It is Monday morning May 2nd, 2011 and the news is all about the killing of Bin Laden in Pakistan! I am watching the news while reading and praying in preparation of Mother's Day which is this Sunday May 8th. My mind is going many different directions as I think about the last 10 years and what has taken place in my world since the Twin Towers fell at the hands of those led by Bin Laden. Over the past 10 years my world has changed a great deal and I am sure that most of you who read this, have seen many changes as well. During this time both Esther and I have lost our parents, our children all got married, and we have been blessed with 4 precious grandchildren. Under the leadership of the Lord we began a new church which is known as Church Of The Journey, and we have we have been blessed beyond measure!
I say all of this to point out that in a 10 year span of time much good and much bad can happen. As I type, I cannot help but wonder what will take place over the next ten years in the World as I know it. I sit here in my office listening to the news as it relates to what took place in 2001 in New York, and how we as a nation never gave up in our search for, and destruction of Bin Laden, who masterminded the attacks on our nation. I, along with most of the free world am glad that he is dead, but am sad that so many have been hurt or killed during this decade. So many individuals and families have been impacted by the evil that this man purposed in his heart, and the sad truth is that other men and women will follow in his footsteps planning evil against others. We can all be guaranteed that more evil will come during the days, weeks, months, and years ahead. We can work hard to prayerfully protect our world from the evil that lurks, but please know that we cannot control all that takes place.
Let me encourage each who reads this to do what they can, in this world filled with evil, to bring good wherever and whenever they can! Most of us learned a prayer as a child that said; "God is great, God is Good"; and God is the greatest good that we can bring to our world! Our goal (if it is not) should be to share the light of the Lord and the goodness of God with the world we live in. I do not know how my world will change during the next 1o yeas, but I do know that there will be many things I will not be able to control. With that in mind I pray for God's strength, so that I do not lose heart in doing good, knowing that in due time I will reap a harvest if I do not give up!
The United States of America is a great nation even with all It's faults! You and I are good people even with all our faults! You and I, along with our Nation should never lose heart in doing what it good, and if we are wise, we will see that God is good and His Word should be our instruction manual for doing good! If we are wise we will seek His face and turn from our wicked ways and ask Him to heal our lives and our land.
In closing I pray that God will bless you and that He will bless the United States of America!!!!