Monthly Archives: September 2009

I have been reading a book called Valley of Vision. This is a collection of Puritan prayers from years ago. Arthur Bennett is the author. This is one of the prayers…

Lord, High and Holy, meek and lowly

Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,

where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights;

hemmed in by the mountains of sin I behold thy glory.

Let me learn by paradox

that the way down is the way up,

that to be low is to be high,

that the broken heart is the healed heart,

that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,

that the repenting soul is the victorious soul,

that to have nothing is to possess all,

that to bear the cross is to wear the crown,

that to give is to receive,

that the valley is the place of vision.

Lord, in the daytime, stars can be seen from deepest wells,

and the deeper the wells the brighter thy stars shine;

Let me find thy light in my darkness,

thy life in my death,

thy joy in my sorrow,

thy grace in my sin,

thy riches in my poverty,

thy glory in my valley.

Get the book here…

-G-

So we all know the one thing that is constant…change. Some of you Sunday School heroes probably said Jesus. Well, you are right as well, but for this post, let's just agree on change. Change is always gonna happen. No matter who you are or what you do, change is gonna happen. I don't necessarily like change. I like things to be how I need them to be and that's that! But I still know that it is inevitable.

We are gonna be going through some changes here at North campus. Many of you will like it while some of you may not. It is not really change for me because it is going to be according to what God has already called me to do. Some people have deep ties to certain programs and ministries and that is certainly understandable, but methods must still change.

I was helping Miles, 4, the other day on the computer. Now when I was his age, I learned bible stories on a felt board. You can't even find one of those anymore. He is learning bible stories, but with a different method. As a parent, I would never say, "well if he can't learn it from a felt board then he shouldn't learn it", would I? of course not. So we as followers of Christ must realize that the way things were for us may not be the suitable way for others. Our mission is to know Christ and to make Him known. Let's do that. Let's embrace change. Don't be like the guy in this picture. Let's realize that it may be time to give it up and try something different!!

-G-