Now here's a thought

I was chatting with one of the participants in our current Alpha course about the church and some of my frustrations after being here three years.

He said something that struck me as divinely appointed for me. He said, "Perhaps the things that you're frustrated with are the things God wants to use you to change--over time."

Change comes much slower in the North Country, but it does happen. I've had to learn to be patient. Some of the things I wanted to get going when I first got here are just now happening. That's good.

But I confess impatience at the other stuff. This man's comment puts things in a new light.