HARMLESS THOUGHTS

It happened. I was at the park with the family and the cell phone rang. I answered it and heard this young girl's voice say, "Mr. Harmless?" ... only it was spoken with a southern accent. Now there is more than one thing wrong with this. The first this is that I have moved, so anybody that knows me as, "Mr. Harmless." is miles away. The second thing is that this is summer time, and everybody that knows me well, knows that in the summer I am not a teacher! The third this is that it was a southern accent. After about 10 seconds of trying to remember whether or not I was actually "Mr. Harmless" I very weakly replied, "Yes?" You see, I knew that it had happened. This was my first contact with a new student... and I was jolted back into the onrushing reality of the end of the summer. I was hoping she would then say, "... just checking, we won't bother you again until the end of August!" But that didn't happ...

I started to do a series of things that I have learned in this last year. You can read #1 - God is good and #2 - I love being a teacher , if you like. So here goes... Still learning #3 -- God's way is always better. I think that this has been the most impactful truth that I have encountered this past year of my life. I don't think that I have ever said that there was a truth that was "life-changing" before. I have heard other people say that, but I am pretty sure that I never have. Well, if I was going to say it about anything, it would be about this. Because His way is better. I used to think that God had all of these rules for us to follow. You know, right vs. wrong stuff... But as I have gotten older, I have started to notice that He didn't just randomly pick a bunch of things for us to do. He, in His love, has established a way to live. A way that is better. He is the creator, and He knows how we should live. I have alluded to t...

I'm working and busy, I don't know about you. I am working for a moving company (again). I am sweatin' off the pounds while I am picking up hide-a-beds and toting them down from third floor apartments. I am bored out of my gourd while I am driving to different parts of the country. But hey, I'm bringing home the bacon! I will try to write more later but right now I am just a simple truck driver. How about you? What are you doing this summer? Why don't you drop me a comment and let me know how things are going.

Well, I have moved! I have been really busy, so I haven't had time to write. But I am hoping to get back at it again really soon. While I am away, I would like to encourage you to browse the sidebar. I would like to suggest checking out the archives, maybe even go all the way back to the beginning of "harmless thoughts." If you are not interested in that, I would like to suggest some of the blogs that I have listed. I check them all out from time to time. Thanks for reading!