Saturday, March 29, 2008

About the Blog Title Poll

And the answer is . . . "something having to do with a barn." :) It was kind of a trick question. :) It just so happened that we were "stalled" in our attempt to get out of Indo at the time I was creating the blog. But actually, I've wanted to create some kind of a blog to keep family and friends in the loop on our lives and to post things the Lord is laying on my heart. I had been thinking of a name for it . . . something creative and with significant meaning.

Several years ago, I was humorously impressed with a verse in Proverbs:

Proverbs 14:4 says "Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox."

Basically, life and ministry can be a messy thing. This is something I've really seen in the field of cp. When you look at Acts and how the first ch got started, you realize that there was no easy and neat way for the new believers. It was messy. But you can't let the messiness stop you from moving out, because in great messiness comes great things!

So - "Install" refers to the "stall" being "full of oxen" - so get ready for a mess - but expect God to bring in a bumper crop! (and, of course, 144 in the web address refers to Proverbs 14:4).