A View from the Fields, April 2005

One Parson’s Opinion

One of our church members said two words that were very nice to hear last week. He said thank you! I never get tired of hearing thank you’s. I suppose you do not tire of them either.

Let me send some thank you’s.

To the WMM - thank you for the nice ladies brunch you provided. I understand it was a joy. (No, I wasn’t invited! But yes, I am over it! Ha!)

Thank you Fellowship Team for the Winter Banquet. (I was invited to this event!) It was enjoyed by all.

To the Youth leaders and Youth- thank you. The Spaghetti Supper and Silent Auction were both enjoyable. It raised quite a bit of money for the youth mission trip this summer. The total was $2,141.00. (Yes, I was invited to this event!)

To many of you - who gave to help defray Ben’s medical expenses and my medical expenses, a very heartfelt - thank you. You need to know that the church at the business meeting in March voted to increase our medical coverage. ARBC, thank you very much!

I drive Ben to school most mornings. He goes to Front Range Christian School. We travel west to the school from our home off of Dry Creek. It was a beautiful day. The sky was a dazzling blue. The mountains were radiantly snow covered. I couldn’t help but think of Psalm 121, which says:

This psalm has sometimes been mistakenly interpreted that our help comes from the hills. The intent is to let the majesty of the hills lead us to the One who made the hills.
As we look to the hills and their grandeur, we are told through the psalm that this same Maker is our Helper.
Later in this psalm, we are told, this Maker watches over His people, their coming and their going, both now and forevermore. Oh what a God we have!
Since I am giving out ‘thank you’s, it seems appropriate to say thank you to my Lord for salvation, protection, mercy, help and a million other blessings both known and unknown.

See you on the Lord’s Day,

Jim

Posted by arbc at 02:38 PM