Catching up

Dear friends-

I had a reality check today. How many have been like me? Doing things
the way we always have and all of a sudden, it ain't happening anymore?

This morning I went out to my fully loaded van. Got in like I always
do. Put the key in, like I always do. Turned the key(Like I always
do.). And the next thing I know lights are going off. And horns. And
sirens. My son( a fire fighter, just laughed.) It sounded like the
fire truck toy my grandson has. We are not talking "beep, beep,
beep." We are talking neighbors thinking my house burned down or the
cops were here. (Thank God this was not in downtown.)

I always wondered what that light was that was the dash. Now I know!
When all was said and done, I now await a specialist.

But, I began to think about it. How many people are like me, with a
theology that this is the "way it works?" My friends say I am crazy
about my approach to God. There are things I know work. And there are
things I trust to the sovereignty of God. But, maybe I am in a rut
about some things. (A rut is a coffin with both ends kicked out.) On
the van, when the alarm went off, all my thinking about what I knew,
did not help. There is something deeper here than I know about. (Come
on. You disconnect a horn and it is supposed to STOP!)

So, what if who we are in Christ has us to be a specialist. (I am not
talking about the Great Commission, as I believe we are all called to
that.) What about the things we excel in? And the things we don't?

A wake up call? An alarm that the way we have always done things, may
be subject to change? Definitely something to think about.

My life has been good as of late. The weekend brought all our kids to
the house. I have many things to celebrate. This week is the
anniversary of my daughter, Alyssa's 1 year of being clean and sober.
They had a special dinner for her. And on top of that, she got a new
vehicle on Friday. A 2001 Mazda van. For only $68. So, I took her and
my daughter Cass to Burlington to get the car and Cass to the summer
job she had prayed for. (And she got her license last week.) Only
when I got there, I realized this summer camp had rooms as nice as
any hotel I have been in! So, God has answered their prayers! Last
weekend was Father's Day and my daughter Amy was here. Tyler is doing
great as he is nearing the end of his Class A CDL license. He has
passed the written and the physical. Who would have thought after
being in a coma for 6 weeks? And Matt is getting ready to move to New
Mexico where he is looking at just exploring the Southwest. And Amy
had a recent promotion and is doing great as she gets ready for
classes to further her in her job.

How much better could Father's Day get? Well, I guess if they had a
Grandfather's Day and it fell this weekend, that would be cool, too!
Because the three of them are doing great.
Blessings,
Lee

Lee Johndrow
Publisher
The New England Flame
88 WCFR Drive
Springfield, VT 05156
www.NewEnglandFlame.com