25,000 Milestone
I remember that every once in a while, riding along in our VW bug —my folks had five in a row so that’s most of my life— every once in a while Dad would turn his head to my sisters and me riding in the back seat and say “You might want to see this.” and point at the odometer.
We’d watch the nines all line up. Well, sort of, it wasn’t very tidy, really, then they’d keep creeping upward until there was this little click and all new zeros lined up.
We’d smile, say whatever word was the thing to say at the time, “neat”, “cool”, “wow”, and slide back into the seat behind us again. We’d just witnessed a milestone. What did it mean? As kids we didn’t really know, it was just fun to be there to watch it happen.
It’s my turn to say “You might want to see this”.
A neat little milestone for Vibrance in Ministry ! just went by … it said:
25,000
Kind of hard to believe isn’t it? Seems like I just drove this blog off the lot a couple months ago!
My car has 191,000 on it and the Celica has 211,000 on it, but I think someone probably noticed when they turned 25K too. So let me take just a second to say:
- I’m glad you’re along for the ride. Thanks for traveling life’s highway with me.
- Jonell’s been doing some navigating for me, riding up front, keeping me awake 😉 Thanks, Sis.
- I look forward to the rest of the journey, the things we’ll talk about the songs we’ll sing, even the occasional “are we there yet?
- It’s great calling you all friends, even though many of you I’ll never meet this side of Glory.
- You help make this an encouraging and uplifting community. Thanks.
“Ok, that’s enough, now, sit back and buckle up again.” Did that sound like Dad at all?
If you’re good you can pretend you didn’t hear me, ‘cuz I’m soft-spoken like he was and the motors (behind the back seat in VW Beetles) were plenty noisy!
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Happy 25K!
Congrats brother! I love looking at the map to see what new area you have “broken” into. I am anticipating your Russia and China breakthrough soon.
Happy Milestone to you! Love your blog and hope your next 25 are just as insightful! PS….We’re a VW family. My hubbie and I are on our 4th already!
Phil,
Congrats! You started this journey alone, but just recently it’s been fun reading the map, watching for street signs, and visiting with you about various topics … even if the world does listen in to our conversation. 😀
Keep up the good work! The apostle Paul would have loved the internet in prison … he could’ve contacted so many churches and they could have encouraged him all through e-mail or through a blog page like yours.
Love the companionship of visiting with you about spiritual things … and seeing what other Christians have to say about it from their perspective as well. We can always learn from others. So everybody keep studying scripture and sharing what you learn here on Vibrance.
Don’t forget to wave as you pass through Michigan!
~ Jonell
Thanks everybody – it HAS been a good trip this far!
I appreciate you all!
Phil —
Congrats again!
Isn’t blogging a rather surprising experience? I am amazed how it has turned in to a ministry of it’s own with people from all over connecting personally, well beyond the comment section…
The Lord is greatly to be praised, His ways beyond understanding!
Blessings to you in Christ Jesus today!
Susan