March 10
Free Time
Because God has given me a special gift I have something to say to everyone….
Romans 12:3 (NCV)
… keep using the gift God gave you … let it grow as a small flame grows into a fire.
II Timothy 1:6 (NCV)
So here we are at the Men’s Roundup at Camp Tadmor. It’s a hot day, but still gorgeous and I find myself sitting in my car during our free time. Sitting in your car? Yeah … what’s with this?
A gentle breeze stirs and blows through the open doors and windows while rapid gunshots boom from the firing range uphill. I sit here while other guys golf, fish or play ball. Others sit by their tents and campers listening to the Oregon-Michigan football game. My son Ryan (A.K.A., Mr. Personality) introduces himself and makes friends with three young men ... then encourages his newfound teammates to enter the basketball tournament. So far, so good.
The guys are doing all kinds of things this afternoon, but no one is sitting in a car. So what am I doing with over three hours of free time? I’m writing. I’m sitting in the back seat of our white Toyota Sienna reading Scripture, gathering thoughts, and writing.
Hmm, you may think. Weird. Yeah. Maybe. But it’s my passion—one of the things I enjoy. I love to put pen to paper. It’s where my heart is and it gives me such joy to do this. We all have something we enjoy … don’t we? We all have gifts and talents, right?
God has put these gifts and abilities in me: compassion, giving, teaching and a desire to write. If I don’t share my gifts, if I don’t share the love God gives me and wants to move through me … I am nothing. And I feel it. I must do this.
So I sit in my minivan. I dream and I write. And the breeze comes again. Cool and refreshing—a gift from God….
Father, thank You for these gifts. Help me to use these gifts to share Your love. Amen.
Free Time
Because God has given me a special gift I have something to say to everyone….
Romans 12:3 (NCV)
… keep using the gift God gave you … let it grow as a small flame grows into a fire.
II Timothy 1:6 (NCV)
So here we are at the Men’s Roundup at Camp Tadmor. It’s a hot day, but still gorgeous and I find myself sitting in my car during our free time. Sitting in your car? Yeah … what’s with this?
A gentle breeze stirs and blows through the open doors and windows while rapid gunshots boom from the firing range uphill. I sit here while other guys golf, fish or play ball. Others sit by their tents and campers listening to the Oregon-Michigan football game. My son Ryan (A.K.A., Mr. Personality) introduces himself and makes friends with three young men ... then encourages his newfound teammates to enter the basketball tournament. So far, so good.
The guys are doing all kinds of things this afternoon, but no one is sitting in a car. So what am I doing with over three hours of free time? I’m writing. I’m sitting in the back seat of our white Toyota Sienna reading Scripture, gathering thoughts, and writing.
Hmm, you may think. Weird. Yeah. Maybe. But it’s my passion—one of the things I enjoy. I love to put pen to paper. It’s where my heart is and it gives me such joy to do this. We all have something we enjoy … don’t we? We all have gifts and talents, right?
God has put these gifts and abilities in me: compassion, giving, teaching and a desire to write. If I don’t share my gifts, if I don’t share the love God gives me and wants to move through me … I am nothing. And I feel it. I must do this.
So I sit in my minivan. I dream and I write. And the breeze comes again. Cool and refreshing—a gift from God….
Father, thank You for these gifts. Help me to use these gifts to share Your love. Amen.
posted by Craig Soderquist at 4:49 PM
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