NOVEMBER 2014 EDITION

Every year, I take this time to enumerate the things I am thankful for in my life. It is my hope that this will spur you on to do the same thing. Pause from your busy life and take the time to jot down on paper the many things for which you are thankful. I think you will be surprised and uplifted when you do this. It may give you a different perspective on your life.

First and foremost, I thank my God for calling me to be His child on the night of April 29, 1975. This is my greatest blessing. (Galatians 4:6)

My greatest earthly blessing is Peggy, my bride of forty-seven and a half years. (Proverbs 31:10-31)

Major sources of blessing to me are my lovely daughters, Ashley and Hayden, their husbands and my seven grandchildren and my sister, Elinor. (III John: 4)

I am grateful to my parents who instilled upon me values in life that have served me well. They also instilled in me a love of nature, the arts, manners and a sense of civility.

I thank God for my calling to Net Work Ministries in 1992 and the men who affirmed that calling. I pray I may be worthy of that call. (Ephesians 4:1)

I am so very thankful for my friends who have stood by me "in the morning sun and the evening rain" (from Brennan Manning's "Ragamuffin Gospel") of my life. You have been a demonstration of Christ's unconditional love to me. (Proverbs 17:17 and 18:24)

Some of those same friends opened up a completely new world for me when, late in life, they introduced me to skeet shooting and bird hunting. I will be ever so grateful for them.

I know this may sound funny but I am so grateful for my dog, Missy, who came to us from the animal shelter years ago. She has been a wonderful source of joy and companionship. She is a gift from the Lord.

This list is not exhaustive but represents just a few of the things with which I feel that God has blessed me.

Net Work News and Needs

I try very hard not to mention the financial situation of Net Work Ministries. You have been so kind to support this ministry with your prayers, encouragement and financial resources. However, I feel it necessary to address our situation at this time to ask for your prayers. At the time of this writing, donations are at 46% of what is needed to sustain the ministry. Salaries are in arrears since July.

You need to know that I will not stop serving Net Work's men and their families for lack of funding. I firmly believe that God has called me to this ministry. I do not believe God will use money or the lack thereof to call me out of this ministry.

If I leave Net Work Ministries, it would be that I have been called to another ministry. At this time, I have had no such calling.

Thank you for hearing me out on this difficult issue.  I will make no further mention of it.

Our Friday Morning Men's Group has begun a new book. It is Andy Stanley's thought provoking book, "How To Be Rich" subtitled,

"It's Not What You Have. It's What You Do With What You Have."

One last thing as I close:

"I thank God in all of my remembrances of each one of you!"

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