I just rolled into Ottawa safe and sound. It’s Monday night. I just arrived at the Church Office to unload a few things. There’s just happens to be a Trustees ‘ meeting. I said hello and gave them a mega quick update.
Anyways, this will indeed be my last official blog – well at least for this “journey”. I will forget “writing” the trip recap as mentioned in my last blog. Rather – I’ll be giving it “live” this coming Sunday at Sequoia. So make sure you come to our Sunday Mother’s Day Service. The message will be this: “What Kind Of Life Should I Be Living?”
After a great church service yesterday at FBC Montgomery I made the long two-day trek back to Ottawa. But I’ve got to tell you – it was either highly coincidental or Pastor Jay planned it that way. The message was unbelievable – ie with all kinds of themes that coincidentally affirmed what I was doing and how I have been living in this last month! The themes were like – trust and obey; follow the Lord with all your heart (not your mind) even if it doesn’t make sense (ie Proverbs 3:5-6); what true faith is all about (ie Hebrews 11); because we are always at different “crossroads” of life and the question will be how we make those decisions and whom do we trust in; etc. Anyways – you had to be there. And Anna did a solo during the service. Wow. That girl makes me cry every time she sings. She is sure anointed! God was speaking and affirming!
So I drove 14 hours yesterday making it all the way near Winchester Virginia. I had to stop at 0200 for a few hours of sleep. I stopped at an Hess Fuel / Trucker / RV Centre. I don’t know how anybody sleeps well at a place like that because you constantly hear semis pulling in and out. And then the major rainfall of this morning made sure I did not sleep long.
But somehow all the bad weather was kept away from the Interstates as I was driving – well except for a 10-minute torrential downpour in Wilkes-Barre (going through the mountains) this afternoon. Even the sun came out at the end of the day. So I rolled into Ottawa at about 1930.
Well as I close, “The Journey Home” was safe and sound! Thanks for praying. But there’s another “Journey Home” that I am preparing for! Near Syracuse, I stopped for a “celebration lunch / supper” all by myself! As I left, I was caught in a funeral procession. I took this picture.
It reminded me of the “dash story” in the “One Month To Live” book I read while on this trip. And the thought came to my mind of some of the things I would want written on my tombstone as the epitaph of my life:
- “He Lived with Purpose and He Loved with Passion!”
- “He truly lived by faith – always trying to please God!”
- “He was willing to totally trust God – even if it meant risking failure!”
- “At least he tried” … (still working on this one)
- And yes … “How He Loved His Wife (his Buddy)”
So really – as I close this one-month “Luke 11 ASK Road Tour” journey – what’s your journey? How are you preparing “The Journey Home”? Are you living fullout for God and after His purposes? Are you living the life that God wants you to live? What will be your legacy? What will be your Kingdom impact? Don’t let people have to make up things to say at your funeral. You live out right now what people will say of you on your final car ride towards “The Journey Home”.
I know I am sure trying to live by faith, trusting and obeying God, my Heavenly Father, waiting for Him to say – “this is my son, whom I love and in whom I am well pleased – well done my faithful Ricky”!
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