Hello Folks,
I pray that this finds you all doing well. Ruth got back in town yesterday after visiting the kids and grandchildren for a week. It was good to get her back home but I really am thankful that she can spend time with them. It is hard for her to be away from them and she wants to see them but it is also hard for her to leave me alone. I think she is really afraid that I will start throwing things away and she would not like that. Seriously, I find it more difficult all the time being away from her. God has given me a wonderful wife to partner with in ministry and I am so thankful for her.
For the past two months many of you have been participating in CL4Cl, Christian Learning for Christian Living. Even as I write this there is a group meeting in the conference room dealing with Worship. Some are meeting on Sunday a.m., others on Sunday p.m., Tuesday a.m., Wednesday p.m. and Thursday p.m. with studying different sections. We will start offering signup for a repetition of the classes in the month of December. If you can participate in this please sign up so you will be able to learn more of the truth of God for your life. Here is a way for people to grow in Christ and to learn how to better serve Him.
I just prepared a sermon that reminded me of the fact that we are strangers here on this earth. I realize that most of us think about that but I wonder if we grasp the reality of what that means to us as we live on this earth. If we get so attached to this earth, the things, and the people of it I wonder if we lose sight of the reality that none of this will last. You and I are to be live as if this is just temporary and that our real home is yet to come. I for one pray that I will keep the right priorities so that I can give up anything here in this world as I wait for my home going.

Have a great day,

HGRudd