Well by the time you read this Lucero and I will have purchased another boat. 
         Some will say WHY? Didn’t you just almost die in the last boat? 
         Well, I’ve always been a water boy; I was born in Tallahassee, my father is from Crystal River, and my mom is from the Ouachita River. I’ve always lived around water; it’s the place I go to commune with God. This is a very important thing for me in order to be a vessel for Bible studies and sermons. But it’s necessary for all of us to have a place to go where we can just … feel … God, a place for meditation. To hear the still small voice.  
       Plus, we’ve all heard the saying “you gotta get back on that horse if he ever bucks ya off.” Well maybe I’m the only one that’s heard of it; but I guess I figure it’s time to get back on that horse, or boat as the case may be and see what happens. 
       We’ve all had times like this where we learn a lesson and move on with our life. It builds our spiritual strength and endurance. Most of the most successful people in the world have had more “lessons learned” (it’s never a waste or failure if you learned a lesson) times than they had successes. We need to remember that we are building ourselves for eternity, and I don’t know about you, but I want to start eternity with my best foot forward, the best that I can be. 
      Meditate, commune with God, immerse yourself in scriptures or journaling about your experiences with God or hymns and spiritual songs. We must all be diligent in this because no one knows the hour or day of his or her reckoning. Plus, it really feels good, I mean it really feels good – nothing can match the high you feel when you realize you are communing with the creator, redeemer, and sustainer God. 
      God always provides what we need to do, with what we need to do it with. This church continues to provide opportunities to grow and learn and deepen our relationship with God. We will pause our Daniel Bible Study after one more lesson to finish up Daniel, chapter 6. We will resume with Daniel, chapter 7 after Easter. Between now and then we will have our Ash Wednesday Service, and our Lenten drama programs which will include soup as well as substance. This year we will use the “Watchers on the Hill” program. 

       See ya Sunday, in person or on the internet or www.facebook.com/timthepastor.                                All glory and honor to God.  Peace and blessings

                                                                Tim