I admit, I am not a "New Year Nut" by any means! I mean if you are one of these guys who likes to go all out and celebrate till the cows come home...go for it! Me, I like the kids and wife asleep and me watching the ball drop then over to see what nutty Red Bull stunt they will do on ESPN and then off to bed! I like to be somewhat not a zombi on the first day of the year and enjoy the day in stead of the night before...just me! But not this year as my kids are getting older and want to "experience" a new year coming in and have lock ins and partys of their own now....my time is over and I will now assume that role of caring daddy waiting for his little ones to make it home safe, or having to go get them at one in the morning like this last one! Sigh....they grow up so fast!
But...a new year does give us a clean slate to work from and and new promises from our Father for great and mighty things! I cannot wait to see how He moves in the Zone this year with the kids and mentors we have in place...I get the feeling it is gonna be a special year for us in the elem kids area!
We had a great time this last week in dealing with the "touchy" subject of submission, looking at how even Jesus submitted His will for that of his Fathers! We had a few key people still gone on holiday but anticipate a full staff this next week as we will study and learn about the diety of Christ!
How Jesus being fully God humbled Himself to the Father and became obedient unto death! (Philippians 2:8)
How awesome is God, how great to know we serve the one who is ALWAYS in control! When we do not understand our circumstance or sitch...He does and is just saying "just follow my Spirits lead and you'll be cool" may not be the path we would choose...then it almost never is! We had a great Sunday yesterday and I cannot wait to see how God is gonna show up this week and this year in the Zone!
Later dudes
Pastor Darren
