On August 1 Liz and I closed on the purchase of our new home. Then we took a little more than three weeks to renovate. Just before Labor Day we moved in. While we still have boxes stacked around various walls, we are in. Today I am writing from my new home office. I am grateful to Chris Paden for getting me online and up and running.

While unpacking my books I discovered a little book I had not read in a long time. It came out of the library of Liz’s father. Dr. Claude Bennett was a pediatrician before his untimely death due to a brain tumor in 1971. The book is Your God is Too Small by J.B. Phillips. The author begins by saying that the trouble for most people is that have not found a God big enough for modern needs. Phillips goes on to make the case that the God of scripture is more than adequate for all of man’s needs. The book is brief, pointed, simple and powerful. I am glad I rediscovered this volume. I have been told that some of your best friends are books you have on the shelf that you have read before and forgotten. Look around you and you may just have some old friends with whom you need to get reaquainted.

Later this morning I am driving to Crestview for a meeting of community leaders for getting out the vote this fall for the Marriage Amendment. I want to remind Florida residents when you go to vote for President in November do not forget that marriage is on the ballot. The amendment will define marriage as being between a man and a woman. I plan to vote YES on this one.

Pray for our friends in Texas as Ike bears down on the coast.

Pastor Ted Traylor

Posted on Friday, September 12th, 2008 at 8:56 am.
You can leave a response, or you can follow responses through the RSS 2.0 feed.