Catching Up

I am a little late on my weekly email this week. I have been technically challenged. My laptop computer died on Tuesday, and it has taken me a bit of time to get up and running with a new computer. I am happy now that everything is well.

With my problems this week I have gotten a little behind in more ways that one. I am in the process of playing catch up. It happens to all of us.

I have even gotten a little behind in my devotions. I am going to need to do a little extra reading in the next couple of days to complete my reading of the entire Bible in 2008.

It is a good time of the year to play catch up in more ways than one. For some of us, maybe it is time to catch up with some old friends or some family members we have grown distant from. Maybe we need to catch up on some of those resolutions we made way back at the beginning of the year. Or maybe we just need to do some catching up with our heavenly Father.

As the year draws to a close, I would just encourage you to consider some of those things that you have neglected this past year. Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today. It’s called finishing well.

At the end of the year, let’s be able to say: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2 Timothy 4:7)

In close, please keep all the Christmas preparations at Lord of Life in your prayers. It is hard to believe that we will be celebrating the Saviors birth in about a week and a half. Also, please keep Pastor Barry (and Nancy) in your prayers as he considers this new call to First Lutheran in Texarkana, TX.