Today's Comments: 1 Corinthians 1:8 (New International Version)
He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In this book, Paul is addressing a church that is in division and disunity. He exhorts us to be strong and firm in our faith. So it is that we must be strong in our purpose and resolve so that our purpose may be fulfilled in him.

Today's Comments: First, I have to excuse myself from not being consistent about my writing. Besides the fact that my son, Chris was here with his wife Kristi over the weekend, I also suffered a computer crash and had to take my laptop in for servicing. This meant transferring all my files and programs to my desktop. And that was quite a job.

The mission in the Philippines is progressing. Next week Angie has a meeting with Pastor Chito to discuss her donation of 2.4 acres to be used as a training center for OMF affiliated programs. I can imagine that I, at some point in time, will be called to make the trip over, and look forward to that prospect.

Which brings up a personal question for me: is it now time to retire, so that I can accelerate my studies and have time to work on those things that are most important to the Lord? I told myself that, at some point, when I don't feel that I can make a difference, it might be time for me to retire. I am starting to feel that now. It is obvious that my Division Chief does not value my importance on his staff, and I am not sure that I really want to go back to the field office. I have suggested 60% partial retirement so that I will work on staff two days a week. I will see what his answer is.