Many people have asked where we'll be and when over the holidays. Here is our tentative travel itinerary:
Last day of classes: ---Friday, Dec. 21
In Longview: ---------Saturday, Dec. 22----Tuesday, Dec. 25
In Conroe:-------------Tuesday Dec. 25-----Friday, Dec. 28
Back to Longview:-----Friday, Dec. 28-------Monday, Jan. 7
Back to Lubbock:------Monday, Jan. 7
Term 3 begins: --------Monday, Jan. 14
We're looking forward to the break and to seeing many of you very soon.
-Jeff
Friday, December 14, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Yours or mina?
I just wanted to let everyone know we're still here. :) Practically everyday, I come home and say "I just understood this passage for the first time today" or "I've never seen it in that way before." Yesterday it was:
Luk 19:12-27 So He said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. (13) "And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until I come back.' (14) "But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' (15) "When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done. (16) "The first appeared, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.' (17) "And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.' (18) "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, master, has made five minas.' (19) "And he said to him also, 'And you are to be over five cities.' (20) "Another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief; (21) for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.' (22) "He *said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? (23) 'Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest?' (24) "Then he said to the bystanders, 'Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.' (25) "And they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas already.' (26) "I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. (27) "But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence."
I knew that God created me and everything I own was made by Him. I realized that everything with which He's blessed me was given to me as a stewardship, and that I am supposed to use them for His purposes and glory. But yesterday, when I was thinking about this I thought about our back bedroom and how messy it is. And, how I usually cant' find the things I'm looking for in there. I realized what God must see when He sees that room and all of the things in it. Our family has been uniquely blessed, and I am determined to do a better job as a steward of God's possessions. It's odd how this had made sense earlier in my life as far as money is concerned, but it took reading it one more time for me to understand God's will for my life in this way.
We are being edified daily. Please continue to pray for us.
We hope to see you all again very soon,
-Jeff
Luk 19:12-27 So He said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. (13) "And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until I come back.' (14) "But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' (15) "When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done. (16) "The first appeared, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.' (17) "And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.' (18) "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, master, has made five minas.' (19) "And he said to him also, 'And you are to be over five cities.' (20) "Another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief; (21) for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.' (22) "He *said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? (23) 'Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest?' (24) "Then he said to the bystanders, 'Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.' (25) "And they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas already.' (26) "I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. (27) "But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence."
I knew that God created me and everything I own was made by Him. I realized that everything with which He's blessed me was given to me as a stewardship, and that I am supposed to use them for His purposes and glory. But yesterday, when I was thinking about this I thought about our back bedroom and how messy it is. And, how I usually cant' find the things I'm looking for in there. I realized what God must see when He sees that room and all of the things in it. Our family has been uniquely blessed, and I am determined to do a better job as a steward of God's possessions. It's odd how this had made sense earlier in my life as far as money is concerned, but it took reading it one more time for me to understand God's will for my life in this way.
We are being edified daily. Please continue to pray for us.
We hope to see you all again very soon,
-Jeff
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