Good Wednesday morning! How can I write of anything other than the rescue of the Chilean miners way down south from us? Our weather just seems so unimportant when you think of coming up into the world after spending 69 days trapped in a mine shaft. The ride to the surface is apparently a bit like the express capsule from hell, but I'll bet the men are glad to get in it. Perhaps even more glad to get out of it. Sometimes the way out of the valley of death's shadow can seem like too much for us to bear, but we need to keep our eyes on the Savior and look to the destination.
News reports mention that some miners have been caught with a bit of a problem, both wives and lovers showed up at the rescue site. Jesus did warn us that hidden things will be revealed near the end. Adultery is not something you want hanging over your head when arriving at the end; let's clean up our own house in the power of the Spirit right now.
Today, the start of an interesting meeting in John.
Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. John 4:6
In case you ever wondered about Jesus' humanity, this verse will help to remind us that our Lord did grow weary and worn out from long walks. We will come to find out in the next few verses that Jesus also had an appointment at this particular well. Jesus may have worn himself out walking quickly to arrive at just the right time. We know that Jesus was never late, but that doesn't mean that he didn't have to put in some serious effort to make all of his assigned meetings on time. God may have set an aggressive schedule for His Son at times. Then again, the walk may have simply been long as the Bible says. My experience in the corporate world may have me adding in a spin that doesn't belong there. What we do know is that Jesus neither feared the despised Samaritans nor the long walk it took to arrive at Sychar around noontime. What we can learn from this is that we are neither to fear those we have heard bad things spoken about, or the effort we may need to put in to arrive where God would have us to be. We may just get tired on this journey God is leading us on!
Praise God for the journey! Some good news for you: I met with the attorney yesterday to begin the process of starting my new business officially. I'll tell you the name when it's all official. Speaking of a tough journey though, the startup of a business seems to involve a whole lot of those expense kind of things such as: additional insurance, legal fees, state fees, a CPA, whatever that may be :-) , and a whole host of meetings. You'd think I was trying to start some big corporation or something.
Have a wonderful new day!
Bucky
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