ONE OF THOSE DAYS

ONE OF THOSE DAYS

Yesterday was one of those days. It started out with a phone call that one of our Colony grads who was supposed to lead our prayer times for the conference this weekend, was taken to the hospital with stroke like symptoms. A half-hour after that, we received word that one of our precious donors had had a massive stroke and went home to be with Jesus at 4:30 in the morning. Not long after that while in our Board meeting, my wife came to the door and judging by the look on her face, I could tell there was a problem.

Our youngest daughter's baby (growing in her womb) had not moved in twelve hours and they were obviously greatly concerned. (Everything is fine, thank the Lord!). By the afternoon, we received word that the Director of our Keswick Institute of Biblical Studied had his good friend at the seminary die unexpectedly. Then I received word that the one of our staff baby's was diagnosed with pneumonia.

It sort of felt like one of those "JOB" days. If you've never read his story in Job 1, he continued to receive bad news all day long. The text says, " . . . And while they were speaking ..." more and more bad news was being delivered. In the course of several hours, this man, favored by God, lost all of his possessions as well as all his kids. What was so amazing, was at the end of a very, very, bad day, Job didn't run and hide -- he didn't crawl up in some corner and give up. The end of the first chapter says that "Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.' Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God." (Job 1:21-22)

Wow. Despite the way Job's day went -- HE WORSHIPPED! That's the heart of a worshipper! Not just worshipping when things go well, but worshipping even when it has been ONE OF THOSE DAYS. As you prepare for the Lord's day tomorrow, have you had ONE OF THOSE DAYS? WEEKS? MONTHS? May the song and praise from our lips be this -- BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.

Have you made your plans to join us for our 2006 summer conference season? We have four great Adventure Weeks planned for you. For information, you can download our summer brochure at www.americaskeswick.org. Have a great day.