Just like in the Paris metro… there’s ALWAYS someone waiting!
Sometimes Missions is about the big events…
Planning, organizing, facilitating, registering, reminding, etc.
but in between those big events, there can be a lot of down time. and that’s why the ability to wait is an especially valuable one.
Today for something different, I’d like to take you on a journey… through the French and Italian Alps. It’s not exactly Christmas in July, but it is “winter in June”. Care to join me?
Liz stepped one step closer to the limelight this past weekend (a place she generally avoids) by helping out with the national Bible Quizzing finals. Here you can see her pictured with the coach from Arras (Sofiath Agba) and judge Marion Nowacki (also the national Sunday School coordinator).
Lamp in the refurbished stable from our “Over & Above Blessing series“
Have you ever been around someone who seemed to have everything going for them;
a great job, a great family and a generally comfortable life…
yet they were always dissatisfied or down on themselves?
I recently had someone ask me about the meaning of Pentecost. Interestingly enough, here in France, Pentecost is a long weekend and Monday is a holiday… but what’s the holiday behind the holiday. Similarly… just as turkey is associated with Thanksgiving, ham to Easter and perhaps goose (or again Turkey) to Christmas, so in France, meat producers have been trying to associate veal with Pentecost… Giving the Thanksgiving turkey, the Easter ham, the Christmas goose, and… the Pentecost Veal. Commercialism isn’t dead… it’s very much alive. But that’s not Pentecost.
Leaf of my zelkova bonsai (Japanese Elm).
Proverbs 11 goes into great detail distinguishing between what it refers to as “the righteous,” “the just” or “the merciful” and “the wicked,” “the fool” or “the cruel.”
There are many benefits to doing one’s best to manifest righteousness:
not feigned righteousness
not self-righteousness
but righteousness for the purpose of pleasing God. Continue reading
Typically, photos that appear as feature images for the blog posts are photos that I’ve taken myself or, when text-based, I created in Photoshop. Today’s photo, however, is different. Continue reading
A stone wall and a humble iron gate in the countryside
I can never read this verse without remembering that it gave birth, through the pen of G.F. Handel, to one of the most beloved choruses in his unparalleled Oratorio, “The Messiah.”
You are well on your way to taking part in your upcoming Short-Term Missions trip.
One of the next things you need to focus on is preparing yourself spiritually for your time away. You can begin, now, to build habits that no one will see but which could have a huge impact on you when you arrive on location.
Ever noticed that elderly couple that’s been married “forever”? He’s not hiring 45 people to declare his love for her “à la Flash-mob” and similarly, she’s not sending him on a $500 shopping spree at his favorite tool-store. After being in love for that long, it’s not necessarily the “big things” that capture their attention and expresses their love for one another… it’s the little things that take place daily. It’s the toast & coffee, done up just the way he likes. It’s holding the car door open for her and holding her hand as they drive… it’s regular stream of seemingly little, everyday things. So it is, also, with the Lord. Continue reading
AIM Long 