Hello from Sin City…

March 7th, 2006 | Posted in » My Life / Family

Well… I’m in Sin City this week… Las Vegas… attending a class that will (hopefully) help hone a few job skills. I’d be lying if I said that I’m writing because of the class, though.

This town… these people… such a lack of hope! It’s weighing most heavily on my soul. I wish I knew what to do to help… how to reach them with the hope that faith in Jesus brings.

Anyway… in my weariness from all of the worldliness here, I took some time to read through Psalms a bit last night, and found the 63rd Psalm particularly appropriate (and spiritually nourishing!). David must have felt similar to the way I do now….

¹O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.

²I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.

³Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.

⁴I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.

⁵My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

⁶On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.

⁷Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.

⁸My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.

⁹They who seek my life will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.

¹⁰They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.

¹¹But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God’s name will praise him,
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

This town seems such a godless place… casinos… alcohol… strip clubs… just being around it wears on my soul. I am definitely ready to come home. But there is SUCH a need for the gospel here… I pray God will show me how to plant a couple seeds of life while I’m here.

If you would, pray for me, this place, and these people.