Evan

I can't believe I haven't posted in over a month. Life has been busy with the new baby and schedules are finally aligning after school starting back. Josiah is now 11lbs and growing. He is sleeping about 5 hours at a time now. School time has started and Evan and Joel are learning well. They just finished their creation unit and put up posters in the kitchen....they are really cool.

I have been enjoying Evan a lot lately as he says some profound things sometimes. Other times they are just silly, but sometimes he reveals his faith. The other night he was scared and I asked him why. He said something about being scared of bears outside or something. He then said he looked forward to growing up so he could have someone to sleep in his bed. I never thought about it from his perspective but I believe he thinks the reason I am not scared of bears outside is because Mommy sleeps in my bed. With this thought process, the world does seem real confusing. Shouldn't little boys get to sleep with their mommy and daddy until they are old enough to sleep "bravely" on their own? At the end of the conversation, after thinking about what I said about having a companion someday after he married, he asked, "Daddy, how in the world is God gonna find me a lady?" How awesome it was to explain that God had a wonderful plan mapped out for His life and that he would just have to trust Him.

Josiah Scott

Very few things affect you like the birth of a child. Seeing Josiah emerge into this world today was amazing. God's handiwork over the last 9 months revealed! As I lay awake many a night processing the thoughts of the day, whether about one of our youth at the church or my own children or just something heavy on my heart, I often pondered what Josiah would look like, just how God was creating him within his mother's womb. I also reflected on this fallen world and how much he is born dependent. Not just on his mom and dad but exclusively on his Maker. There is also an amazing revelation once again of true love, God's love. The very fact that God has fulfilled His Word as I seek to be filled by the Spirit to love my wife selflessly and another life is created. God is so gracious to speak forth the Gospel through people if only people would listen. The very desperation Josiah has for a Savior is met through God's love flowing through His Son, through us, communicated to our child. THe words of Deuteronmy 6 ring in my head. "....you shall teach them diligently.....you shall love the Lord your God.......the home is the pulpit of God through which He communicates much of His character. Whether the character of a Father, the tenderness of a mother, brotherhood (sisterhood) or even adoption as I have been grafted into His family. God is amazing! I am thrilled yet fearful with this new responsibility. How exciting it is to see and hear revelation from God, but with it great responsibility to respond and trust God in complete faith that He is able to do what I cannot. What is entirely clear to me, is that apart from His I am nothing! Christ is my life, my everything! This Dad cannot deliver what his children need. This Dad cannot love his wife apart from the love of Christ being poured into Him. How glorious the gospel of our Savior and Lord! God grant I pray through Christ, wisdom, discernment, spiritual, emotional, psychological, and physical protection as Bonnie and I embark on yet another chapter of adulthood and parenthood together raising Josiah as our other children. MAy you receive praise as we have chosen a name carefully for him in the midst of a disloyal world who has very little heart for you. May his heart be completely yours like Josiah of old in 2nd Kings 22. May he run after you as he sees his parents clinging to You as their only Strong Tower. We are safe in Him, content, at peace, knowing we love, because we have been well loved.

Precious Stones and Bedrock Truth

Just want to give a shameless shout out to my awesome father Mark Day. He has worked years on this book to proclaim His awesome Savior and Lord and to give that hope away to not only his family but to the world. I am so proud of him and his persistence. He has taught me well that God grows things, that is over time. Even though the world seems to rush around us and we feel the need to be rushed as well, my dad has exemplified that the Christian life and the things that are accomplished are a long step by step process. This is how God has revealed His faithfulness through my father. In a world that "wants it now" or "get rich quick" comes the message of my father from his heavenly Father: virtues like patience, endurance, persistence, character, delayed gratification, and the like. Dad thanks for your example even though I must admit we had trouble seeing this day come to pass. A published author. Deep down inside I knew it could be done, afterall, God grows things!

-Scott

I thank God for my amazing wife Bonnie. She works so hard to make sure our home is taken care of food on the table, kids in order, and in altogether an excellent help mate. There is no way I could do what I do without her. She enables me to conquer more and empowers me not to be distracted but focused on leading our family as God has called. "I appreciate you so much honey"

-Scott

We spent a week at the Wycliffe JAARS center in Waxhaw, NC. Our youth Group was challenged about Bible Translation and how over 2200 language groups around the world still need the scriptures in their heart language. We take for granted as English speakers how much we have been given. How often do we thank God for people like John Wycliffe who were responsible in bringing the scriptures to us and not having to just hear them from a church leader. We can study the Word for ourselves! Are you thankful? Are you studying? 2Ti 2:15 "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 1Th 5:18 "in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."

Grace is not something we step in and out of when we think we need Him, rather He is like an escalator that carries us along by His Spirit while the world stumbles to make sense of this confusing fallen world.

-Scott

I think there is redeeming value in prioritizing time and making the most of what you have. I find it amazing that one of the greatest assets we have in this life is our time. I was reflecting on James 4:13-17 and realizing that we out to guard our hearts against the temptation to make plans and ask God to bless them. Rather, we ought to look to God's plan and bless His with our life by the power of the Holy Spirit. I noticed there are many instructions there, but these are a few that jumped out at me.
1. Your planning about your future must acknowledge God's Sovereignty
2. How you spend your time is extremely important
3. Your work is to not just fulfill your desires but His
4. Acknowledge that your days are numbered
5. Know God's will and do it!
6. Be humble.Arrogance and boastful living is like a body building ant vs. the human
7.Listen to conscience as the Holy Spirit uses this. Beware of comparing yourself to others, you are not them, you are not called to fulfill what they were put here to do. You may waste years of your life if you are not careful. Embrace the Lord and run as He has called YOU not someone else.

-Scott

Thoughts

After struggling for many months about the desire to write and produce thoughts on page concerning all that I learn, I gave in to this weird phenomenon called blogging. Encouraged by others I have decided that this is a tool to not just take more of my time, but rather maximize it for the glory of God. As I seek to prioritize my life for God's purposes: Marriage, Family, and Ministry I pray and dedicate this Blog for that purpose and that purpose alone. If I find through time that this steals rather than invests I shall without fail, stop. To this end I now launch this Blog.