Enjoying the Journey
Posts Tagged ‘endings’
When It Is Time to Go
Recently I wrote a post on the discipline and joys of staying where God put you. Like the Psalmist David we sometimes feel like we would like a change of scenery and circumstance. He wrote in Psalm 55, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.” We have all been there. There are days when the word escape sounds beautiful. The problem is that leaving does not always bring the peace that our pragmatic hearts promise. There is a rest in the middle of the storm.…
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Earlier today our students at Crown College completed their final exams and departed for Christmas break. There is something terribly exciting about the successful conclusion to another semester of college. (Teachers feel this way too!) Miraculously, everyone seems to have a good day on the last day of school. It is one thing to finish and quite another to finish well. The Apostle Paul knew what it was to finish well when he wrote, “I have finished my course” (2 Timothy 4:7). In still another place he testified that his aim was to “finish my course with joy” (Acts 20:24). Not simply to endure. Not to manage to collapse across the finish line. To finish strong! Through the years I…
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