Monday, March 6, 2017

Welcome to my first blog. First I must warn you, I'm not gifted with writing. Second, I lack grammar. But I hope I can communicate about my work with LAMP and serving the first nation people of northern British Columbia.       The no lemits comes from my youngest son, Isaac. Like me, the kid can't spell. One night while playing on line video game (Overwatch) myself, my two sons and other friends were all finishing up a game. Isaac in the chat window typed, "no lemits" not only to our team could read it but the people we were playing with, which were from anywhere in the world could read it as well. "Isaac" I said, "what is 'no lemits'?" Isaac paused and realized what that he misspelled. "You know, no limits! Come on I can't spell" was his response. We all laughed and from then on joked with the no lemits phrase. Isaac even made a back ground for our phones with the "no lemits". As a follower of Jesus, I'm a lot like Isaac with his spelling (and mine), I can't quite get it right. My best efforts will always fall short. As much as I try to do my best, I some how mess up. According to Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Notice Paul (the author of Romans) didn't say some, or just the really bad people but all. But if you keep reading there is hope found in Romans 3:24 "grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Romans 5:8 (this happens to be one of my favorite Bible verses). While God might not be able to help my spelling, He does free me from my sins. That knowledge of what God has done through his son Jesus and how much He loves me makes me want to share that knowledge and love with others. So here begins my next chapter in life, a missionary.     And I'm sure somewhere in my many blogs to come, I will write another blog and refer to the "no lemits" and how God has "no limits" in His love for us as well as God has "no limit" no how or where He can use us.        So for now, thank-you for being one of the first ones to read this. Or wow, you've made it all the way through my other blogs to read my very first one. No Lemits!