In Preparation for the Journey

Submitted by Rev. Dr. George Klett, on behalf of the First Presbyterian Church, 600 West Buck Street, in Caldwell, TX, offering a Bible-based, traditional service of worship every Sunday morning at 10:00. We are a small but friendly and warm-welcoming church family, so feel free to come as you are - - no reservations needed!!

Since 1907 the universal Scout Motto has been “Be Prepared,” sage advice for everyday usage! A teacher prepares with a lesson plan; an attorney with an agenda; a pilot with a preflight check-list; a farmer with seeds; a rancher with a saddle; a football player with a game plan; a plumber with a wrench; a carpenter with a hammer; a minister with a sermon - - and so on!

And as we all stand on the thresh-hold of a tomorrow, it serves us well to prepare and equip ourselves for our journey into tomorrow’s “unchartered and unknown wilderness.” This personal trek can be laden with the dismay of ill-health, financial woes, strained relationships, along with the stress of political turmoil, environmental contamination, climate change, natural calamities, etc. The concerns and threats are many, and seem to be unending and without remedy. Nothing new! About 3,300 years ago both Moses and Joshua faced their personal journey into a threatening future. But God offered to equip them in preparation for their stormy entry into the shadowed unknown with a strong promise: “Be strong and of good courage! Do not be afraid or dismayed, for I am the Lord your God, with you wherever you go. I will not fail you nor forsake you!” This dependable promise from our Lord as recorded in Deuteronomy 31:6 and Joshua 1:9 is worthy to be boldly claimed and leaned upon as we too face our unchartered tomorrows and enter into their unknown and dark wilderness! Good preparation using “good equipment!” Free for the asking!

The Rev. Dr. George Klett First Presbyterian Church, Caldwell located at 600 Buck Street Offering traditional Bible-based worship services at 10:00 every Sunday morning. All are welcomed, so feel free to “come as you are!”

In Preparation for the Journey Into Tomorrow!

Chuckles, Giggles & Snickers

An elderly man stood respectfully and sorrowfully at the graveside. His departed wife’s service was just barely finished, when there was a massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance. The little old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, “Well, she’s there.”

************ On the way back from a Cub Scout meeting, my grandson innocently said to my son, “Dad, I know babies come from mommies’ tummies, but how do they get there in the first place?”

After my son hemmed and hawed awhile, my grandson finally spoke up in disgust, “You don’t have to make up something, Dad. It’s okay if you don’t know the answer.” ************ Out bicycling one day with my eight-year-old granddaughter, Carolyn, I got a little wistful. “In ten years,” I said, “you’ll want to be with your friends and you won’t go walking, biking, and swimming with me like you do now.

Carolyn shrugged, “In ten years you’ll be too old to do all those things anyway.” OUCH!