Philosophizing on a Late Friday Afternoon...

As I sit here at my desk ready to go home, I've been reflecting on the week. It started with the horrific news of the shootings at Virginia Tech. The horror, the loss of life, the hurt the pain. That's what I remember about how my week started.

And now at the end of a long week of work and meetings, I am thinking about something completely different than the way the week started: Indiana weather today makes it feel like the first day of Spring. The freshness, the newness, the hope.

Maybe this is way too philosophical to be coming from me on a late Friday afternoon, but I guess I see a correlation. In a nutshell, this is my life in Christ. On my own, I'm dead in my sins, things are horrific. There is loss of life, hurt and pain. But because of the redeeming work of Christ and my personal relationship with Him, that's all changed. Now there is freshness, newness and hope like never before.

I don't "live for the weekends." I love what I do at CE National, with Operation Barnabas, with The National Institute and with my local church. But this Friday--this first day of spring-- allows me to enjoy this weekend in a new light. Hope you are enjoying that relationship with God, and the hope only He brings. And have a good weekend too.