Stewards

Titus 1:7-9
"For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled, holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict."

O.K. Don't blame me if this post doesn't make sense. As the entire devotions was a LOTR analogy, I may be in trouble. I admit it- though shamefully- I live in this house and married my husband (or should I say he married me) and I am NOT a LOTR's fan.

Here goes, I will try, though the names probably won't even be spelled correctly.

A steward is in charge of keeping the kingdom together until the king comes back. We had to examine all of the biblically listed character traits in Devethor's life, the steward of Ghondor. Was Denethor blameless? (i missed this one)/ self-willed? yes/quick-tempered? yes/ given to wine? no/ violent? no/ hospitable? yes/ lover of what is good? yes/ sober-minded? yes/ just? yes/ self-controlled? yes (this exercise was lost on me, so I cannot elaborate)

Stewards who do not believe that the king is coming back don't do a very good job looking after the kingdom.

The reason we need elders is so that they can contradict false teaching.
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Monday night when we sat down to dinner, the boys were bemoaning the fact that all of those freshly baked cookies, etc. somehow disappeared out of the house. How could that Anne-girl DO such a thing? Pass out her treats to starving college students in a far away town called Purcellville? Unbelievable says J. No one does that.