MABC Blog

My early adult years were spent wrapping up graduate school, making an attempt at figuring out how to be married, and working at a home for troubled children.  I worked in the Shelter Care program for Bethany Children’s Home where residents in need of short-term housing, emergency intervention, or in a time of transition received round-the-clock supervision and care.  Many of the children in our care had experienced some of the worst circumstances imaginable during their childhood. 

As we anticipate Tuesday's election, many of us are prepared to pray and hopefully participate. We should pray and participate remembering that God is the ruler of all and that no ruler is in a position of power or influence outside of the sovereignty of God.

During my senior year of college I made an interesting decision to not go back to the home I knew upon the completion of my undergraduate degree. In my naïveté I believed that I was ready to be on my own, that I was “responsible.” I knew that I was entering graduate school the following year and just needed to make living arrangements. I already had a part-time job with great “full-time” benefits, and all was right in the world. Except, truthfully, I had no idea how to be an adult.

Recently, I made some shelves to place in one of the few available spaces on a wall in the garage. I used wood that was left over from another project. I had no plans and made things up as I went along. After a few attempts and adjustments, I was finished. But don't ask me to show them to you - they're not much to look at! If I had good raw materials and a set of plans, I'm sure they would look better.

Many years ago, when I was significantly more clueless about life and barely able to think deeply about things, I was asked to be part of what my youth pastor called a “Ministry Team.” He probably told me and the others he invited to participate what the purpose of the group would be, but I really didn’t fully understand what he was talking about.