First, I'll be refraining from basketball terms until the new NBA season begins in October, so I hope that doesn't confuse you all. I'll be using somewhat normal blog titles for my posts.
Now that the madness of VBS is done (#fumcovbs), I can get back to blogging. However, I do have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the madness of Vacation Bible School. This is the first VBS that I have led on my own, and we had 77 children, the most we have ever had here at our church (https://www.facebook.com/UMCOrange). The joy I found was that our children were excited to come back after the 1st day of VBS, and through our amazing VBS volunteer team, our children drew closer to God from this experience! To me, that is news! We are making a difference in our children's lives! What isn't news to me is. . .
. . .There’s the #RoyalBaby that popped out earlier yesterday. Turn on a news channel and they kept coming back to it. Reporting news that wasn’t actually news at all. BBC News was still reporting it as ‘breaking news’ long after lunch. And by the time the news actually had something to say, it felt like we’d be waiting for yonks before we found out. Though from beginning to end, it took less than a day. (My wife’s delighted, but I still don't see what the big deal is)
We’re often not good with waiting, are we? A day feels long, a few years since the last heatwave, or the last day of rain, and it’s presented as a lifetime. So when we have to wait for God, we’re not very practiced. We know what we want, and when we want it, but, if you’re anything like me, we find it frustrating when God doesn’t agree.
There are various things I’m waiting for… Wisdom … direction … sleep … Mundane stuff and big stuff. But plenty of waiting. And it can be hard.
What about you?
Is there something you’re waiting for?
Is there someone you could help through a time of waiting?
Until next time. . .
Grace and Peace,
Peter Joseph
P.S. I wanted to wish my beautiful bride a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
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