Linked Up!

Okay, I did something today that I am still not sure about. I submitted this blog to the Christian Church Today website and have been added to the list of folks with a lot deeper thoughts than me who are publishing blogs within the Restoration Movement. If you have stumbled across my site because of that listing, welcome. I encourage comments, and encouragement is always welcome. We will always speak "Blountly" on this site. No sugar coating is ever necessary. I will always try to speak the truth in love, and pray that you will do the same.

I am wrestling with a sermon this week on the brevity of life. The text is James 4:13-17, and I am trying to make sure that I don't get in the way of what God has to say about the need to be more intentional in living for Jesus every day. It is one of those messages that has me all torn up inside as I wrestle through it. Those usually turn out to be the most beneficial for me. Hopefully they are beneficial for those who hear them.

Anyway, welcome to the rambling musings of a Christ-follower who is just trying to wrestle through the notion of living for Jesus to the best of my limited abilities every day. I pray that you will join me in this daily journey with Jesus.
Be God's,
Scott

Smack Upside The Head

For the second time this summer, and unexpected calling Home of a brother or sister in Christ has me seriously contemplating the brevity of life on this planet. Last night, we got the call that Stacie Coomer had passed on. Stacie was in our first youth group at Westwood Christian Church some 20 years ago. She had stayed in touch over the years and the miles (she lived in Xenia, Ohio), and was one of the few who commented on my family blog (DaBlounts). When Stacie didn't report for work at the library yesterday, and didn't respond to repeated phone calls from work and from her Mom, the building supervisor in the apartment building where Stacie lived was alerted and asked to go in the apartment to check on Stacie. She was found on the couch in her pajamas with no visible sign of foul play.

Barb and Tom Coomer are understandably devastated. I spoke with them both briefly last night. I know that Kristen (her older sister) is beside herself. I join them in their grief. I also know that God is in control, and that while we may never know while we are on this earth the purpose behind His calling Stacie Home now, someday it will all be made clear.

Earlier this summer, a brother in Christ and fellow minister of the Gospel, Mark Angel, died when caught up in a rip current in the Gulf of Mexico while on a Mission Trip. Heaven is rapidly filling with saints I have known personally on this planet. Sigh.

I know that I had promised to post concerning God Touches today. While there is no promise of tomorrow, if that day comes for me, I will post my comments on a passage from that book then.
Be God's,
Scott