This is the last day of the school year and a good time to express thanks. I am grateful for your constant encouragement throughout the year. Some are surprised a math teacher can put a thought into words, but God is a God of wonders!
To my knowledge, our kids haven’t read anything I have written. I told Susan that perhaps one day these things we’ve learned will be of benefit to them. When the late Rich Mullins (who was not married and had no kids) was asked what he would say to his child in this day and time, he wrote some thoughts that led to a song entitled: “Bound to Come Some Trouble”. Here’s the first verse:
There’s bound to come some trouble to your life, but that ain’t nothing to be afraid of
There’s bound to come some trouble to your life, but that ain’t no reason to fear
I know there’s bound to come some trouble to your life, but reach out to Jesus and hold on tight
He’s been there before and He knows what it’s like
You’ll find He’s there
These words are true!
I also want to thank you for all the prayers you have prayed for me, my family, and our two friends, Sybil and Suzette, who are battling breast cancer. I don’t think God ever expected us to fully understand one another or even agree with one another at every turn. But I do know He expects us to love one another. When we pray in faith and match our words with action, God smiles. The greatest sign of God in this world is the special love He puts within His children.
It looks like I have a busy summer ahead. If a stirring thought comes to mind, I may send out a note or two, but until then – let us courageously live the life of love God calls us to live and let us give continuous thanks for Jesus… who shows us what love really is.
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” I John 3:16-18
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: he sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” I John 4:7-12