Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving @ the Boswells
Thanksgiving was wonderful this year. It was a day packed with adventure and lots of food. The adventure began with deep frying a turkey to a beautiful golden brown (ok a little dark brown). After thirty minutes of heating up the grease, then after another fifty minutes cook time – the turkey was great. Lunch included fried oreos, fried asparagus, fried olives, fried onion rings, fried pickles, and squash casserole.
Then after lunch was our rocket competition. Three teams constructed rocket made from two liter bottles and were judged based on style, hang time, and height. All three rockets fell apart on their first or second launch and eventually were just the bottle itself – which was just as fun.
We concluded the day playing wii Mario Brothers and just hanging out. Man am I tired.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Mountain Top Expereince
Yesterday was a very special service for me. I felt the Lord had given me an idea, and instead of tucking it away and saying, “I can’t do that,” I said, “why not?” The preaching series is called Yellow, Red, Orange (inspired by Reggie Joiner and his book entitled Think Orange) and I am trying to teach how God has designed the church and the home and how they are to work together.
So this Sunday was Red, and my goal was to show how parents aren’t perfect. There are no perfect parents in Scripture (excluding Jesus, Mary, and Joseph). Yet, God seeks to show the world His story of redemption, grace, and unconditional love through imperfect people (and their imperfect families).
Also, in Duet. 6 God described through Moses how important it is for those who have been freed from slavery are not to forget that “God is One” – He must be number one. So God seeks to tell His story through imperfect people as His people seek to live for. But there is also one big next step that we miss – that being that we are to take our children along with us in this learning journey. We seek after God, and we take our kids with us, and as we go we talk about what we are doing, what happened, how we feel, and point them constantly to Christ. We are to try things for God that stretch us, challenge us, and take us out of our comfort zone – so that when we grow, so do our kids. They see their mom and dad doing things that require faith, and spiritual strength and courage – so they are willing to follow their example.
To illustrate this process, I connected climbing ropes to the ceiling of where we have church, and Caleb and I climbed to the top (of our spiritual mountain). He and I touched the rafter of a 15-20 foot ceiling, and we did it together.
So today, let me encourage you to quit trying to be perfect and cooperate with what the Holy Spirit is seeking to do in your heart. Follow Him and He will seek to push you to do something great for Him. Take your kids with you, and talk about it as you go. Let me know what happens.
So this Sunday was Red, and my goal was to show how parents aren’t perfect. There are no perfect parents in Scripture (excluding Jesus, Mary, and Joseph). Yet, God seeks to show the world His story of redemption, grace, and unconditional love through imperfect people (and their imperfect families).
Also, in Duet. 6 God described through Moses how important it is for those who have been freed from slavery are not to forget that “God is One” – He must be number one. So God seeks to tell His story through imperfect people as His people seek to live for. But there is also one big next step that we miss – that being that we are to take our children along with us in this learning journey. We seek after God, and we take our kids with us, and as we go we talk about what we are doing, what happened, how we feel, and point them constantly to Christ. We are to try things for God that stretch us, challenge us, and take us out of our comfort zone – so that when we grow, so do our kids. They see their mom and dad doing things that require faith, and spiritual strength and courage – so they are willing to follow their example.
To illustrate this process, I connected climbing ropes to the ceiling of where we have church, and Caleb and I climbed to the top (of our spiritual mountain). He and I touched the rafter of a 15-20 foot ceiling, and we did it together.
So today, let me encourage you to quit trying to be perfect and cooperate with what the Holy Spirit is seeking to do in your heart. Follow Him and He will seek to push you to do something great for Him. Take your kids with you, and talk about it as you go. Let me know what happens.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Foundations of Character
This past Thursday Pack 277 had its’ regular pack meeting at the local city park building. I gave a presentation on an award that the cubs can earn called “Duty to God.” It is an award that encourages the boys to learn about their individual denominational beliefs. Every time we meet as a pack (all the boys) or as a den (age graded) the boys say, “I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God and my country, To help other people, and To obey the Law of the Pack.” The boys promise to do their duty to God, every time we get together. This leads us to why I wanted to write you tonight.
If we say a promise that we have no intention of doing, then it is a lie. I cannot in good conscience lead boys (who are seeking to be men of character) in a pledge/promise if I am also not encouraging them to understand who God is and what our duty to Him should be. So I gave a presentation on how parents can guide their children in the spiritual formation of their kids and I hope that they saw the importance of this heavy responsibility. I also volunteered to take boys and their parents through a class if they do not have a religious leader of their own.
We must have a foundation that is sure and sound if we are to build boys of character upon it. They must understand who God is, and what His Word teaches us, if they are ever to follow it and honor Him with their lives.
1 Corinthians 3:11 “For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.”
My goal of working with the Cub Scouts is to have a positive influence and these young boys and guide them to a solid foundation of character. The true foundation is in Christ.
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- Drew Boswell
- I am the father of four wonderful children and the husband of the best woman on the planet. I am pastor at Daybreak Community Church, check us out at www.daybreak-church.com. I also have a web site at www.drewboswell.com.