So many thoughts have gone through my mind with Joe Paterno’s passing yesterday.  I have listened to many stories on the news.  I have seen many comments from family, friends, and members of the congregation.  There are so many mixed feeling through all of this.  Me too.  I have followed his story for many years as a fan of PSU.  I have always appreciated his work and his ethic and still do.  But…

Isn’t amazing how sin can affect so many people.  Maybe it was someone else’s sin, but like a ripple in the water…

And isn’t it amazing how we can elevate people and things to idol proportions even after we read, “Have no other gods or idols before me.”  Again, as much as I have appreciated JoePa’s work over the last many years, and still do, I struggle when I see individuals who are going beyond appreciation into the realm of worship.  Do we as Christians put that much emphasis and passion into our worship of God on Sunday mornings, or other times of the day/week.

So many thoughts have been running through my mind…and they will continue.  Praying God will share deeper insights into my relationship with Him through it all.

Yet…life goes on…which can be seen, or smelled in our church this morning with the beginning of the Easter egg project.  Ahh the smell of peanut butter.

Stuggling, pondering, yet blessed by God.