Monday, January 12, 2009

Happy New Year . . .

I hope you all are having a good start to the new year. 2009 should be a doozie of a year for all of us. It definately is going to be a year of faith. Uncertainity seems to be on every corner in every aspect of our culture and country.

Most recently I have made a few calls for local law enforcement. The calls were juxtaposed in that one was a person who passed was elderly and the other was an infant. Death seemily know no boundaries and does not ask permission before happening. It happens much like Jesus describes the end times. It is like a thief comes and takes the perosn away. Regrets are usually commonplace in the notification process. Everyone wonders what they could have done to make the outcome different. Many times they ask me why these happen. I always tell them that I wish I knew. I always try to affirm that we all try to do our best with the time we have with our loved ones. The only thing I have to offer most of the time is a listening ear. Many times this feels extrememly inadequate. I certainly am glad God knew what he was doing by letting Christians be His hands and feet in this world. May we praise him and worship him forever.