Talking to my wife today about my 6 year old daughter. She has been quite teary lately.
Melinda reckons its because I have been busy, and they were away last week and Ruby has not seen me much.

Turns out it appears to be true. ummm.

Selah….time to reflect on that.

My daughter needs time with her dad….she loves me and I love her.

Next couple of days is time to catch up with her and the son as well.
Looking forward to exploring some wintery beaches, maybe a hot chocolate or two..and some cuddles.

It is such a confrontational book.

And I am really enjoying preaching through it at the moment.
Pastor Eliot bringing the message from chapter three this week.

The issue with confrontational preaching, is that you yourself get confronted with it!
But….when you get such a good response, as I did on Sunday, it is really encouraging.
People love to hear the truth, even if it confronts and challenges. As long as it is said with love and good humour….that is good.

Look at how Jesus presented the truth. He just gave it, but it was always with love and the peoples best interests….He is so challenging as a preacher.

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just moderating a while so he gets the picture…
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Its not that hard fellas….
You just follow the recipe.

If you can install reticulation, retune a carby, cut code, research a sermon, chop firewood….

you can cook.

Got a lovely Beef Ragout in the slow cooker. Perfect food for winter…and lovely brownie points with the wife….

Taking one of these with me…..

It is great to have a pastoral team.
Support, prayer….but the primary reason?

So you don’t think you are mad.

Madness comes from…….

Loneliness

Isolation

Being misunderstood

Not understanding why people do what they do

Questioning yourself, your own motives…if in fact…you are mad!

Having others to journey with helps in all these ways…you may still have doubts, but doubts shared with others…really helps.

There are situations where if someone criticizes what you are doing, you know you are doing a good job.

You know their motives, you know what they are on about…and so when they criticize…you should actually take it as a compliment.

For instance, if someone is fundamentally opposed to what you believe in, then it would be expected that they would not like what you do.

Today I received some comments from someone like this….after reflecting on what they had said, it actually strengthened me. Far from being a discouragement, it actually encouraged me!

Jesus is God, Lord and King. He is fully God, and become fully man.

That is all!