The Day of the Lord

We began this morning by attending Church at KCBT (Our old Church in KC), and saw tons of friends. It was good to sit under the Word and get preached too. That is always good for the soul. I love to here Jeff deliver the words of the Lord. He brought a great message on the secret disciples. What I received from the message was a simple truth: not all disciples of Christ are believers. There are people like Judas, like the disciples of John 6 that only followed when it was convenient for them. When God (Jesus) doesn't fit into their idea of god, then they turn and fall away. Great message.

I concluded the afternoon with some deep meditation (i.e. a nap). Then spent the rest of the evening with family kicking back with a movie (Ghost in the Darkness).

All in all, for a day of vacation it was pretty nice.

Spring Break

It is spring break and I headed to KC with the Kim and the girls to the in-laws. The trip was good today Kim drove and I had a chance to sit back and read and reflect with the Lord (very nice). I am trying to rap my head around all that it will take to run a successful recovery ministry in Borger. There are tons of things to do in prep, just so we can kick it off this summer. I believe this ministry will change our town and bring lots of people to Christ.

God is teaching me how broken people are when they come to Christ. I am not talking about spiritual brokenness but emotional brokenness. People are a wreck. Everybody seems to be embarrassed about the fact that we all messed up when we come to the Lord. I always want to be a minister that can fix the broken hearted. It is so hard to learn people. I am constantly reminded how young a am in the ministry. Maybe life will make more sense when I'm 40.

I am having a meeting about the Egypt trip coming up next month, tomorrow. We forgot to bring contact solution so I have to go to the store. The joys of travel.

Shaping Up

I love it when a plan comes together. I have been able to work on the new foyer for the last few days and it really to shape today. It is a good feeling when what was in your mind becomes a reality. It was not an easy day. We spent most of the time pulling Plaster off the ceiling (I can still taste it). But the plaster is gone, the framing is done, and we are ready for the new to come in.

When we start things like this I have a hard time thinking of anything else. So, as long as I have direction I try to get it done. I do this mainly so I can get it off my plate and get back to business. The cool thing is that with every project I learn more and more of how things are done and how to do them. God has been blessing this project left and right. I left the church at 7:00 P.M. last night and came in this morning to find that someone had donated a load of sheet rock. It is like manna from heaven. God is good and I am tired so I'm going to bed.

Learning to Frame

At the Church we are building a new foyer and I have been framing in some of the walls. The thing about framing is you have to be about 3 steps ahead in your mind or you are going to do it wrong (which I am very familiar with). I seemed to be take more walls apart today than I was putting together. I would get one built and then think ahead and realized I had not prepared for the next step. Such is life. The very essence of the name gives it away. "Framing" not finishing. It is the preparation for something else.

I am reminded of 1 Corinthians 3:9-11. I am to build on the foundation of Christ a habitation for the Lord, but I am to take heed how I build. I have found that in my life God is always thinking ahead to the next phase in this building project he calls Bill Sizemore. The better I frame the project the smoother everything else goes. If I don't frame it properly I am fight my own work for the rest of the time. I am learning to take my time and think it through so that the end result is not all scabbed together, at the Church and in my own life.

Today is the Sabbath right. So much for a day of rest. I started out this morning by putting up a 40' beam in our new foyer. It did look good when we got done. We are ready to start ripping out walls. Loads of fun!!! I did so more finalizing on my trip the Egypt. Now I need to check and see what immunizations I need. This is a trip of a life time for me. I have books on the pyramids and have watched every discovery channel special on Egypt and the kings. I can't wait to see it in person. On top of that I get to minister to some Egyptian men about the kingdom of God. There is nothing like serving the Lord.

I am trying not to stay up to late tonight with the time change (don't forget). I can't wait to see what the Lord has planned for the services tomorrow. Stay tuned.

Is anybody listening

It is amazing to me that so many people are willing to share the deepest parts of their souls with total strangers all around this globe. The more I think about it the more I understand that people are dieing to be heard. They are willing and wanting to be recognized by anybody and everybody. It sounds like a lonely place to me, but here I am writing this blog when I should be sleeping. Does anybody recognize? Does anybody care?

The cool thing is I don't care. I feel so blessed to have godly people around me that love and care for my soul. I sit here tonight just recapping on all the joyous opportunities God has brought my way, and I am amazed that he loves and cares for me the way that he does.

It was a good day today! Got a lot of work done on the new foyer at the Church, had a great D2 class, had a good time with the family, helped a recovering addict with their addiction, met some new guys at the pipe yard. Yea, I would say it was a good day. Who knows what a day will bring.

Just Getting Started

I have no idea why I would want to start a blog. I guess I don't want to fall behind. I entitled this blog "simple thoughts" because that is about all I have. I have been so busy lately, I don't know if I will even have time to do this. We will see!