A Peek Inside the Parson’s Vacation

Since we’re not in the parsonage this week, I thought I’d give you a peek today at a little of our vacation. 

For the most part, while on family vacation, we go away to lay low, play it easy and rest.  That doesn’t necessarily mean sleeping in, however.  When I’m at the ocean, I’m usually up early because I love to walk the beach in the early morning.  Here’s what I saw yesterday around 7:00 am:

Those clouds cleared away before I got back to our condo and it was absolutely beautiful the rest of the day!  We rested and read here for most of the day – right beside the Lazy River.  It is appropriately named! 

I finished my book, Lost December, while I was sitting here.    I have to tell you, the story was good.  It shared the events of a young man who had it all, but foolishly spent up his inheritance by bad choices and wrong associations.  He and his friends were looking for the meaning of life, but never found it.  As I read the book, I kept waiting for someone to give this young man and his friends the Gospel, and was so disappointed that that never happened!  It had a fairy tale kind of ending, but the young man never learned the meaning of life, that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ to die for His sins to give him a relationship with the Lord, and also a home in heaven.  How sad that the opportunity was missed.  But wait…

This was a reminder to me of how many times I have had people around me that needed to hear the Gospel, yet I didn’t take the opportunity to share it with them.  A believer who was watching from a distance would shake their head and say, “what a shame that she didn’t share the truth.”  So, thank you, Richard Evans, for a great story that taught me a needed lesson.

How do you approach people with the good news of the Gospel?

Enjoying our vacation outside the parsonage windows,

Denise