July 30, 2008

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  What a summer!

  
  

   

  
  

  I have not gone, nor am I dead

  
  

  I’ve not been here for weeks.

  
  

  So many things now fill my head

  
  

  I fear I’ll soon spring leaks.

  
  

   

  
  

  I’ve been to missions near
  
  
  and far

  
  

  (Mexico)

  
  

  And seen friends new and old.
  

  
  

  I’ve been by plane
  

  
  

  I’ve been by car
  

  
  

  in places hot and cold.

  
  

   

  
  

  Even when I’ve been near home

  
  

  I’m oft too tired to stand

  
  

  My life is full with work and fun

  
  

  with children prime

  
  

  and grand.
  

  
  

  Oh, fear not friends for what’s become

  
  

  of Jimmish as of late.

  
  

  He’s running strong, by God’s good grace

  
  

  but fullish is his plate.
  

  
  

   

  
  

  “We don’t (now) see (God’s world) clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright!
  We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! 
   But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation:

  
  

  Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly.

  
  

   And the best of the three is love.”

  
  

  1 Cor 13:12,13 The Message 

  
  

  Love richly, friends

  
  

  Jim

  
  

   

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