Sr. Warden’s Report

Editor’s note:  Melanie and Carey were in Boston – Carey ran the Boston Marathon, and Melanie was along to cheer.  Carey passed the finish line 15 minutes before the bomb blasts, and Melanie sent this article earlier that morning.  Thank God they were safe from harm, but it does show that we’re never in complete control over life’s events.  Things can and often do change in an instant.  We do pray for those who died and for the many wounded, as we also praise the brave and the heroic.  

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Today I am writing this from the city of Boston.  The first thing I would like to mention is that I am a small town girl. Big cities with lots of people and multiple subway lines (they call it the 'T' here) make me real nervous.  But I am now safe and secure in our hotel room waiting for the time when I must venture out on the T – make a couple of transfers – and finally – hopefully, meet up with Carey.

So, while I wait, I have taken the opportunity to catch up on my Bible Devotions.  One that I read talked about Jesus' first miracle when he turned the big jugs of water into 'good' wine (the wedding at Cana story).  Mary was there, and the followers asked what they should do.  Mary asked Jesus, and he told her his time had not yet come.

This made me think about Mary, the mother of Jesus and how it must have been for her.  Parenting is not an easy job and one never knows what is the right thing to do.  Imagine having the Son of God – what to do with a child like that?

Remember when Jesus left the group and Mary and Joseph had to go back for him and finally found him in the temple?   This makes me wonder . . . here now in Boston.  What if I didn't show up at the meeting place for Carey, and he finally found me at the Old South Church here in Boston?  What if I told him that I could not return with him because I had to do the work of the Lord here?  Can you just imagine his reaction?

It makes me realize what Jesus' followers were up against back in the early days of their ministry.  They really bucked the current trends and ideas, and they spread the good news in their towns and the surrounding areas.  They risked their lives, risked being put into prison, they spread the good news to all who were willing to accept Jesus as their one true Savior.  Very cutting edge.

As for me, I will hopefully get to take a tour of the Old South Church and will do some other touristy type things.  And then I will return home.  I won't stay behind like Jesus did that time.  My ministry will continue in the Fond du Lac area . . . such as it is.