Pastor Barry & Deb
What I’ve Been Thinking
Isaiah 26:3-4
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you. Whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
Its vacation time, a time to get away from our hectic work schedules and spend a little time relaxing and trying to find a little peace and quite. Sounds
like the prefect plan, but does it really work that way?
Deb and I have just returned from a week of camping with our family in Yankton SD. I was looking forward to sitting down in a comfortable lawn chair
under a nice shade tree and just relaxing for a few days. It was a great idea but it just wasn’t practical. As always there was extra work to do before
we left on vacation, 2 sermons had to be completed, visits to nursing homes, the details for the July worship services had to be completed for the July
newsletter before we left, by the time we were on the road I was already tired from just getting ready to go on vacation.
The camping was great, but I had forgotten how much energy it takes to keep up with a 4-year old and 2, two-year old grandsons. Finally I decided to
just sit down and observe how their parents keep up with them. I now understand why we have children when we are young. Deb and I came back from our
camping trip tired, but what we found was a great peace knowing that our children are wonderful parents. Everyone has a little different understanding
of what it means to find peace. I found God’s peace in a busy campground filled with many activities and 3 busy little boys.
The summer is quickly passing; my prayer is that you will have an opportunity this summer to find God’s perfect peace. Even amidst your busy summer
schedules, filled with activities, you can find God’s wonderful peace if you will trust in him. If we will fix our thoughts on God during all our summer
activities we will see clearly the wonderful blessings of life.
May you have a summer filled with God’s Peace!
In Christ’s Service
Pastor Barry
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