9 years today.

August 15th, 2007 by admin

I’ve not made it to the end so the verdict is still out… However, it’s been a God thing for nine years. Even in my rebellion against the things of God he placed certain men around me and the people who I came to serve, they served me. Never before had I thought of youth ministry being a father thing… (I had never had a biological father around) I’m thankful for the father ministry I’ve been a part of.

Luke 1 quotes Malachi:

16Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. 17And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

To make ready a people prepared for the Lord… It helps when the hearts of the father turn to their children.

Deuteronomy 6

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. [a] 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

I’m not sure where the Lord will lead me beyond this point. I hope I am obedient to listen. (I’m very selfish and stubborn. Jonah 1:15)

I suppose this is what happens when you yield to post for two months. Call this post my “Peter Jackson” post… EPIC (Jas, you are not void in this story… your dirty paw prints are in every paragraph)

peace.

johno~

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  • Jason Hill

    Um, wow. You knocked that one out of the park. You are an inspiration of longevity. (In the back of my mind I know the only way we will ever live close to each other is if I move to Wenatchee.)

    I am proud of you.

  • Nir

    Johnathan my dear friend,
    Great to be reading you again!
    I am on vacation, poolside. Quality time with Hila who is in the water with a girlfriend and here I am catching up on your thoughts, your life. A great example of fatherhood huh?! I think you must be giving me much more credit than due. True, my most important role in life is that of father and husband, family above all else, but I’m a poor example of how it should be done.
    thank you my friend for your thoughts and we will ‘talk’ next week about ‘the future’.

  • Lori Ann

    how true…i felt as if you were writing our thoughts, only working with the adult side…still the same i think.
    prayers to you and Dawnette.

  • KMiV

    Ah yes, and I remember 9 years ago praying that Metro would hire you and Dawnette as we were moving to Portland. We were impressed with you both when we met you during the interview. We were saddened that it was not to be.

    Alas, God had other plans and it seems that you both are doing a greater work for the kingdom than you may have done in Portland.

    We love you both.

  • Jebodiah Bristow-Hanna

    Awesome! I still have hope to make spiritual giants…whatever that means :) Thanks for your words brother.

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