Tuesday, December 31, 2024

December 31 - “Happy New Year (almost)”


Yesterday was a memorably quiet day for us. We had Hallmark movies going on the TV (most of which we had already seen).  Chris did some laundry. I worked on the latest jigsaw puzzle - the one Josh and I started when they were here. And, to keep our tradition alive, Chris actually finished it. I saw this weird fact (and added a few to it). 


Check out the dates Chris and I have seen:

5/5/55 - I was a toddling two-

      year-old. 

6/6/66 - I was an aspiring 

      shortstop in my last year of 

      Little League 

7/7/77 - I was a recent college 

      grad, married, dad, youth 

      pastor at Langwood Baptist 

      Church in Houston. 

8/8/88 - I was a seminary grad, 

      Minister of Education at South    

      Oaks Baptist Church in 

      Arlington 

9/9/99 - After a ministry stint in 

      Denver, I was 4 years into  

      some on-the-job training as a 

      pastor at Seaside Church in 

      Galveston 

10/10/10 - 15 years as pastor at 

      Seaside. 

11/11/11 - 3 years post-Hurricane 

      Ike. Still at Seaside. 

12/12/12 - Made it through a 

      significant rheumatoid arthritis 

      flareup 

2/2/22 - Made it through the 

      Covid scare to retire from 

      Seaside after almost 27 years

12/31/23 - I survived major back 

     surgery with a side of shingles. 

Does all that make me old? Nah. 


Speaking of Chris, she also made a big pot of soup yesterday. Not for us, though. She took it up to LaMarque to feed Kel and the gang, since Christina is down. 


John‬ ‭15‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ says, Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.


Father, please be with Christina. And take care of Kel and the kids as well. Amen. 

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