Life’s Journey

There is a lot on our minds.

Today, besides the normal work things, I have to work around mother nature.

We are supposed to have team laser tag challenge (www.laserteamchallenge.com/) come to our Church on Friday then Jason's Church on Saturday.

The idea was we would go to the Reese's house and play there in some woods behind their house.

Right now the Friday shows a light drizzle all day.

The guns we are playing with will die in the rain. So now we are trying to find an alternative place to play if it doesn't work.

We have people using the Church on Friday and Saturday. So I am trying to see if we can use the educational wing of the Church for this game.

Pray with me that this will work. So far the guy using the building I haven't been able to get a hold of his voicemail comes up as haven't been setup.

We also found out we have a showing on our house on Friday.

We worry.

Even though we know God's is in control we still worry.

We shouldn't be worrying but we often do.

In between worrying there is also a sense of accomplishment.

I am starting the New Testament today.

I started this journey back in January of 2007. It started out that I would try to read the Bible in a year.

I am not that great of a reader and after about a month of doing this realized that I wasn't learning anything from the Bible.

So I got a Bible on CD and started to listen to that everyday along with reading in between that.

I still wasn't learning that much about what I would listen or read so I started to writer very infrequently.

By June of 2007 I started writing more consistently.

By September of 2007 I started writing down my thoughts about once a week.

I would read a chapter and write down what God was teaching me or thoughts that came through my head as I was reading.

As time progressed I started doing this a couple of times a week.

By January 2008, I was doing this every office day.

My goal is to start doing this everyday including weekends.

I am not there yet, but I hope to be soon.

Everyday is a new beginning with new challenges and worries.

I am glad I didn't have Joseph's worries in Matthew 1 verse 18-19…

"The is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly."

I couldn't imagine what it would be like finding out your wife was pregnant and you know for sure it wasn't you.

What would you be thinking.

Joseph wasn't going to make a scene like on Maury, instead he was going to do this quietly.

God intervened though and told Joseph about his plan and to keep marry and the Child because it was from God.

I wonder how long this would take?

How long was it in between when they found out Mary was pregnant and Joseph talked to the angel?

Reading this section I didn't get the feel that is process would happen right away but I could be wrong.

I never had a worry in my life like Joseph had.

How would you handle that situation?

We all have different worries, worrying about whether or not we have laser tag or our house sales are small in comparison.

Do you feel like your worries are small compared to what Joseph went through?

I know mine are, this makes my worries a little less stressful.

I get to thank God for that.

How about you?

Have a great day.