Flyaway

I took yesterday off. That means I didn't do any cleaning here or at the church. Actually, I never gave the church a thought yesterday and it wasn't until this morning when they talked about VBS coming up that I realized I had goofed again and not done my job... a job I volunteered for and almost demanded.

Flyaway thoughts and memories are part of everyday life with a leaky brain like mine, but I am usually able to work on specific problem areas as they come up by using strategies learned at Giveback, filling out and working on Error Analysis forms, making plans, setting triggers in place, etc. But again, I have made a big blunder and let people down. I need to find a way to prevent it or I need to resign my post. An unreliable worker is worse than no worker at all. There's no sense beating myself up about this, but I'll be praying about it and talking to Sarah in the morning.

So where was the breakdown? I went on vacation and have not managed to slip into my routine? Richard lost his cell phone and couldn't call to remind me like he usually does? He is my insurance, but without a phone, he can't help. My old systems didn't work. I'm praying about new ones.

I drove off again this morning with my Bible on the car roof. Of course, by the time I got to church, it had become a flyaway Bible somewhere along the route. I had about 15 months worth of study notes in that Bible, plus it was a "New Inductive Study Bible" from Harvest House. It was rich in charts and other extras, some of which I have found nowhere else. The last flyaway Bible I lost was just like it, except this was NAS and that was NIV. Both were out of print when I bought them, so I had little hope of finding another in any version.

I prayed about my Bible as I redrove my route to church searching for it, asking that I find it or that someone else find it and keep it and read it and be led to Christ. None of my other flyaway Bibles have ever returned, and I really had little expectation of seeing this one again, so I went to the new Books-A-Million near our house and, miracle of miracles, they had a copy. One, lone, and yes indeed, out of print copy! Ha! God is SO good! You know I grabbed that Bible right up!

I also browsed through a Holeman Christian Standard Bible emphasizing Apologetics. I have most versions but not this one. Originally projected by the Southern Baptist Convention, and adhering to sound translating and interpreting practice, there is much to admire about this version as it is neither a word-for-word nor thought-for-thought equivalency but rather somewhat of a hybrid but with extensive side and foot notes making it a desirable study addition to my Biblical library. I am thrilled with it.

As I readied to go to a church missions fundraiser, a man came to the door bearing my flyaway Bible! He remembered my car with the JESUS plate on the front and had seen God's Word take flight as I headed off to morning worship. We visited a few minutes and I praised God for the loss and return of my familiar Bible. I would not have bought the new Bibles had I not lost this one, but am so glad I did. Now I will keep a spare New Inductive, untouched in my bookshelf with all those glorious full color charts and art work. I will also have a fine old time with the Holemans. Cool!

Now it's time for me to flyaway to bed... or maybe flyaway to fantasy and play a video game or two...