Where Were You 37 Years Ago Today?

Where Were You 37 Years Ago Today?

Dates have great significance in our lives, don’t they. Think about it. Where were you the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated? Where were you the day that the Apollo Space craft blew up? Where were you on September 11^th.

Today is April 27^th and today we are heading to North Carolina with a bus load of our Keswick friends to visit a number of key places including the Billy Graham Training Center, The Billy Graham Library, the headquarters of JAARS, and the town of Mayberry.

Where were you on April 27^th, 1974? Well you may not have a clue, but I know where I was 37 years ago today.

37 years ago today I married my best friend, Jan Carol Toms. We met where we were 5 years old at Fellowship Church in Philadelphia, PA. Ours wasn’t an arranged marriage, but my Dad told Jan that he had been praying ever since we met that she would be his daughter-in-law.

Years later while serving on the staff at Sandy Cove, Jan and I were sitting at the table with fellow staff members, Steve and Janice Deichert. After we discovered we were married on the same day, we asked them where they spent their honeymoon. Guess what? They were at the same resort where we stayed – Birchwood in the Poconos—and their chalet was two down from ours! Small world!

We have had 37 wonderful years? Perfect? By no means – neither has yours! But I love Jan more today than I did when I first laid eyes on her back in the Beginner Department at Fellowship Church.

Happy anniversary, Jan. I love you with all my heart. Thanks for 37 wonderful years, and for giving me four amazing kids! – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick

GPS – God’s Positioning System: 1 Chronicles 17; Psalm 107:1-22; Proverbs 27

Compass Pointers: When we get into difficult circumstances, we impoverish His ministry by saying, "Of course, He can't do anything about this." We struggle to reach the bottom of our own well, trying to get water for ourselves. Beware of sitting back, and saying, "It can't be done." You will know it can be done if you will look to Jesus. The well of your incompleteness runs deep, but make the effort to look away from yourself and to look toward Him. Oswald Chambers

Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1: Proverbs 17:28; Level 2: Proverbs 17:1-6

Anchored to the Rock: God tells us to burden Him with whatever burdens us.