Life Is Precious

Dear Reader,
    Life has a great value, with every child born comes a new life with the purpose to bring honor to the God who created him. How is it that this value is lost when we as humans chose to go our own way and give no regard to the difference we could make with our lives for the glory of God. What will we do with the life that has been given us for the Creator who created us after His image?

    Our journeys took us to San Antonio, as we left friday afternoon to be in the services of Texas Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Keith Bell. After some time of driving we arrived at the Airforce base where we had been given the opportunity to stay with a very kind young couple Matt and Kim. They were very kind to us as they did every thing to make our stay as comfortable as possible. It was a blessing to get to know this fine couple as our friendship grew quickly. Saturday I was given the opportunity to go soul winning on one of the church bus routes and was able to see seven people bow their heads and accept Christ in their hearts, four of which came the next Sunday morning. Praise the Lord for the many opportunities to spread the Gospel to those who have never heard. Sunday morning we set up the table and began to greet many of the church members as well as the many bus kids that came with such curiosity and questions. How exciting it was to see their excitement, pointing picture to picture asking about each child in the photos posted on the mission board. Pastor Bell asked for me to preach in Sunday School and present our work. What a great honor it was as I preached the sermon, "Live for Today", on the subject of how live too short to not live

"Live for Today", life gives us an opportunity to make a difference in the world around us; however, we aslo have the choice to make our own decisions. These decisions, unfortunately, allow us to follow our own desires, our own goals with no thought of what God could use our lives for. We have to realize that just as vapor that exist and soon is gone, our lives here on earth is also temporary, giving us little time to do what God has for us to accomplish. The time is now, for why must we wait while time quickly goes by?

Many decisions were made by those there Sunday Morning as twenty-five people raised their hands wanting to give God their lives to serve Him. Pastor Bell preached the service and brought a great message on how trials should be used in our lives to draw us closer to God and prepare us for God's will. What a great encouragment it was and great message. Sunday afternoon we spent with Matt, Kim and their little boy, Matthew, and soon we were again at Texas Baptist Church for the night service. I was able to preach once again and preached about "Priceless Value".

"Priceless Value", the value of every one of us who have been given a life to live in God's service. Despite what value we place on ourselves and what value others may place on us, we have to realize the value our lives have to God. Each person has a value given to him by God that despite our past and our short comings, He can use us in a great way to fulfill His purpose through us. For we are bought with a price the price that Christ died for to pay for our sins, for this we must give Him our all.

   It has been such a great blessing to travel and be a part of many churches and many lives along the way. With every opportunity we hope to present our family, our church, and our ministry but most importantly the Lord Jesus Christ.

MISSING MAN MONUMENT

AIRFORCE BASE