Made My Life

I received an e mail from my second child this morning. It was a note thanking me for an e mail of encouragement that I had sent them yesterday. It made my not just the day, but it made my LIFE. I have no problem confessing that I had tears in my eyes as I read it. At times and it’s probably just me, but I wonder if what I’m saying is being heard? Has that happened to you? I’ve felt at times that I’m talking to the wall, not with just this child but with all my children. Then out of the blue, one of my children will repeat something back to my wife or I that we had talked to them about, and it’s almost exactly what we said to them. I guess they process it and it passes whatever criteria they use and it made sense so they accept it. Those are the times that you look at that child and you say to yourself “This child has it they are going to be alright; they are going to be great human beings

As I’m writing this I’m sure that God is looking down and saying to himself right back at you Rob. You do the same thing to me. Now this is God talking to himself about me. I talk and talk to you but you don’t listen. Then you go and so the right thing, just like I’ve been talking to you about. As much as I love my children God loves me and you even more. When I was younger I used to think that God was up in heaven and he was just waiting for me to mess up so he could hammer me. As my relationship with Christ has matured and I spend more time reading my bible and time in prayer. I’ve come to understand better, but not wholly complete the love that God for me.

God only wants the best for us, like we want for our children. We don’t have to do great or huge things to please God. He just wants a relationship with us. In Revelation 3:20 we are told 20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.

Will you open the door? If you do God will make your life.

The Easier Way

I have been on my knees for the entire weekend. My wife and I are getting hardwood floors installed in our house next week. It’s been a dream of ours for a long time. However before the floors could be installed we being I had to tear the tile that was in about 75% of our house up. For those of you that think that’s no problem let me enlighten you. You don’t just take a pry bar and take the tile up. You have to use a roto hammer. Which inside the house it sounds louder than a jack hammer my wife says. You then have the distinct and hopefully for you once in a lifetime please of take the cement boards up as well. Nails won’t penetrate the cement board. So up it comes.

I started to use my new found friend that roto hammer again to do that. It took me about 2 hours to do about a six foot square area. Being the fine physical specimen that I am yea right I was exhausted. I called my friend Chris who is a tile installer in desperation. He laughed at me and said you have to hit the cement board with a hammer a few times to get it to break free of the mortar that was used to install the cement board along with the 1000 nails per sheet. Otherwise you’ll kill yourself trying to get the board loose. I can attest that is true. I followed the instructions and finally got the job done. It was a lot easier. Thanks Chris.

While I was doing this project I had lots of time to think. I was reminded that we have a book that will help us get through life a lot easier. Not only does it have great stories like David and Goliath, or about Sampson never cutting his hair and fighting and killing a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey. It give us practical advice and ways to learn about life (the book of Proverbs) But it also lays out the plan of eternal life through salvation. Christ died on the cross for our sins. He paid the penalty so we wouldn’t have to. The book I’m talking about is the bible. Try reading it you might like it. I did and still do.