timw's blog

"GUESS WHAT?!?!?!?", I excitedly ask my kids. "What?" "SCHOOL'S COMING", to which I hear the reply, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" As I sit in my office and look out the window, I see another wonderful summer day: the sun is shining, there is a gentle breeze blowing, and (praise the Lord) there is air-conditioning. And yet in the near-future, there will soon be football, Homecoming, and getting the kids up early for the bus.

As many of you know, last weekend I had a great opportunity to attend the wedding of one of my former students down in Lafayette, IN. Scott started to attend youth group when he was about thirteen years old, and it has been a complete pleasure to see him, as well as his sister Sarah grow both physically and in the Lord. However, it was difficult to look at him and not see the young man who came with me whitewater rafting, or, during one of his first visits to the youth group, sitting barefoot on a driveway trying to unwrap a banana with his toes.

"How happy is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join a group of mockers! Instead, his delight is in the Lord's instruction, and he meditates on it day and night." (Ps. 1:1-2)