J. B. For The Day

We pray that you will be strengthened

by God's glorious power,

So that you may be able to pass through any experience

and endure it with joy.

You will be able to thank the Father

because you are privileged to share the lot

of the saints who are living in the light.

Colossians 1.11,12, Phillips

Today I'm thinking of a young man in our local fellowship.

His was a very rough early life. There were years in prison.

He married, had children.

At present his is the sole parenting responsibility for these still very young children.

He works all day, cares for his little one by evening.

He studies law at night on the internet.

He has a straight A average.

Three evenings a week he cleans house for his former wife and the children's mother because of his love for her.

She sits her life long in front of a computer screen playing games and eating.

And every Sunday, he faithfully bring his children, dressed and tidy, to Sunday School and Church.

He faces his days head on.

Never have I heard him complain.

He is my hero.

This young man 'puts skin on' these scriptures.

May I follow his example.