It’s a wonderful thing to be there at the beginning.
Those first steps.
When someone asks
How do ask Jesus into my heart?
Where this will lead is unknown.
What will the growing up in Christ look like?
What kind of heartaches will come?
And what about the joys and opportunities?
I pray for vital, sustained growth.
I pray the falling back times are few.
I pray the joy of the Lord becomes primary
As God becomes the center of this new life.
What a precious thing is the beginning.
God, Help us be faithful examples,
Leading, positively, without negative lectures.
Yet may our corrections be loving and helpful.
God, protect and gently mold this new life.
Keep it alive in all the things of life.
How we want to take care of it ourselves.
But now, God, we put them in your hands.
Posted by:
Jo Bower (Randall)
I play piano, write, publish, and struggle with being as good as possible at things I do. My husband has recently went from being a full-time pastor to a full-time hospice chaplain. (Compassionate Care Hospice of Alexandria) Life changed drastically, and I am still in the I can’t believe I really have time for myself stage. I have read everything I can get my hands on and am taking a break from all that has stressed me. God is good and faithful. +
We attend the First United Church of Alexandria and are slowly getting involved with its opportunities for service. Our Sunday School Class is wonderful..
Life has changed again, and we have come full circle, returning to Oklahoma City, Ok where we began our life together. We have a good place to live, family is close, and we are walking new paths physically and spiritually.
Again, God remains faithful and has led us to a church that accepted us and has extended opportunities for us to serve.
My life-long dream is to minister to people I will never meet. And my final goal in life is to be used up. When all is said and done, and I am no longer ‘in charge’ or able to appear in public, I will have given everything I have to give, and be content to let the world come to me.
Leave a comment