Bittersweet Farm

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psa 16:11 NKJV)

Last night I preached to a large group of college students in the Northwoods. There is something beautiful about young men and women who are seeking God with all their hearts. It is stirring to rise early in the morning and see young people all over the grounds praying and spending time with the Lord.

Matthew Henry said: “The flower of youth never appears more beautiful than when it bends toward the sun of righteousness.”

Here in the Northwoods and we are enjoying the first hints of autumn. Last year when I was speaking here for the Eternal Impact Summit I took this picture from Duck Point, where we were staying. Duck Point is a beautiful home built on land that juts out into the middle of the lake.

I am asking the Lord for at least another thirty years in the pulpit. I don’t deserve to be able to serve the Lord, but for the last thirty years he has regularly given me things I don’t deserve (and not given me some things I do deserve).

Photo by Marie Freeman

With the Lord this morning over coffee, I was thinking. It is a crystal-clear, cool, beautiful morning in the Chicago area just as it was exactly thirty years ago today when my parents dropped me off at Moody Bible Institute to begin my formal preparation for the ministry. [Read more…] about Faithful as an Old Truck

My mom and dad have an undying passion for Christ and His Kingdom. All my life they have faithfully served the Lord. The first of October Dad will assume the pastorate of this church in beautiful rural Ohio, the place of my father’s heart. The people of the church said they got a piano player in mom and a pastor in the bargain, too.

I’m happy for mom and dad and happy for the people of Zion Christian Union Church.