Steve's Desk Fall 2022

​One morning, as I was taking Spencer to school, we began singing kid’s worship songs from my phone. Evidently, I had gotten lost in my thoughts and quit singing.  I don’t know how long I was silent, but I heard Spencer saying, “Up! Pappy! Up!” I looked in the review mirror and saw him raising his left arm in the air, singing, “What a mighty God we serve!” In a flash, I went from pondering my day to praising in the moment with Spencer in spite of what would come that day.
 
Do you ever get lost in what you have to do next? Or do you ever get so lost in what happened that you can’t see what is going on?  Or, do you get lost in what is going on that you can’t see tomorrow? I do.  In each instance, we can lose our focus that steals our moments of peace, joy, hope, and faith away from us.  
 
Much of what I do involves the future – tomorrow, next Sunday, next month, and beyond. I also spend a lot of time thinking about what happened. So, how can we learn to move on from the past, or forget what is before us, and find a moment of peace?
 
There are two passages of scriptures that help me:  First, 2 Corinthians 4:7-9, “7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”  This says to me, “no matter what has happened or is happening, I am not overcome by this world!” 
 
Second, I thought of Romans 8:37-39, “37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[k] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
 
Spencer reminded me and scripture shows me what God has promised me for my here and now, so let’s get our arms up and praise HIM for who we are – HIS and LOVED! AND WHERE HE IS! WITH US