Happy Thursday/Friday!

Yes I stayed up to watch the entire game tonight and so it is now early morning on Friday. We’ll get ‘em tomorrow night. Say an extra prayer for the Rangers tonight!

Prayer: “Lord, I desire to be taught by You today that I may know and obey. Too often I seem to be a hearer but not a doer. Please work in my heart that I would be overwhelmed with delight in doing Your will. Thank You for the privilege of serving You, and most of all for the unbelievable opportunity of knowing You. Please choose to use me today to be one who would decrease in living out my desires and increase in living out Your life. In Jesus’ name. Amen”

Psalm 119: 33 “Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end.”

“Teach me, O Lord…” I think I pray this one sentence every day as I pray to understand what I am being taught. I think I shared with you that I failed (along with the other members of my history class) my history mid-term. I was devastated. Our professor returned the test to us and told us to take it again and to use our notes, books or any other resources to answer the questions. I try to think of the good things that happened during a set back. A sort of “what can I learn from this attitude

As much as I was upset at the grade I received I really began to understand the depth of study I need to delve into as a graduate student to be successful. As I re-did the questions I began to learn so much more. I began to make connections between the terms I was asked to define and discuss and the essay questions. I began to look forward to the times when I would sit down to this document and read more, write more and answer the questions more completely.

The psalms are full of these three words, knowledge, understanding and wisdom. As I worked through this historical material I gained in knowledge of the material. I gained understanding as I made connections and continued to read more critically the text material. The wisdom came when I realized I earned that poor grade rightly so and was given a gift of grace to improve not only the grade, but come to greater understanding of early church history.

The psalmist made it clear that he desired to know God’s will in order to do God’s will. The psalmist was both teachable and had a desire to learn. He did not just desire educational answers, but had a desire to comprehend God’s truth in order to use this truth in a life of obedience to God. It is my desire for myself to be like the psalmist and be a willing learner with a desire to understand what is being taught and use the truth of God and share it with others who are in need.

Take joy in the journey. Wear comfortable shoes and a sweater. Count your blessings and say your prayers with an extra one for the Rangers. Stay warm and remember you are never too old for another adventure. Love you all, Bruce, Gaylene, Geni and Travis.
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I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am only moved by what I believe and I believe God.

PS Geni and Travis are hosting a party in our home tomorrow evening. Bruce and I are taking an evening to ourselves and staying in Fort Worth for the night. I will write again on Saturday night. Peace, gc