Pastor Paul’s Blog

I cried the other day at my son’s “Holiday” concert. I wouldn’t normally be overly concerned about my lack of manly control over my eye spouts, but I cried during that sugar plum fairy song from the Nutcracker. Fortunately I was sitting all alone in the back of the auditorium. Don’t think anyone saw me. I was truly worried there for a while wondering what in the world was the matter with me, but then God began speaking to me. (O.K. not audibly speaking, some of you are probably thinking I’m a real nutcase by now.)

I guess I was having one of those Christmas/holiday moments when you flash back to your childhood and suddenly realize that you’ve grown up and have a wife and three kids, and you’re asking yourself and God, “How did I ever end up here?”. My son, Connor, is 14. I remember when I was his age struggling so much with giving God control of my life. I was so worried that if I really committed everything to Him, my life was going to be so boring and no fun at all.

My life is anything but boring and I would have never dreamed of doing half of the incredible things that I’ve done, or having the opportunities that He has afforded me. I’ll admit there are some things on my “bucket list” that I haven’t been able to do yet, but frankly watching my oldest daughter, Emily, lead a group of children in worship at a youth camp, or hearing my son tell me he loves me, or watching my youngest daughter, Grace, score a soccer goal, tops any of those items on my list.

I could go on and on bragging about my awesome wife, my children, the folks I work for and with, but the bottom line I’m trying to get to here is this; If you’re pondering a decision to let God have complete control of your life, your hopes & dreams, finances . . the whole works, I believe the answer is a no brainer. These scriptures are true my friend; Psalm 37:4 “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.”, Proverbs 16:3 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”, Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” I can’t think of a better time to make that commitment than right here at the beginning of 2010. May God richly bless you and have a very happy new year.

For HIM,
Pastor Paul