Pleasure vs. Sorrow

Thought this was something that might help you in trying to teach your children about the value of sorrow in our lives. Read it tonight and was really struck by its message.

I walked a mile with Pleasure;
She chatted all the way;
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.

I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And ne’er a word said she;
But, oh! The things I learned from her,
When sorrow walked with me.

-Robert Browning Hamilton

Might be something to memorize and discuss in difficult times--in addition to God's Word as our foundational source of course.

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/11/13/the-story-of-the-bible-in-four-minutes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+between2worlds+(Between+Two+Worlds)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Check this out! The lyrics are incredible. Who says new music can't communicate the gospel to a younger generation?

I hope that I fall into this camp

http://www.conventionalthinking.org/2009/11/12/younger-pastors-and-the-hope-of-a-future/

I, too, have been thankful for all the young (and old too, of course) pastors in our convention who are teaching and living the gospel--and leading their churches to do the same. I hope that Pastor John and I are seen by our congregation as being in this camp. I think we are :)