Last night was really strange going to bed by myself. I had always heard couples saying that it was strange going to bed alone once you got married. I thought it was a bunch of hooey gooey! Not so any more. It was STRANGE! I didn't like it. In fact, I got up in the middle of the night for whatever reason (I have been sleep walking and talking quite a bit lately) and noticed that Taylor was not in bed with me. Then I thought that I saw her, but it was only the pillow that I keep under my legs that had moved over to her side of the bed (which is about 73% of the bed ---- at least when she's home!). I poked at the pillow thinking that it was Taylor. She is not that Fluffy! So I ventured into one of our spare bedrooms to see if she had moved. It was on my way to the bedroom that I realized that Taylor was not home, she was in North Carolina and that she will be home on Tuesday. Duh...
The letters are going out. 'The Eagle has left the nest. I repeat, The Eagle has left the Nest!' Remember those letters that I told you that I was sending out to raise money for kids to go to Sharptop Cove, a Premier Young Life Camping Facility? Yep, those letters. They are in the mail. On their way to see you. Please be kind. Please be generous. Kids are still hesitant. I feel like it is gonna 'take off' really soon. I keep waiting and waiting and waiting... Your donation will have an eternal impact and it will make all the difference in the world. If you think that you may not get a letter and would desire one, please email me and I would gladly send one out to you.
I had a lot of compliments on the Turkey Hunt blog that I wrote. Pretty funny, huh? Why yes it is... I can't wait till sometime this week. I am looking forward to going and killin' me my first Turkey, dead! I will put a picture or video up so that you can see it. But I don't want to scare the Turkeys off. If I did that, I may get shot! By my Father in Law. Then I'd have to shoot him back. Wait a second...these aren't bb guns any more! I don't wanna get shot! It would hurt.
Yesterday at our Young Life leader meeting, we got to talking about the Old Testament (which I am so fascinated with!) and how crazy it is. How foolish some of the people lived their lives. Dan says, 'Would I live my life differently if I knew books were being written about me?' I had to write that down. I thought that was really great. Well, would you? Would YOU live your life differently if you knew books were being written about you? That's Strong. REAL STRONG...
Matthew 16:26 says, 'What good is it for a man to Gain The Whole World, yet forfeit his soul?' Are you trying to gain the world world at the expense of your soul? If it's not you, it's someone close to you. We see it day in and day out. It's like Solomon says, 'It's like the chasing of the wind.' We try to catch it, yet we never quite get it, do we? That is why we are empty. We are wired for more of life. To Live It! To Experience It! To Enjoy It! To Be Set Apart. To Show God's Love.
And Trust Me, people are hurting more and more each and every day. I got a phone call from a mom last night who was crying because her heart is breaking for her son who is denouncing God and has chosen to buy into the world of Atheism. Brilliant Kid. 'Too smart for his own good' as Jackie Russell (that's my mom) would say.
My heart breaks for so many high schoolers who have nothing. Well, they may think they have the world, but the reality is is that they are simply 'chasing the wind.' Teenagers who have great relationships with their parents, especially with dad, is a rarity these days. Divorce is astronomical. There are very few kids who lead. We have more communication today than we have ever had, yet our depth of relationships is as shallow as it has ever been. Isolation. Apathy. Unmotivated. No Ambition. Zero Dreams. Content with doing absolutely nothing. Kids have few people to 'pour' into them the goodness of Parenting and Authority! And there is not much difference between a 17 year old and a 25 year old. Then not a huge margin between a 25 year old and a 55 year old.
Here is a picture of some of the kids that my heart breaks for. They long to know Jesus ... and they don't even know it. 'Chasing the Wind' ...
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