John and I completed our motorcycle trip last night at 10:40 pm, praying and saying good-bye at Wesley, right where we had started the trip. Six days, over 2300 miles and lots of adventure - the trip was all we hoped it could be. Today will be a day for unpacking, cleaning up, and getting ready for the next trip, which will be three days and nights with David camping in Kentucky. It is good to go on an adventure, and it is so good to be back home, with the comforts and familiarity of these surroundings. I almost don’t know where to start! Scripture is always a great place!
Colossians 4 (from today’s Upper Room)
In this concluding chapter of the letter written by Paul to the believers in Colossae he gives practical admonitions for Christian living. Masters are to be just and equal with servants. Believers are to continue in prayer, watching with thanksgiving. Christ’s followers are to “walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time” (verse 5). His instructions to this 7 year-old church planted by Epaphras and Timothy also are so very pertinent to churches and believers today: “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man” (verse 6, KJV).
Paul commends to this congregation their founding pastor Epaphras, adding that he is “always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.” (Verse 12) It is good for pastors to pray in this fashion for their congregations.
Guide me today on this unusual day of recovery, relief, and preparation. My heart is grateful for the adventure and the experiences of the last 6 days. I am Your servant, living Your will today and every day.
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