January 8, 2014

Back to school and back to work for Springfield. Yesterday’s sun and high around 39 began to thaw things out. Bethany arrived safely to her apartment in Baltimore, being surprised by her boyfriend at the airport even given her flight delays which got her there after midnight. I was concerned about her getting home from the airport, and glad to hear that he was there to meet her. The Volkswagen is being repaired at a dealer in Baltimore, having been towed there yesterday. Dennis Bowling died yesterday morning in a Pensacola hospital at the age of 70. He was assistant pastor during my first year at Wesley, and a good friend.

Matthew 6:25-7:14 (from One Year Bible)
Verse after verse of great truth –
“… do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.” (25)
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.” (34)
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” (3)
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (7)
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate, and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (13-14)
 
I am on the narrow road, and experiencing life here with the hope of eternal life. I see the wide gate and broad way that others in my generation are taking, and these verses increase my desire to show a better way through my life and witness. Guide me today on the Way.