It's a rainy day here...again. Looks like I won't be in the field for a few days. Which means I am at home and not much to do...hopefully mom doesn't read this and give me a long to-do-list :)

But since I have not much going on, my mind drifts to the struggles of life and the temptations of the world around me. I found myself in 2 Timothy this morning reading the second have of chapter 2. This section talks about a worker being approved for God. There is a lot packed into these few verses; some would say overwhelming. Yet, following Christ whole heartedly, isn't that hard. When we allow Christ to guide us by His strength, it is humbling to see how much easier life becomes. Like everyone else, I've been though the highs and lows in my walk with Christ. The times when we let our Lord be our guide, life is more peaceful and a lot less stressful. So, why do people,in cluding myself, stuggle daily to alow Christ to lead our lives for us?

I received the following from a highly respected rancher, Kit Pharo, from Colorado. I felt that it was so good, I thought that I would share it with ya'll:

"Sabbath Day DevotionSeptember 18, 2010 Arm’s-Length Christianity – When I prepared last week’s Sabbath Day Devotion (SDD), I was reminded of a devotion that I shared in our March/April 2004 Newsletter. This devotion was originally inspired by a sermon my good friend, Wes Thompson, preached many, many years ago. Most sermons don’t stick with me very long. This one, however, will probably stick with me for the rest of my life. Every year, its message seems to become more and more appropriate. Friends, what is happening to morality in our world today? Are the moral values of our society the same as they were one hundred years ago? Are they the same as they were fifty years ago? Are they the same as they were just ten years ago? Which direction are we headed? Consider what we read and see in today’s magazines. Consider what we see and hear on our television, computer and movie screens. Consider the way we let our young people dress and act. If we could take today’s magazines, television shows and movies back in time fifty years, what kind of response would they receive? I’m guessing the people of that time period would have been appalled, horrified, disgusted, shaken and just plain sickened. I think we can all agree that morality in our world is in a state of constant decay. We are accepting and tolerating things today that we never would have accepted or tolerated ten or twenty years ago. That’s bad, but what may be even worse is the fact that Christians are just an arm’s length away from the rest of society. As the moral values of society degrade, so do the moral values of Christians. We are just an arm’s length away from where society is. The moral values of Christians today may be higher than the moral values of the world around them, but they are not the same moral values that Christians had fifty years ago, or even ten years ago. In fact, today’s Christians may have the same moral values as yesterday’s non-Christians. Christians have gradually slipped farther and farther into moral decay without even knowing it. Being an arm’s length away from society, as a whole, does not mean that we are where we should be. We’re not! It’s past time for Christians to recognize what has been going on, and to make an effort to correct the situation – at least within our own lives and within our own families. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of thisworld, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.Romans 12:2"

Blessings

Scary that my last post was in March....yet I a feeling the same way tonight as I was that night. Guess not much has changed. :(

I almost feel that I could be apart of one of them couseling groups:

Hi, My name is Andrew. I am 24 years old and live with my parents. I have no life, all I do is work. I did not hang out with kids my own age in high school much because of being bullied in junior high. Therefore, I have no social life. I am lonely, but there isn't much I can do about it. I just have to continue on as is because there aren't any other options.

There are times like this where I deeply struggle to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I lose sight of my God and think too hard, trying to figure things out on my own.

I feel like I have grown up in the wrong era, I should have been back in the 1950's. The simple life was more common, where people worked and found joy in their work. Farmers where able to find a wife, well the wife knew that there would always be food on the table. There are times I laugh at myself...thinking that I will one day find a women that will live on a livestock farm and strives after Christ. Women of my generation hear livestock farmer and run the other way. They don't want the smell, the dirty clothes, the support for their spouse.

Singleness is getting tougher every day, Christ be my guide.

Blessings