I have been thinking of Robert Burns’ quote lately, “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” As you know, we have had to postpone our recent revival with the uptick in COVID cases in our community and our church. We have rescheduled it for February 20-23, 2022.
I recently spoke to a pastor friend that pastors one of the flagship churches in our state. As he lamented the fact of having to cancel a couple of big events because of COVID, he concluded by saying, “I am almost scared to plan anything.” I certainly understand his feelings, but all I know to do is to continue to press forward and “keep on keeping on.”
Our next big event that we are thinking through is the start of the Wednesday evening meals. We may have to move the start of meals back a few weeks until COVID slows down. As always, we will communicate with you through the office.
If you have been staying diligent with us in the memorization of Scripture, you should have 35 verses in your arsenal. I was challenged and humbled by the following story by John Piper.
I heard it third hand that Dr. Howard Hendricks of Dallas Seminary once made the statement (and I paraphrase) that if it were decision, every student graduating from Dallas Theological Seminary would be required to learn one thousand verses word perfect before they graduated. You may not learn a thousand verses before going to Glory, but you can learn one a week.
Thank you for the privilege of serving you.
Bro. Tommy