Make Your Life Count Forever

The Greatest Thing by Henry Drummond Photo © 2013 Kelly Grace Have you read this little Classic of the Faith? I first found the little red copy in a Used Bookstore in York, England.   Even then it was fragile, but after I brought it home to California and my home's central heating and AC, it came apart into three sections. But, God is gracious and knew I needed to be able to read this book over and over.   When my mother-in-law passed away I received her copy.  It's in mint condition and able to withstand frequent perusal. The title comes from the subject matter, 1 Corinthians 13, the famous passage on love.     In his discourse Drummond points out that all sin falls into two categories:  sins of the body and sins of disposition.   Ouch! Verse 4 says, Love suffers long and is kind . Of this kindness Drummond observes, It includes perhaps more strictly, the self-restraint which refuses to make capital out of...

Vermont Countryside Photo © 2007 Kelly Grace Psalm 25:4-10 Make me to know your ways, O  Lord ;      teach me your paths.   Lead me in your  truth and teach me,      for you are the God of my salvation;      for you I wait all the day long.   Remember your  mercy, O  Lord , and your steadfast love,      for they have been from of old.   Remember not  the sins of my youth or my transgressions;      according to your  steadfast love remember me,      for the sake of your goodness, O  Lord ! Good and upright is the  Lord ;      therefore he  instructs sinners in the way.   He leads the humble in what is right,      and teaches the humble his way.   All the paths of the  Lord  are  steadfast love and faithfulness, ...

Yesterday I noticed a young man working to clear the ground near this ant hill.  This evening I saw him again and asked if he was planning on growing vegetables.  When he said yes I asked why he choose to do it so near the ant hill.  He said he thinks this might be very fertile ground because of the ant hill. The whole episode reminded me of the exhortation in Hosea 10:12 to "break up your fallow ground".  I wondered just how much real estate in my life is currently fallow. I'm usually inept at accurate self evaluation, but I know the Lord can see the landscape of my life with clarity and He is an expert in cultivation and fruitfulness. So here in Pepease, where I am removed from my 'normal' life, I'm taking the opportunity to ask God for a frank evaluation and  recommendation.   As I write this I can hear the students singing what has become my favorite new worship song.  The chorus is "do something new in my life, something new in ...