Operation: Asa Joy

I wrote this yesterday after our church service. January 7, 2018 There was an article this week on the news website that I check every day. The name of the article was “Are we paying the price for failing to honor and teach morals?” It was a very interesting article about the consequences in our nation due to the lack of morals that are being taught in our country. The author basically stated that parents, the church, the education system, and culture itself have failed to teach this generation basic morals and values. The author’s conclusion was as follows, “ This is how amoral societies work. They tear down restrictions in the name of freedom; they later find those discarded structures protected innocent victims and society generally from the evil committed by morally ungoverned souls. May our nation, our culture and our people grasp anew the proven standards of conduct and teach them assiduously to all. ” I do not think that the author went far enough thou...

January 3, 2018 I am sitting in our local coffee shop while William is at rehearsal for Sleeping Beauty. It is the first production of the 2017-2018 season. We are involved, in some way, in seven out of the ten productions this year. It is going to a whirlwind season, but I am excited to see what God is going to do and how He   is going to use my family. I was not aware that William had rehearsal today. I had planned to go to the library, take Alex out to lunch, and then go home to rest. I do not know whether it is the weather, my new glasses, or a sinus infection but I have been suffering the last few days from serious headaches. I wanted to take a nap, but God had other plans. William texted me close to noon to tell me that he had to be at the STP building at 1:00. I was 45 minutes away from the house at the time. It takes about 25 minutes from our house to get to STP. Alex and I gobbled down our lunch and took off. I pulled in the driveway and dropped Alex off and pick...