Monthly Archives: February 2008

friends in HU be alert: the dollar has been rising and will buy more forints from your usa banks… in fact, this morning (and who knows what the afternoon will bring) the dollar was trading at a 5 month high… here is a helpful chart for those of us who watch these things… click here

It is important to get away every once in a while… so Sweet Anna and I did yesterday… we went across the eastern ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains to Staunton… This town is known for its Victorian architecture.

It was a quiet, restful time… we all need rest, God told us so… Jesus reminds us that the Sabbath was made for man… We need to make time and take opportunities to rest and reflect on Him.

I was talking to a friend the other day who is an engineer; a very ordered fellow. And we talked about the necessity of keeping order in our lives… from keeping the checkbook balanced to keeping one’s rooms and desk in order…

…in my daily reading, I’m now in Leviticus… each year as I journey through this book, I am struck by the fact that God has brought the nation of Israel out of Egypt and into the desert so that He can show them that He will care for them…

…and with Leviticus he shows them how to bring and keep order in their community and in the Tabernacle. During the time of the year when I read Leviticus, I am thankful. I am thankful because God has brought order to my life by bringing me out of a world of condemnation and into a life of following Him… the New Testament teaches us that the followers of Jesus are the Tabernacle now… and there should be order to our lives… many of us have even understood that this means for us daily reading of Scripture so that we may hear God words to our hearts… For me I have found that my prayer journal has clarified my prayers… reading thoughtfully crafted prayers of the ages and writing my heart to God daily brings order to my prayer… but ardour is needed too, we need the passion and feeling that walking with Jesus and being indwelt by the Holy Spirit can bring…

a friend of mine, who is a great brother and cares deeply about people and God uses him to speak deeply into hearts, will often say to me: “let it go, Foley”… he knows the human tendency to allow the past to cloud our present… recently in a conversation about life another friend began to recount details of the past and look for people to blame… these were ‘small’ things of the past that did lead into the situation my friend found himself in… I asked him, “is this something you need to put at the cross and let go of?” he wasn’t ready to answer, he needed to pray… that’s okay… Jesus is ready to help us let go of past stuff when we are ready to give it to him…

“cast your cares on Him, for He cares for you” – Peter, talking to us about Jesus