When I was 11 years old, my baseball team won the City League championship in Longview, TX. We were the Colonels and my brother Andy was the bat boy and was so excited about the win that he did a flip on the pitcher's mound. The celebration for a group of 11 year old boys and their parents was so exciting that I have considered that year to be one of my favorites memories and my favorite age.
That one championship became one of my accomplishments that I cherished in my heart. One of my teammates passed away as a result of a car wreck he suffered later in his teens. Bruce Fisher was a friend and I have been thinking about him and the rest of the team who I wish I could see again. We grew up, and now as men we have our own lives that were all shaped by the events of that summer.
However, several years later, I became a Christian by being immersed for the forgiveness of my sins and there are several people who were there as a part of that are no longer living in this world. I have lost my mother, several of my close friends who became a part of the team that I knew at that time as a result of my decision, and the preacher who immersed me, J.D. Lancaster and many who encouraged me to become who I now am in life.
Today, I live and work with a team of Christians who are living to win the championship of life. Heaven is our goal, the celebration will be sweet, and I know that my brother Andy will do a flip for me at the thrown of God as a celebration of being home. (Well, maybe!) My Christian team was and is my favorite team and many memories have surpassed those baseball memories some 40 years ago. I have lost many of my friends and church family to death, but I know that they are waiting for the final celebration to come in eternity. I too, with my physical and spiritual family, can't wait to celebrate with Jesus who "pitched a perfect game" in this life and is waiting for us to come home.
I hope you are ready for that celebration. I would love to see you Sunday at the West Freeway church so that we can worship and praise Him who was perfect in this life so that we would have the chance to join Him for that celebration. He lived the perfect life to be the perfect sacrifice for us. "Come, now is the time to worship."
God bless you. See you Sunday so that I will be to possibly see you in heaven.
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Work the Program
I am so thankful to be able to continue learning at my age, and I don't think that I am all that old, yet! But it is a breath of fresh air to see God at work in my life leading me to study and learn even more than I ever would have thought possible.
As most of you know my son Anthoney is an addict in recovery. I am so proud that he is seeing himself in a different light than ever before. He is smiling and seems happier with himself and who and whose he is. He is jumping in with both feet, getting involved spiritually and emotionally with God and that to me is wonderful.
One of the things that I have learned from being a part of the recovery process that he is undergoing is leaning about the "Twelve Step Program" that he is using to become more dependent upon himself and God and less on drugs and alcohol. Their statement of "work the program" means to find the way to sobriety.
Working the program can also be a good way for us as Christians to look at our spiritual needs and desires.
God wants us to be active and working in His kingdom. When we have problems with our lives, we need to "work the program." We need to admit our sin and look to Him for the forgiveness He offers.
When rehab is completed and the addict or alcoholic leaves, one of the things that they are encouraged to do is to attend 90 meetings in 90 days to help them continue in overcoming their addiction. Wouldn't that be a great way for us minister to each other and move out of a life of sin and into a life of Godliness? 90 meetings in 90 days. Seems like a lot of commitment doesn't it? Is it to much to ask to strive to walk closer to God?
I'll see you later.
As most of you know my son Anthoney is an addict in recovery. I am so proud that he is seeing himself in a different light than ever before. He is smiling and seems happier with himself and who and whose he is. He is jumping in with both feet, getting involved spiritually and emotionally with God and that to me is wonderful.
One of the things that I have learned from being a part of the recovery process that he is undergoing is leaning about the "Twelve Step Program" that he is using to become more dependent upon himself and God and less on drugs and alcohol. Their statement of "work the program" means to find the way to sobriety.
Working the program can also be a good way for us as Christians to look at our spiritual needs and desires.
God wants us to be active and working in His kingdom. When we have problems with our lives, we need to "work the program." We need to admit our sin and look to Him for the forgiveness He offers.
When rehab is completed and the addict or alcoholic leaves, one of the things that they are encouraged to do is to attend 90 meetings in 90 days to help them continue in overcoming their addiction. Wouldn't that be a great way for us minister to each other and move out of a life of sin and into a life of Godliness? 90 meetings in 90 days. Seems like a lot of commitment doesn't it? Is it to much to ask to strive to walk closer to God?
I'll see you later.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Where are Your Treasures?
I am amazed that we are so wrapped up in this world. So much so that we worry about it. We fret over the years to come that we are not able to control. We worry about the future here and what will be left. We are concerned with the here and now and the things we want to do.
Don't get me wrong, proper planning is a good thing for our future in living on this rock that is spinning and flying through space through the grace of God. We need to look to care for ourselves and nature without just dumping everything and not doing anything. But worrying? Please folks! Wake up!
"This world is not my home, I'm just a passing thru. My treasures are laid up some where beyond the blue; The angels beckon me from heaven's open door, And I can't feel at home in this world anymore."
Don't you think its time to believe this song and the scripture of Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV) “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
I believe it to be time to stop and realize that our treasures are truly in heaven and that is what our focus in this world needs to be about. Not what we have, but what we are living toward.
I'll see you later.
Don't get me wrong, proper planning is a good thing for our future in living on this rock that is spinning and flying through space through the grace of God. We need to look to care for ourselves and nature without just dumping everything and not doing anything. But worrying? Please folks! Wake up!
"This world is not my home, I'm just a passing thru. My treasures are laid up some where beyond the blue; The angels beckon me from heaven's open door, And I can't feel at home in this world anymore."
Don't you think its time to believe this song and the scripture of Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV) “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
I believe it to be time to stop and realize that our treasures are truly in heaven and that is what our focus in this world needs to be about. Not what we have, but what we are living toward.
I'll see you later.
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