Good morning, and welcome.
Take this week
for example. Monday morning was occupied
first with a visit to my primary care doctor regarding some lower back pain. Later, at the church office, I began my notes
for the Bible class I will be teaching this coming Sunday.
Monday also was
the day after. The day after keeping
four of our grand kids for the weekend.
Pat and I were both pretty tired; however, we couldn’t rest because two
more of the grands would be dropped off that evening to spend 24 hours with us
Monday night and Tuesday. So, we
mustered our strength and welcomed them warmly.
Tuesday, I
helped move some furniture for a client of ICT SOS…someone who had just moved
into an apartment and needed some donated furniture moved there. I volunteer for ICT SOS from time to time as
I can, and they asked if I could help. I
was happy to do so. I also pretty much
finished my Bible class notes on Tuesday and started to review them.
And, I stopped
at Office Depot and bought a new office chair.
The old chair was literally falling apart…having served me here for the
past 13 or so years. I took the new
chair home and put it together…nothing comes already assembled anymore…to take
to church the next day. The grands went
back to Dad and Mom Tuesday evening, and Pat and I pretty much were done for
the night following dinner at home.
Yesterday,
Wednesday, was a day of cold and wind…again…
It seems we have had more than our share of that kind of weather this
year, but at least now the cold doesn’t last more than a day or so and the snow
doesn’t stick to the ground…at least in southern Kansas. Yesterday was also the day we found mostly
expired food piled at our church door sometime overnight or early morning. The food is so old we can’t use it and we
certainly will not give it away to anyone else.
Instead, we will be throwing it away.
I was so irked I wrote a Facebook post about it and put it on my
timeline.
I also brought
the new office chair to work and exchanged chairs…throwing away the old chair
as it wasn’t good for anyone or anything anymore. The new chair sits higher and has a better
lumbar support than the old one. I am
hoping I’ll soon become comfortable in it and my lower back will positively respond
to the support.
I picked up some
medication at the neighborhood pharmacy for myself and my wife. We use a locally-owned pharmacy just up the
street from the church. It’s convenient
and provides great customer recognition and service. Public Service Announcement here: Please use a locally-owned pharmacy if you at
all can do so. The service is
better. They need your business. And prices are comparable and sometimes less.
Today, because
the wind has died down, I was able to put out some bird seed on the upper deck,
and also filled the bird water dish.
Yesterday, it was so windy that anything I would have put out would have
blown away in a matter of minutes. I don’t
have a lot of bird seed left from the winter months, and would like to make
good use of it in what remains of the late winter and early spring days.
I’m also typing
this Thursday Thought for you today, and wondering what the rest of the day
will be like. It’s been quiet so far
today, as it has been pretty much all week.
It’s bill-paying time for us right now, as we receive our retirement
checks this week. So I’ll be doing that
this weekend. Hopefully, there will be
some money left to live on after the bills are paid.
Well, there you
have it. Those were the highlights of
the week. As you can see, there was
nothing earth-shattering this week. No
skydiving. No deep sea fishing. No exotic vacations to even more exotic Pacific
islands. Just life. Just living.
Just doing the things. There’s an
enjoyment that I get from being able to “do the things.” Doing those things that are part of everyday
life.
One of these
days, I’ll no longer be able to do the things.
Someone else will have to do them.
Either that, or there will be no more things to do. I suspect that I will eventually enjoy that,
too. Because eventually, I’ll have other
things to do…things in the hereafter that God has promised for me to do. Because I believe that the hereafter will NOT
be a floating on a cloud in the great beyond existence…but rather will be in
the new heavens and the new earth…that I will inhabit a body that will not break
down or wear out…and that I will have meaningful and wonderful things to see
and do. I think I’m looking forward to
that day more and more as in the here and now I can…and sometimes want…to do
less and less.
May God bless
you this week as you “do the things” that come your way.
Blessings.