Psalm 90:10 The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
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Born: November 9, 1961
Age: 46
Life Expectancy: 34 more years (Geesh, I should be so lucky)
Lived in Kentucky: 25 years
New Jersey: 2 years
Pennsylvania: 19 years
Single: 31 years
Married: 6 years
Separated then Divorced: 9 years
Father: 15 years
Student:
Eli H. Brown Elementary School: 4 years
Bloomfield Junior High School: 5 years
Marion County High School: 1 year
Nelson County High School: 2 years
Eastern Kentucky University: 7 years (B.S., M.P.A., assorted graduate classes)
Drew Theological School: 3 years (M.Div.)
Work:
EKU Wesley Foundation Student Assistant Minister – 1 year
Associate Pastor at St. Mark UMC – Hamilton Square, NJ – 2 years
Pastor – Mount Hope UMC, Lancaster County, PA – 3 years
First UMC – Tamaqua, PA – 6 years
Elysburg, PA UMC – 4 years
First UMC – Pottstown, PA – 6 years and counting
Sermons I have preached: 1000+
Funerals I have conducted: 200+
Weddings I have presided over: 60+
Baptisms I have done: 70+
Years I have been an ordained Deacon: 18
Years I have been an ordained Elder: 16
Miles away from my hometown and family: 770
Miles I drive each week on average: 500
Phone conversations with my daughter each year: 365+
Follower of Jesus: 41 years
Don’t a lot of us wish we could go back and start over but sadly we can’t but what we can do is look upon each day as a gift from GOD. A fresh chance at starting anew today. Aware that He is living on the inside of us in the person of the Holy Spirit. Conversing with Him as a friend that is walking with us (because He is) through all of the ups and downs of life. Satan would love for us to give up the bible tells us that he comes to kill, steal, and destroy but Jesus came to give us the abundant life. Look at Joseph in the bible things didn’t look too good for him from the human perspective but God had a plan and His plan came to pass. When you can’t see what God is doing in your life trust Him, keep your eyes on Him and not on your circumstances. Read the verse in Isaiah Now I will spring up something new I will make a roadway in the desert.
Be of good cheer Will Jesus has overcome the world. Maybe he is using this time to grow you His ways are not our ways. Wouldn’t we be in trouble if they were??? God Bless You