Mt. Jackson Live

This will be a quick post today. I know many of you will not be on your computer today, so we probably won’t have a lot of readers. As I was thinking this morning about my post I went over to Merediths blog and read a great post. So I think I’ll just send you over there today. Be sure to take the time to read it. It’s very good.

OK, so I know many of you will have absolutely no sympathy for me but let me do a little wining here. Two of my three children are out of town right now and I miss them terribly. I don’t know why their leaving has left me so sad but it sure has. At one point in my life I would have given anything for the peace and quiet if they were away for a while. But not now. My how things change.

Well just imagine what it’s like for our heavenly father when we go days, weeks, or even months and years when we don’t talk to him or have any desire to spend time with Him. Don’t forget him today. Spend a little time with your Lord each and every day. Don’t leave Him missing his child.

Some of you know what it feels like to watch your child drive away knowing it will be months before you see them again. I will experience that again today. It is not an easy thing. I know I’m being selfish by wanting all my children to be close to me all the time but unfortunately, that can’t happen. Children grow up and go their own way. This is a reminder to us to enjoy the time we have with them. And to use the time we have with them to teach them to love God and others. I am so proud of all three of my children and wanted to share that fact with you. Above is a picture of a little family outing we had yesterday. What a blessing to have family and there’s nothing better than spending time with them.

I wanted to remind you all to pray today for Gradie Lamb. He is in the hospital and is not doing well. Pray for Nancy too that she will have the strength to do for him all the things she needs to do. Also, pray for the Sunday service. It’s Father’s Day and there will be fathers there that may not be there any other time.

I finally got all the church pictures on the church photos link to the right of this post. They are in categories called albums. Just click on the album of the pictures you want to see and that’s all there is to it. I usually “view them as a slideshow”. I hope you all enjoy them. I will be adding pictures as I take them.

I hope you all have a great weekend and we will see you Sunday. But don’t forget the previous post on your dad. We still want to hear about how great your dad is/was.

Well, Father’s Day is coming up and sometimes we are guilty of not paying as much attention to our dads as we do the moms. So, we want to give you the oppurtunity to brag on your dad or your husband. Even if they are not with us any more as my dad is in heaven today. I hope we can all find something good to say about our dads.

Even those of you who are not a part of Mt. Jackson, we would love to have you be a part. God bless you all and I pray you have a blessed Father’s Day weekend.

Jerry Falwell was a great man. There is no denying that God used him to accomplish big things. But there were many who did not like him. Some said he was too conservative while some said he was too liberal. But when he passed away recently, everyone was lining up to say how much they respected him for standing strong for what he believes.

Christians can learn a valuable lesson from this. Why do we expect all pastors to agree with us on the smallest of issues? And when they don’t agree with us we are quick to make mountains out of molehills. Even if we disagree on minor issues, let’s show our respects to great Christians before they are gone. Maybe they will put in a good word for us when they get to heaven.

Teens will be meeting tonight in the gym at 7. There will be pizza…enough said.

This is what many of you saw in your mailboxes this week. It’s our exciting new series on the Heroes of the Bible. Don’t forget to tell your friends about these terrific messages we will be hearing in the next 6 weeks. You won’t want to miss them either.

Also, we are working on a Sunday night series of Children’s Church messages on heroes. I think the kids are going to love it. More details later.

Don’t forget to pray for Brenda as she recuperates from her tests today. Thankfully, everything is ok and she can be treated with medication.
Please pray for Bertha Thompson who fell this week and broke her hip. She is in the hospital now recovering from surgery.

Friday night at 7:00 is music practice. Hope to see you all there and hope you have a great weekend.