Bob’s Corner
Good morning Church!
Well, I made it through! That was rough! My first official day of retirement. It started at 6am, drinking coffee and wishing I was back in bed, just like every other morning, I hunted armadillo with a flashlight and a Ruger .22 caliber dressed in a hoodie, tennis shoes and my pajama bottoms. Good luck getting that visual out of your head! Went to breakfast with Ms. Selina at, you guessed it, Waffle House. I cleaned up the yard a bit, went to my son’s house for Halloween festivities, came back home and thought wow! What a great day! Wasn’t really rough at all. I kept thinking all day long…
How blessed I really am. I used to think the same thing even when I was headed to the shop. My life has not been a bowl of gravy (I substituted for cherries) all the time. I, like you, have certainly faced bumps and bruises along the way. I have learned to appreciate those challenges, not while I was going through them, of course, but when I see God’s wisdom and love for me when I have the chance to look back. There have been sometimes when my faith was hanging on by a thread. I had a friend tell me one time during a particularly dark period, “Don’t stray too far from your center.” Some of the best advice I ever got. I came through that and every dark period because I am really blessed. God loves me and wants to see me in Heaven. He wants to see you too. So do I. Brother JJ recently asked us to count our many blessings in assembly and how long would it take? Tom White said, “How long you got?” Try it. “And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.” Admit it, you just sung that. Sing it again!
In Him,
Brother Bob