by Pastor Tim White

I must admit I have truly needed this sermon series. It is really challenging me at some core points in my heart and life that really needed the light of this Biblical perspective.  It’s like the person preaching this series has so much in common with me - he knows right where my heart is...yes, it’s me…me and myself are pretty close. 

This is how I have felt the last two parts of this series. This week we will be looking at Philippians 1:12-14 and the scalpel goes even deeper into my heart surgery. Paul writes from prison. I was feeling like I was in prison. Even though the hospital has been a life-saving blessing and; I really wanted to go home. Our home is so comfortable now, but now I feel like I’m in prison and would love to go out. If God is ever going to bless us in the difficulties of life, we have to adapt our expectations and plans to His plan. That’s not easy but it is necessary if the best has yet to come.  I can’t just wish that I was 25 years old, or 15 or 5. I need to meet God now, in the place I find myself. And so, do you. 

Last week, we were blessed to celebrate our grandson Oscar’s fourth birthday. He wants to be a firefighter someday. And we got him a really cool fire truck. He loved all of his firefighter presents. He ate a bunch of his gluten free cupcakes before anyone could catch him. And as he was playing at stopping a fire, he was soaking the floor putting them out. He would run to each of his four grandparents to scream and play in delight. Finally, he tore off his clothes down to his underwear and used colored ink to put on war paint and began to run in circles as we all just laughed.  What would have been sillier would be if I had tried to act like a four- year old again. It would not have been cute - but tragic! When people can’t imagine that the best is yet to come. it’s because they don’t understand that we have to adapt our plans and visions to God’s plans and visions for us.  Meet me this weekend and you will grow like you’ve never dreamed. The best really is yet to come.

 Your friend for the rest of my life,

 Pastor Tim White