I was all ready to go race on this past Saturday; I was even in the car driving to the race site. I took my Dad along to man the GT tent and mentally I was already racing. (Physically may have turned out differently.) The unfortunate part of the day is that we got to the race at a little after 8 a.m. and we were the first ones. The registration was to open at 8. We entered a ghost town. All ready to go, but nothing to do...phone calls to the sponsoring shop told me that they decided the day before to post-pone the race for a couple of weeks. Nice to know. Apparently, the the rain since oh, I don't know May, closed all the trails we were going to use. I was so worked up and ready to go, it took me all day to get over my disappointment.
I know I should not be so upset, but I needed to have my pity party and I thought what better place than on the Internet for all to see (Okay I know my readership is not that widespread, but let me have this one).
So, as part of my season I am going to run a 5K this weekend. Yeah, I know running? Let me explain. The Baileyville Reform Church (in Baileyville, IL) has a raises funds to send their youth on missions trips and this is one of them. This will be the second time I will run in the race. I love to run, but had to give it up many years ago, because it really hurt my knees so I turned to bikes. Worked out better for me anyway. Being in the Army, I have to keep up with running. To do that I give you the Baileyville 5K. It is for a good cause, and just between you and I, I like the looks I get when people find out a pastor is running in the race.
I am working on a sermon series from the Book of Micah. I know it was a prophet from almost 3,000 years ago preaching to the Israelites, but his warnings to them sound so much like our world today and what we put up with. Micah was preaching to God's chosen people about sin and they were telling him (Micah) to be quiet and don't be such a downer. Just tell us the good things and forget about the bad, because God isn't really going to judge us. All of that judgment stuff is for the bad people. It sounds a lot like our Nation today. People tell me, "Don't be so closed minded by telling me Jesus is the only way to heaven. I am a good person and God sees that and won't send me to hell." Well I have to ask, "Whose standards do you base your "goodness" on?" I base mine on the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. I believe God says what is good and what is not, and since He created humanity, then I think he does have the right. Now I have to follow that up; God doesn't send people to hell, we send ourselves by not following His ways through His Son Jesus Christ. Check out John chapter 14.
I know I should not be so upset, but I needed to have my pity party and I thought what better place than on the Internet for all to see (Okay I know my readership is not that widespread, but let me have this one).
So, as part of my season I am going to run a 5K this weekend. Yeah, I know running? Let me explain. The Baileyville Reform Church (in Baileyville, IL) has a raises funds to send their youth on missions trips and this is one of them. This will be the second time I will run in the race. I love to run, but had to give it up many years ago, because it really hurt my knees so I turned to bikes. Worked out better for me anyway. Being in the Army, I have to keep up with running. To do that I give you the Baileyville 5K. It is for a good cause, and just between you and I, I like the looks I get when people find out a pastor is running in the race.
I am working on a sermon series from the Book of Micah. I know it was a prophet from almost 3,000 years ago preaching to the Israelites, but his warnings to them sound so much like our world today and what we put up with. Micah was preaching to God's chosen people about sin and they were telling him (Micah) to be quiet and don't be such a downer. Just tell us the good things and forget about the bad, because God isn't really going to judge us. All of that judgment stuff is for the bad people. It sounds a lot like our Nation today. People tell me, "Don't be so closed minded by telling me Jesus is the only way to heaven. I am a good person and God sees that and won't send me to hell." Well I have to ask, "Whose standards do you base your "goodness" on?" I base mine on the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. I believe God says what is good and what is not, and since He created humanity, then I think he does have the right. Now I have to follow that up; God doesn't send people to hell, we send ourselves by not following His ways through His Son Jesus Christ. Check out John chapter 14.
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