Good Thursday morning! The ol' bod is tired and achy this morning, but deer season has come to a close. We'll send our friend John back to New York with some new tales to tell. I will head to Bayard with a carcass to process. As with any long task that takes a lot of effort, I am most grateful that we don't have to get up early again this morning! Sometimes we can lose sight of the reward in the effort of the cleanup. :-)
In this life, our bodies wear out and we need to rest frequently. An interesting omission can be found in Jesus' resurrection: He doesn't talk about taking a break, a nap, or going on a long vacation. After the extreme effort He made, and the terrible amount of damage done to His body, you might think that His first order of business after rising from the grave would be a good, long rest in Heaven. Instead He told the disciples that He was headed home to get to work. That's right; while we look forward to the end of a job or season to take a well-earned rest, our Lord went back to Heaven to start building the many mansions in His Father's house. For about 2,000 years the banging of heavenly hammers has been the sound of construction in Heaven. I know that if I had done even a small part of what Jesus went through, that I would have been asking God for a nice vacation.
Last night, we had another great Bible study, but the most fun came at the end when we went around the table a couple of times to voice a "thank you" to God. I wondered if in an activity of this type we might not feel an urge to compete? An "oh, I should have thought of that!" kind of thing? Well, in thanking the Lord, in our attitude of gratitude if you will, I say go for it! If you can come up with a thanksgiving for something the Lord has done for you that makes your brother or sister in Christ think, "Oh, I should have thought of that!" then you just go for it! We can have a good time trying to come up with the best of many ways in which the Lord has blessed us. And I don't think that we will ever run out of new material. Praise God for all that He has done for us!
Bucky
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