Time for Vacation

I am relieved that it is finally time for a vacation. It's been a while since I was able to get away and I get to do this with my wife and little boy for two weeks!

I won't be at FBC, but I will be in church.

I won't be in Pocatello, but I will stay connected.

I won't be working, but I will get things done.

I am really looking forward to the whole thing, except for the 10 hour drive there and back.

Oh Well. It's worth it. So updates will happen but not often. Until then, I won't see you until August!

Things your brain forgets when you don't sleep

Micah has chicken pox. What that means is he is really unhappy and daddy doesn't get to sleep. As a result there was one really important thing that I forgot to mention yesterday!

Vision Night

Sunday, August 16

6 p.m. in the Worship Center

You need to be here for this. We are finalizing the new years' budget and will have that for you to vote on, we will also have updates from the elder team about the new governance and several other important things. There will be some time for your questions too!

It really is important that you be here for this. We need you to help us and to communicate with us so that we all call accomplish what it is that God has out there for us to do!

I'm going to be there. Are you?

Teach Me Lord, Teach Me Lord, To Wait

It's the middle of summer. I know it hasn't been very hot yet, but it's the middle. School starts in a little more than a month (I know, I know), and I haven't had a vacation yet, (can it be summer without a vacation?). It's not even the dog days of summer. And I still feel like I'm just tired out.

Maybe it's because I played/worked so hard at the beginning of summer, I don't know.

Does anyone else feel that way?

It's in these moments that I think it's really important to remember God. We look to God when things are bad, we always get reminded not to forget God when things are good, but how often do we remember God when things just are?

Read Isaiah 40.

Did you read it?

Be honest now.

What an amazing picture of who God is. I don't know how you could read that and not feel a sense of awe and wonder. But here's the thing that gets me.

At the end, after this majestic portrait that's laid out this is what Isaiah says...

"He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall feel exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and be weary; they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:29-31 (ESV)

What we need is for God to teach us to wait. Maybe that's where you are, I think that's where I am. I am learning to wait. And when the time is right I will be able to run and soar and the glory will go to God in that moment because it will come out of my exhaustion and weariness.

If that's you, let's wait together. Don't quit. Even though you're out of energy. Don't give up.

Ask God to teach you to wait. And then do it.

At some point His strength will come, and then watch out!

(Bonus points if you know the song the title comes from!)

4th of July Parade

Wow. Parade done. It's always a physically draining morning for me. We meet at the church at 6 a.m. to start setting up, hang out until the parade starts, play like crazy for 45 min, break a little, play 15 more minutes and then back to the church to tear down and in this case set back up for weekend services tomorrow!

I get tired after all of that. But you who aren't on the truck have the bigger job.

My job is highly visible, lots of people see me. But at this event you guys, who are in the park and on the street, make the biggest impact.

I can't talk to people. I don't get the chance to shake a hand, give a popsicle, or share a hot dog.

But you do. You're the front lines of the ministry.

And I want to thank you for it!

Thanks!

I also want to hear your stories. I get a few pieces here and there, but I know that there are a bunch more out there. So share! Post here in the comments, send me an email (aaron@fbcpoky.com) catch me on twitter (@floyaaro) grab me in the hall. Whatever.

But make sure you share your stories somehow.

I look forward to hearing them and seeing you tomorrow!