After 16 years of pastoring a wonderful church on the Central Coast of California, we are leaving to move back to Orange County. You see, honoring one’s parents not only means “don’t sass back” when you are young, it also means seeking ways to enable them to live with as much independence and dignity as possible when they are older. To that end, we are moving closer to my wife’s mom so that we can be of service. For me the move also means changing roles from full-time pastor to part-time interim pastor and part-time ministry administrator. Juggling schedules is not new, but this combination will prove to have some extra challenges to it.
All this to say, knowing and doing the will of God is the best thing. It’s just not always the easiest.
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I am praying for you and your family! God continues to work and are faithful!
As I walk along this path of faith, I am more and more convinced that the Lord's ways are not our ways. That much of what He does in our lives and in the world do not and can not make sense to us other than in retrospect. But having had to make very uncomfortable decisions for my own life and gaining a few years on them, I am convinced that God is able to do more than we can imagine and that a life of faith is one that is only fleetingly attached to this life on earth. To make big decisions not only requires some belief that God's hand is on you, but that He can keep you even if you make a mistake. It's a wonderful freedom. A wise guy once said "If you're not a christian, this world is as good as it gets, if you are, this world is as bad as it gets."
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