known to God and the peace of God which surpasses
all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
(Philippians 4:6-7)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
I G Ispection
July 30
Try keeping anything metal from rusting in Panama. It is impossible. The Inspector General team arrived headed by a Captain I had served with a year earlier. I told him my personal evaluation was riding on the weapons inspection.
The captain took over inspecting the weapons himself. Later he made an oral report to the brass. When he got to the weapons section he turned to my company commander and said; "Captain, I congratulate you and your men for having the best looking weapons in the battalion."
“… with God all things are possible." (Mark 10:27)
Try keeping anything metal from rusting in Panama. It is impossible. The Inspector General team arrived headed by a Captain I had served with a year earlier. I told him my personal evaluation was riding on the weapons inspection.
The captain took over inspecting the weapons himself. Later he made an oral report to the brass. When he got to the weapons section he turned to my company commander and said; "Captain, I congratulate you and your men for having the best looking weapons in the battalion."
“… with God all things are possible." (Mark 10:27)
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Lost Swimmer
July 29
I‘m 17 and the waterfront director at a Boy Scout camp. The volunteer lifeguards had left the water for lunch. My assistant reports there is still a nametag on the board.I dispatch him to the mess hall while I start a lost swimmer drill.
On my fourth dive I see the body several feet below me. I gasp, lose my air and re- surface. My heart is pounding. I take a deep breadth and dive straight down, arms extended. As I near the bottom the body is a towel draped over some rocks. When I surface my assistant is walking on the dock and tells me our missing person is at the dinning hall. My reaction is how heaven feels about a new believer.
"Rejoice with me for I have found my sheep which was lost." (Luke 15:6)
I‘m 17 and the waterfront director at a Boy Scout camp. The volunteer lifeguards had left the water for lunch. My assistant reports there is still a nametag on the board.I dispatch him to the mess hall while I start a lost swimmer drill.
On my fourth dive I see the body several feet below me. I gasp, lose my air and re- surface. My heart is pounding. I take a deep breadth and dive straight down, arms extended. As I near the bottom the body is a towel draped over some rocks. When I surface my assistant is walking on the dock and tells me our missing person is at the dinning hall. My reaction is how heaven feels about a new believer.
"Rejoice with me for I have found my sheep which was lost." (Luke 15:6)
Seek Counsel
July 28
A small plane plunges into the dark ocean off Martha's Vineyard claiming the lives of the pilot, John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife, Carolyn and her sister, Lauren Bessette.
JFK Jr. left for the island that night despite predictions of poor visibility. A reporter who is also a pilot concludes JFK Jr. fell victim the young pilot's disease he called, "gotta-get-there-itis."
I ask God, what am I supposed to learn from all this? The reply comes quickly.
"Without counsel plans go awry, but in the multitude of counselors they are established."(Proverbs 22:1)
A small plane plunges into the dark ocean off Martha's Vineyard claiming the lives of the pilot, John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife, Carolyn and her sister, Lauren Bessette.
JFK Jr. left for the island that night despite predictions of poor visibility. A reporter who is also a pilot concludes JFK Jr. fell victim the young pilot's disease he called, "gotta-get-there-itis."
I ask God, what am I supposed to learn from all this? The reply comes quickly.
"Without counsel plans go awry, but in the multitude of counselors they are established."(Proverbs 22:1)
Tommy on the Beach
July 27
“Grampy, want to go for a walk on the beach?” What I don’t realize is what a four-year-old means by a walk on the beach. To him it means racing down the beach looking back, smiling and off again. This goes on for several minutes. Finally he stops and starts running back towards me, arms extended. I throw my arms up and run towards him. As he draws near I crouch and he leaps into my waiting arms, squealing with delight. What joy.
“ These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” (John 15: 11)
“Grampy, want to go for a walk on the beach?” What I don’t realize is what a four-year-old means by a walk on the beach. To him it means racing down the beach looking back, smiling and off again. This goes on for several minutes. Finally he stops and starts running back towards me, arms extended. I throw my arms up and run towards him. As he draws near I crouch and he leaps into my waiting arms, squealing with delight. What joy.
“ These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” (John 15: 11)
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Angels in a Life
July 26
My thanks to these special angels:
An orthopedic nurse who encouraged me for ten years so I wouldn’t be crippled;
The priest who stopped and taped a leaky fuel line in my car on a hot summer day;
The unknown angel who awakened me just as I was drifting off the road;
Thank you Lord for sending these helpers and others in my time of need.
Who have the angels been in your life?
“He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways."
(Psalm 91:11)
My thanks to these special angels:
An orthopedic nurse who encouraged me for ten years so I wouldn’t be crippled;
The priest who stopped and taped a leaky fuel line in my car on a hot summer day;
The unknown angel who awakened me just as I was drifting off the road;
Thank you Lord for sending these helpers and others in my time of need.
Who have the angels been in your life?
“He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways."
(Psalm 91:11)
How Was Your Day?
July 25
Ok. The standard answer. I looked at my day again.
The car accident that almost happened, the call from a friend inviting me to something good, a hug and smile from my wife and a surprise call from a daughter.
There is food to eat, no aches or pains, and nothing dangerous to face. There is a meeting with a friend, a Bible to read, wild ducks to feed, a computer to use, music to hear, a comfortable bed and prayers to say. It’s not just an Ok day. It is a day blessed by GOD.
"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
(John 10:10)
Ok. The standard answer. I looked at my day again.
The car accident that almost happened, the call from a friend inviting me to something good, a hug and smile from my wife and a surprise call from a daughter.
There is food to eat, no aches or pains, and nothing dangerous to face. There is a meeting with a friend, a Bible to read, wild ducks to feed, a computer to use, music to hear, a comfortable bed and prayers to say. It’s not just an Ok day. It is a day blessed by GOD.
"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
(John 10:10)
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