Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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I've never been
happier in life and ministry than I am right now.
Please don't tell
the people on 7734 Bel-Mar Drive or the corner of Lincoln and Main in
Belvidere, Illinois because I don't want to lose my prophetic edge as a
husband/father/undershepherd.
While every day
isn't a hot fudge sundae, shedding anthropomorphic temptations, "He walks
with me and He talks with me and He tells me..."
Hanging out more
and more and more with Him has more benefits than...
While I'm just
scratching the surface of my relationship with Jesus, I am scratching the
surface and...
"I wish for
you, my friend, this happiness that..."
What a privilege
for us who know Him to make Him known to spread gospel.
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Of course, there
are lots of miserable people in the world and, uh, gulp, church.
I'm not talking
about our family of faith at First Presbyterian Church in Belvidere,
Illinois.
While we've got
our challenges/sadnesses/disappointments/whatevers like most other churches,
most of the miserable people who wanted everybody else to be as miserable as
them have left and new miserable people who come are converted/healed or leave
and we're becoming increasingly known as a pretty heaven happy beacon for Jesus
and safe haven for everybody/anybody.
Getting back to miserable
people who are always trying to get us back to life without Him/His, I think of
the sad sack who said, "I hate that guy! He's always so positive and
hopeful and happy. He's always slapping me on the back and saying how
great life is with Jesus. But I'll fix him. I'm going to tie a
stick of dynamite to my back; so the next time he slaps me on the back,
BOOM! His hand will be blown off."
Selah.
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There was a guy
in "his" church about 30 years ago who had served in the army
of Nazi Germany who came to me after a sermon in which I used Nazis as an
indescribably horrid example of evil in our world and Dietrich
Bonhoeffer as a pret' near perfect illustration of combating it and said,
"I think we can stop talking about Nazis now. That's been over for a
long time and we need to forget about that and move on."
Paraphrasing
a line, I said people who fail to repent from history's glaringly awful
moments often repeat them.
It's like sins.
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Anyway, all of
that came to mind while walking Kopper the other night.
I'd just come
home from a long meeting.
Always suffering
from separation anxieties, Kopper greeted me with tail-wagging-body-moving
contortions of affection.
Parenthetically,
dog shrinks will often say dogs like people best who feed, walk, and play with
them.
That's me in our
house.
In other words,
dogs can still be willful/selfish and ticked off like the higher species when
not getting their way.
That's especially
obvious with Kopper when he hunts down something, has it in his mouth, and I
try to take it away from him.
He will growl,
bark, and even bite the hand that feeds him in a battle of wills/ways.
I can growl,
bark, and even bite back; but that always makes him angrier and more dangerous.
It brings out the
animal in him.
But if I'm
patient and speak to him in calm, strong, endearing, and enduring tones, he
usually comes back around to whatever kinda true affection is in him pour
moi.
I think that's a
metaphor for all relationships.
Below and above.
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Blessings and Love!
I Just Wanna Ride (FTW)
Inaugural Book Signing
Woodstock Harley-Davidson
2050 S. Eastwood Drive
Route 47
Woodstock, Illinois
March 17, 2012
Part of Woodstock HD's 12th Annual Open House
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
In addition to bringing friends to buy lots of books,
this is a major party with lots of vendors, live music,
food, and big, big, big savings on bikes and HD stuff!
Just don't buy the 2007...
Let me introduce you to my friends at Woodstock HD!
Watch for more signings throughout 2012!
This signing is about loyalty.
For live interviews (radio/TV), go
1 comment:
Great disclosure.....I love dogs (most of them) cause they usually do the same! By the way, a disclosure earlier in wk. I had a dream the same night you had those about lies. Mine was about someone who purposely painted the trim on my house a color I really really dislike with full knowledge I would have to pay to cover it up!! Hmmm. Says a bit for a person or two that was in my life! And more importantly, YOUR sermons NEVER suck....Im not sure that is the word you used but........
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