A Copernican Revolution -LA Holmes

The man’s desk was impressive. It was big, shiny, and obviously very expensive. But what was more impressive to me was how clean it was.  No stacks of paper, no post it notes, nothing except a computer and a legal pad. I had come to visit a local business man to talk about some issues that he could offer advice on.  He gave good advice, but when I left I kept that thinking about that clean desk.
I did pass several assistants on the way in, to be sure. But I could have the same number of assistants and my desk would still be filled with post it notes, books half read, and lots of piles of paper.  It’s just the way my mind works.  I still manage to get everything done, but I’m as Type B as they come.No matter how hard I try, I’ll never be one of those Type A pastors who finish their to do list every day.  It’s not for lack of trying.  I have read all about ‘Getting Things Done” and I have tried most of the best to-do apps out there. It helps a little bit, but at the end I’m just a sligh…

For forty years the Israelites had wandered in the desert. The leader of Israel had passed away, though “his eye was not dim nor his step abated.”A whole generation had passed away, who didn’t have the faith that God could lead them into the land flowing with milk and honey.
But all that was in the past now. Joshua was the leader now.Trained under Moses, he was the one who was going to lead this new generation across the Jordan.In the book of Joshua chapter three it’s recorded that Israel finally makes it across the river, into the land that God promised to Abraham hundreds of years before.Finally they could be where they were supposed to be. The focus of the chapter is on Israel crossing, the Ark of the Covenant before them, into the land that they had been waiting for.The waters of the river stop, and the nation passes across on dry ground.
But before they do, the book of Joshua records a curious fact.
Joshua 3:1-2 Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and he and all the sons of Israe…