Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. I apologize that is has been quite a while since I have posted anything on here. I had a pretty good break over the holidays. I did get a deer while hunting in Iowa before Christmas. I brought the meat back with me to St. Louis to start making a bunch of jerky for the guys on campus. Then for Christmas the whole family was together again. It was good to see the nephews again, I miss them so much. I spent the first week in Iowa and then the second week in Nebraska. New Years was a fun evening, but I still can't believe 2015 is here.
I am back in St. Louis and classes have started again. One of the reasons I haven't posted anything on here for a while is because I have been lacking all motivation lately. And it is not even just motivation for school work, I have been lacking motivation to do anything at all. I have been doing the bare minimum that I absolutely have to do to get by, but other than that I have no energy to be productive. I am not sure if it is because I am fighting getting sick, or just tired, or the cold dreary weather, or what it is? I love winter, but the cold is less fun without snow. I just have zero energy or drive.
That is until I started preparing my Bible Study on Romans for field work church. Saturday evening, I read through the first half of Romans and then cracked open Luther's Works on Romans and Martin Franzmann's commentary on Romans. Reading through these works and thinking deeply about this amazing letter of Paul's and this crucial book in the New Testament was the first time I have been enthusiastic about anything ministry related in quite some time. This fourth year of being back in school after experiencing the ministry on vicarage for a year is so much harder than I thought it would be. I just want to be back out in the church, not writing papers for profs, not reading books for a grade, but rather writing sermons for my actual people and reading books of my choice for my own personal gain. I just keep telling myself I only have six more weeks to grit through this quarter and then spring quarter I only have two classes left. I am hoping the warmer weather of spring, the smaller class load, and the excitement of being my final quarter of school EVER will give me the motivation I need to finish strong. Just six more weeks, just six more weeks!
However, back to Romans, if you own a Lutheran Study Bible, you need to go to the introduction section and read Luther's quote on what he thinks about this book. His quote really puts the significance of Romans into perspective and I am excited to start working through it in the adult class at Hope Lutheran in Highland, IL. We didn't have class last week because it started to rain and they were worried about it icing over. But next week we will get started and I am stoked. I also preach this coming Sunday, so I will post my sermon manuscript on here next week.
Please keep me in your prayers and blessings on your week.
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