Day 13, what a beautiful day
I have had such a good morning. First my headache is gone. Second I've been out with that camping class from the church. It is such a blessing to find people who are both Christians and into the environment.
I'll tell you something funny but don't tell anyone else. I was making my coffee on my sterno hiking camp stove this morning, thinking I was all that, but not paying good attention. Instead of sugar I put salt in it. Man, what a taste!
After breakfast we made ultra light, alcohol stoves with wind blocks. It's what all the hikers in the know are doing. Here are the directions. http://www.pcthiker.com/pages/gear/overviewpepsiGstove.shtml
We ended the morning with a walk through the woods in back of the church to pick up trash. It was an exercise in stewardship.
Stewardship is a topic that seems to hit me right bewteen the eyes.
There's a light right outside my front door which I turn on at night before I go to bed. The light switch is not located near the front door. I have to go back up the steps and inside several paces to get to it. So every time I go out the door and see that I've left the light on there are more than a few moments of indecision. Its seems silly but it is a reminder to me to be a good steward even when I'd rather not or when it seems too trivial. This one light, for me, represents respect, comon sense, thriftyness, and just plane good maners.
Remember what happened to the servant in Matthew 25 who wasted his talent??? I do! His talent was taken away. My dad used to say to me, about my artistic skills, "if you don't use 'em you'll loose 'em." (He was very keen on the idea of me being a great artist.)
Luke 16
10"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
So what can I be a better steward of? What can you be a better steward of?
