Dear Freinds,
how time flies and gets away. I see that it has been about 9 months since I have written any Devotional. It is interesting that I had read about his @Herman post about his experiences with a premature diagnosis which only added more to his stress. When I read further into his post, I was glad to hear that his outcome should be improving.
To me, I am delighted that so many use the forum not only for ship modeling, but to comfort one another through hard and difficult times. This forum was designed for the person and of course for his / her hobby. The person(s) is more important and should always be. The hobby as much as we all love ships and shipbuilding to me is secondary. If you think about it, it is the people after all that lurk behind all those posts and images. A real person. Someone that has trials and tribulations every day. Some might be mild and some might be life-threatening.
For those that are new to the forum and there are many, these 'Devotionals' are here to uplift and offer encouragement. I believe no other ship modeling forum is going to offer such. We are a community of like-minded when it comes to modeling. But more than that, we are a community of those that are willing to share their ups and downs. This is important - people are important - Yes, we love the hobby and we love looking at our ship sitting on the mantle, kitchen, or bedroom, but it is the concern for each other that sustains us all.
We all have faults and I certainly have a list full of them. It rains on the just and unjust. We all share the same umbrella of the world we live in, both good and evil. Situations that come our way that we have no control over. That is hard. Life can be a tough pill to swallow sometimes. I can only speak for myself: I have to continue to put my faith in God and trust that He will work things out for good in the long run. It might happen within minutes or it might take many years, but I would rather put my trust in him rather trust myself. ( I encourage you to do the same ).
For the former, it is not always an easy thing to do as we can not see the future or what is right around the corner - but He does and I don't !!!
Donald
how time flies and gets away. I see that it has been about 9 months since I have written any Devotional. It is interesting that I had read about his @Herman post about his experiences with a premature diagnosis which only added more to his stress. When I read further into his post, I was glad to hear that his outcome should be improving.
To me, I am delighted that so many use the forum not only for ship modeling, but to comfort one another through hard and difficult times. This forum was designed for the person and of course for his / her hobby. The person(s) is more important and should always be. The hobby as much as we all love ships and shipbuilding to me is secondary. If you think about it, it is the people after all that lurk behind all those posts and images. A real person. Someone that has trials and tribulations every day. Some might be mild and some might be life-threatening.
For those that are new to the forum and there are many, these 'Devotionals' are here to uplift and offer encouragement. I believe no other ship modeling forum is going to offer such. We are a community of like-minded when it comes to modeling. But more than that, we are a community of those that are willing to share their ups and downs. This is important - people are important - Yes, we love the hobby and we love looking at our ship sitting on the mantle, kitchen, or bedroom, but it is the concern for each other that sustains us all.
We all have faults and I certainly have a list full of them. It rains on the just and unjust. We all share the same umbrella of the world we live in, both good and evil. Situations that come our way that we have no control over. That is hard. Life can be a tough pill to swallow sometimes. I can only speak for myself: I have to continue to put my faith in God and trust that He will work things out for good in the long run. It might happen within minutes or it might take many years, but I would rather put my trust in him rather trust myself. ( I encourage you to do the same ).
For the former, it is not always an easy thing to do as we can not see the future or what is right around the corner - but He does and I don't !!!
Donald
