Jim was in despair. Worry had taken over his life. He was hospitalized with shingles in pain and feeling that he could not make it through the night. In despair he sat down and wrote a farewell note to his wife and son.
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First Week at the Character Inn
Our first week living in the Character Inn is complete. When we arrived a group of young people on the Inn staff were singing to welcome us. Our family sang back to thank them. They have been working hard to familiarize me with the operating systems and procedures.
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A Word in Passing
Telling other people about what Jesus has done in your life should not be difficult or complex. Someone said witnessing is just one beggar telling another beggar where he found bread.
While hiking North Manitou Island last July I was talking with a friend about witnessing. He told an interesting story as we walked. When he was ten he was walking down the street one day in East Grand Rapids Michigan, delivering newspapers when he saw a young lady approaching. She was carrying a backpack. When she got to little Mike she looked strait into his eyes and with a radiant smile said, “Jesus loves you.” Without breaking stride she walked out of his life.
A few years later Mike came to faith in Jesus Christ, but he always remembered the word the girl with the backpack spoke in passing
It helps me to know that I am not responsible to “make converts.” I just need to nudge everyone I meet one step closer to Jesus. Kind deeds help. Careful listening is always powerful. But sometimes just a word in passing will lodge deep in someone’s heart and ring in their ears for years. Maybe even for eternity.
My Green Desk
I said good bye to an old friend the other day. We have been together for over twenty-two years. He was my old green Steelcase Executive desk. It was a huge boat of a thing. Strong enough to survive a nuclear blast. The desk moved with me from Xenia, Ohio to Celina, Ohio to Niles, Michigan to Jackson, Michigan to Knox County, Ohio to Fremont. But the other day I realized it was time to part company. My two strong sons neither of whom had been born when I got the desk helped me hoist the desk into the truck. I stood and watched it until it was out of sight and remembered back.
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