Questions

Had breakfast with a guy who used to mentor me yesterday. He was certainly one of the most Godly men I have ever met, and was a great influence, and a great friend to me. As I was thinking about it afterward I realized it had been 17 years since I had lived in Lansing. I've seen him a few times since but maybe once in the last 12 years. Shame on me. I have been praying for him over the years and wanted to call him but I am just not good at that stuff (no excuse). Our breakfast was a little disturbing to me. He seemed to really downplay the role of being in a local church. One good thing I guess, is it forced me to really do some research on the importance of the local church, so I have some biblical insight into the importance of being attached to a local congregation. The church he told me he attends sounded pretty weird, and it didn't sound like he really did anything there. This is one of the most gifted men I know, and if he's not sharing his gifts in a local congregation, that scares me. I also worry about accountability in his life. He said he continued to meet weekly with his old Navigator staff leader. (he used to be on navstaff).
When I asked him where Bob was going to Church he didn't know. He's known Bob for at least
25 years, how would he not know? One of he guys who he has now invested his life in for about 18 years he says is now a believer, but he does not go to Church?? I love my brother so much but I am really afraid he has gone off course, and it grieves me deeply. He talked about how happy is as he is forming a team to sell something called Mona Vie. It's odd how someone who was so on fire for the Lord, someone I believed had this amazing close relationship with the Lord, seems so off course. I don't want to make to many assumptions as I only spent about an hour and a half with him. He always had such a godly witness and was such a servant. Well I want to think about this one some more. I want to call one of his friends and try to see how he's doing, but just don't know if its my business? Well I do know that I can pray for him. I can stay in better contact in the future as this was a guy God really used in my life. I can also continue to
pray I Peter 5:8-9 and be on the alert and pray I don't get off course. I also need to examine and test myself to ensure I'm not the guy off course. Well more to follow as I continue to pray about and for my friend.

Discipline, Discipline, wherefore art thou!

Well I'm not quite the blogger I thought I might be. It's funny how one pictures ones self. I thought I would really enjoy putting my thoughts to paper (not quite!), but then never really have time to do it. I am often discouraged by my lack of discipline in various areas of my life. I love the word of God, and love doing morning devotions, but so often I'll be skipping along in life and realize its been a week or more since I've sat down with the Lord and spent time with Him.
I don't understand how that happens. Even in excersise which is important, but not nearly as important as my relationship with the Lord, I lack discipline. I can go two years of working out and getting in good shape and then I'll miss a week, and the next thing I know, I've missed six months, and I'm out of shape. As you get my age, thats just not a good thing. Even things like dating my wife, and focusing on her, I'll do good for awhile, and then I'm back sadly to what has become normal. I've committed to dating my wife at least twice a month, and I'd be to embarrased to tell you how many times that has happened. In I Cor 9:24-27 Paul tells us how
to run the race, how he disciplines his body. I get so frustrated sometimes by my lack of discipline. I guess my attitude is that I must keep trying, even after failure after failure. I must not give up. I just wish I could develop a habit of discipline.