February 3 – “Back at work?”

I actually slept pretty well night before last … finally. Those steroids were finally wearing off. And when they did, I was exhausted. Now I’m anxious to see what the end result will be next week.

 

As it turned out, I guess I really needed the sleep. The rest of the day felt like I was back at work at the church.

 

I spent the bulk of the morning pulling together our income tax stuff. We’ll be in Hawaii in April when it comes due. Honestly, I am not at all sure how to go about even doing the prep work now that I’m retired. I’m sure glad Josh hooked me up with a good accountant.

 

In the afternoon I made some time to do a hospital visit to see the family of our firefighter who is in ICU. From there I stopped by the funeral home to pay my respects to the family of a very sweet lady who was a great encourager to me when I first became a Christian. I was a high school classmate of her daughter at the time.

 

Next it was a quick stop at Walmart for cookies and bacon. Cookies were for home group. Bacon was for the pancake breakfast at the church on Saturday. Come eat!

 

Next, I had a stop at Little Caesar’s Pizza. We were expecting three extra Vaughan younguns at the house while mom and dad went to a banquet, so we had a pizza banquet of our own.

 

Speaking of Home group … we had a full house. Just about everybody was there. We finished up 1 Samuel 7 (which we have been in for a month or so).  Gotta love those cliff hangers.

 

Oh, and the Galveston Fiddler Crab Jerry crawled out of his hole and played for a while on the beach. None of this six more weeks of winter for us. Bring on the sun!

 

James 1:2-3 says, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”

 

Father, please continue to walk with Andy’s family through the toughest thing they have faced thus far. Amen.