Praise God. After two months of transition in Conn. in which our Lord blessed me with good fellowship with a number of saints, some R & R, and many opportunities to visit my ailing mother, I drove away at 10am Tuesday morning with a small car loaded to the gills with stuff, and a heart of rejoicing. Driving through a slice of Conn., up the Pioneer Valley in Mass. & through the rural ambiance of Vermont provided the pleasure of some one on one time with my heavenly Father.
Along the way, I observed numerous sites replete with orange cones and the orange and white striped barrels denoting construction activity, any number of men talking to one another or walking around, but no discernible work. Arrived in upstate NY near Lake Champlain to my first destination. Hardy & Katrine live in a little hobbit house they made themselves, on forty mostly forested acres on the side of a mountain. They are very hospitable people who serve others constantly. Their extensive garden and organic food purchases provide an excellent, healthy diet. We had the delight of taking a number of jaunts through the countryside, at night, in the daytime, observing streams, beaver ponds, horses.
One of the products of a beaver pond, in striking contrast to its environs, is the dead, ash gray, branchless trees standing like dead sentinels in the midst of it. The stagnant waters have drowned the root systems and slain the trees. It strikes me that our lives as Christians can resemble those forlorn stems if we do not allow the living waters to flow through our lives. "Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." (John 7:38ESV) We cannot rely on past experience, or anything else to replace the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
Thursday afternoon traveled down to the Albany, NY area. The GPS worked well (thank you Allen & Marie)& I got to my second destination. I am ever more convinced of the necessity of itinerant ministry. I pray that God will raise up many saints to give themselves to this. Enjoying wonderful hospitality from David & Kathy. We discussed many things including a business venture they hope to start, prayed, worshipped together. David shared a number of songs he had written. They hope to make a CD.
Today (Friday) am trying to respond to all the Facebook inquiries, other e-mails, write up this blog entry, study the Word, and enjoy the Lord Jesus. Tonight i'm off to another part of the Albany area to meet up with other brothers.
"May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ." (2 Thess 3:5)
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