For all my faithful readers out there (all 2 of you) I must apologize for the long and protracted silence. I have simply been overcome by the daily facts of life, school, work, family, and reading far too many theological books. This past month has been an incredibly busy one as I started my new job as Director of Computer Services for Highview Baptist Church here in Louisville while trying to keep my head above water in school. Dee Dee and I have had many long discussions concerning God's will for our future, especially with some of the things going on in the Air Force these days. It seems that evangelical chaplains are being silenced. The Chief of Chaplains has said that there is nothing to worry about and that everything will be fine, but I can't help but think that he has been in the Air Force for a long time and will be retiring soon. Things can change under new administrations. Needless to say, we have been praying alot about God's will in that area of our lives.
I have also been having lots of trouble staying focused in school, not because of the difficulty of the course work (though it is plenty difficult), but because I hate having to tell my children that I can't play with them or read to them because I am constantly either running out the door to go to class or closing myself off in my bedroom to read something for class. I was talking with David Price, a friend from church and a graduate of Southern, about this today and we seemed to have pretty much the same view. My first responsibility is to my family, and to bring my children to a knowledge and love of the Lord, and if I spend all my time getting a theological education and neglect my children then I have failed.
So, keep us in your prayers as we continue to grow and study and try to discern God's will for our family. Our future seemed set when we moved up here, but now it seems that God is revealing more of His plan to us. He is not changing the plan since He is unchangeable, but He doesn't reveal all of His plans to us at once for various reasons. Sometimes it's to lead us to a stronger faith, and sometimes it's just because of the fact that if He revealed too much of the plan to us at once it would scare us out of our wits and we would turn and run the other direction as fast as we possibly could. Somehow I think the latter might be the reason in my case.
