people in my life...

My life is full of people -- after all, ministry is a "people" business. While there are some people who seem bent on making my life difficult, I honestly have to say that most of the people in my life bring joy in one form or another.
There is that group of older ladies at church who never fail to tell me how much they are glad we are here and how much they miss us when we are gone (as we were for a few days last week). They even declare my preaching to be the best they've ever heard (I just haven't preached too much to them on prevarication and dissemination....)
Then there is the group of 40-somethings that we spend some of our time with. One couple came over last night, brought pizza and watched a movie with us. We can laugh together, cry together, tease each other, and talk about real-life issues, and I always feel better when we have been together.
Of course, above all these comes my family. No man could be more blessed than I am with parents, spouse and children. My wife, Nancy, is my hero. She's the person who holds our family together - with conversation, scripture on the mirrors and cabinet doors, food prepared abundantly and deliciously, and heaping doses of love and acceptance. She is my best friend and much more. She is my spiritual barometer, often my teacher and counselor, very often the person who picks me up when my spirit falls.
My children are joy. To have them all living and learning in the same place right now is a delightful serendipity (is that redundant?). Stefanie, Chris, Ian -- you make me smile, even when you're not here!
Well, there's more, but no time for it now. Sometime I'll pour out more about the people in my life...

unless a seed falls...

Okay, I gave in and started a blog. Just so you know: I can't type without capitalizing proper nouns and pronouns, nor can I keep from editing my own sentences. Sorry kids, you'll just have to deal with it...
The connections between Wheat and seed are obvious, but I think I had in mind Jesus' statements about seed representing the Word of God and also, from John's gospel, about the necessity of a seed dying before before reproduction takes place. May whatever ramblings I produce here act in some way as seed, for my own heart and for others...
Bobby