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I'm unpacking so much good stuff as I take some office time this afternoon. For example, I just finished reading an August 14, 2006 article entitled Pilgrim's Progress in which we are given a glimpse of the last days of Billy Graham. Graham testifies, All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old. But praise God, this has been a time when the primary thing becomes primary again -- and for Daddy, the primary thing is, as Jesus said, to try to love God totally, and to love our neighbor as ourselves (Ann Graham Lotz).

Amen!  I'm only 33.  But health issues, raising children to follow Christ, serving God on campus, sharing the Word of God with Tom and Tom from the Jehovah Witnesses this morning, and leading an adult education class at our local assembly, bring me back again and again to what Scot McKnight has termed the Jesus Creed . . . loving God, loving others is the foundation upon which the actions of my heart, soul, mind, and strength receive proper direction.  May such be the case as I go to the park with the family in the amazing 76 degree F weather before heading to a time of prayer (Tom), fellowship (Theresa, Eden), and choir (Hayley, Ellen) at our local assembly.