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The Pinecone
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January 2016
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f r om Don J oh n s on , K i r b y P i n e s Chap l a i n
Chaplain’s COrner
Someone said, “The hurrier I go the behinder I get!” That
happens all too often. Busyness crowds out priority. Our
choices push aside what should be first. Then, no matter
how fast we run or how hard we act, we fall farther behind
than we ever imagined. Maybe these following words can
help us see ourselves as we are and lead us to plan our lives
differently.
January Vesper Services
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6:30pm
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Performing Arts Center
January 14th
Reverend Ford Williams, Jr
Ministries of Presbyterian
Church of America
January 20th-22nd
Crusade
for
Christ
January 28th
Lamar Frizzell
Assessment and
Bereavement Counselor
January 7th
Larry
McKenzie
Highland Church of Christ
Thankfully the Lord is not like us. He is never too busy to
help us in our need. We should strive to be more like Him.
God can accomplish His will without our help, but He gra-
ciously chooses to include us in His plan. He lets His grace,
love and power flow through us to others. We are special in
His sight. We have been created as His “workmanship”…
“for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we
should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10) In the NIV the word
used is “handiwork.” The New Living Testament says we
are His “masterpiece.” In the midst of such greatness we
can no longer be too busy for Him. Now is the time to take
the necessary steps to follow His path.
As we start the New Year may our decisions change for the
better…or even the best.
Till next time, Don Johnson, KP Chaplain
God and Me
One day the Lord had a job for me,
But I had so much to do
I said, “You’d better get somebody else,
Or wait till I get through.”
I don’t know how the Lord came out,
But He seemed to get along.
But deep down in my accusing heart
I knew I’d done Him wrong.
One day I needed the Lord,
And I needed Him right away;
But He never answered me a word,
Yet I thought I heard Him say,
“Friend, I’ve got so much to do,
You’d better get somebody else,
Or wait till I get through.”
Now if the Lord has a job for me,
I never try to shirk;
I quit whatever I’m doing
To do the good Lord’s work.
My plans can wait awhile,
At least till I get through,
For no one else can do the job
The Lord’s laid out for you.