WHY DO I DO THE THINGS I DO?

Greeting to all who read these things...and actually enjoy them. Some of you may be asking yourself...
"Self...why does Rodney do the things that he does?"

Sometimes I wonder that myself. What would convince a man to spend hours on a computer...typing out observations on life...ruminating on the things he sees swirling around him...and then mailing them out to other people to read. What would convince a man to take his eight year

ME AND PHILLIP SWIMMING IN THE AMAZON

old son down the Amazon River... swim in that same river...travel down a path into a jungle with his family...OR...leave his family to go to Africa to teach in a place that was at the end of the road...and then share with a group of people in a church by the name of CHURCH BY THE LAKE NEXT TO THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE?

Why would a man take great joy in seeing his son take the plunge under the waters...in front of God and a house full of people.

What would cause a man to stay with one woman for 38 years...and raise a son in the ways of what some consider antiquated rules and a mythological god...created by man to alleviate guilt?




PHILLIP TAKING A TRIP IN AND OUT OF THE WATERGRAVE

What would cause a man...to not climb a corporate ladder...and spend more time with his family...while the rest of the world is in the RAT RACE? It really is true...that if you win the RAT RACE...you become the #1 RAT.


Why would a man waste his time... developing Bible Studies...and go to a country....to share with others who will go out into the world...and possibly practice what you have taught in life or death situations?

What would cause a guy to use every experience that he has accumulate over the years...including, social, political, entertainment, good, bad and ugly things in his life...and hold his failures up for all to see...as the see all the warts, scars, and cause and effect in his life?


ME AND BRUCE WITH WORLD CHANGERS IN QUATEMALA

What would cause a man to dedicate every Sunday morning...and even on some Wednesday nights...to teach a group of people how to walk by faith and not by sight? What would possess a man to take 40 years of his life... and commit them to walking with a God that he can't see...with a Saviour that he has never met physically... and a Comforter...that dwells inside of him? What cause a guy to put himself out in front of people...and open himself up to criticism, when he really does not want to offend anyone?

THE RUMINATOR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS (a great group of people)

WHY DO I DO THE THINGS I DO?

Because I have a deep, abiding love for the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Because in 1970 I went from being a paranoid, insecure, suicidal case...to being SET FREE...and being FREE INDEED. Because...I empathize with people who struggle with their faith... and their flesh...and KNOW from personal experience that you can WALK IN THE SPIRIT...and not in the fles. Because...I know that no matter where you are in the world... people are the same. Cultures may change...but the need for a Saviour is the same all around the world.

TEACHING AT A DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING SCHOOL IN KENYA

When I went to Kenya Africa...the second time...God spoke to me about some specific things in my life. (1) People Need The Lord (2) Teach the Full Counsel of the Lord (3) Flying low over Africa...the brown/dry land mixed with lushness was the condition of the physical land of Africa...the people of Africa...the world...and most specifically ME. (4) God's desire was to water and bring lushness to every area. (5) Begin to proclaim the Kingdom in its fullness and power.

I have a desire to see lost people saved...and a real desire to see saved people to walk in the fullness of all that God has for them.

"And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists and some pastors and teachers...FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS...for the WORK OF THE MINISTRY... for the EDIFYING (building up) OF THE BODY OF CHRIST....till we come to the unity of the faith...and of the knowledge of the Son of God...to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ...that we should NO LONGER BE CHILDREN, TOSSED TO AND FRO AND CARRIED ABOUT WITH EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE...by the trickery of men in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting...but SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE...may GROW UP in all things into Him who is the head--Christ...from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the EFFECTIVE WORKING by which every part does its share...causes GROWTH OF THE BODY...for the EDIFYING OF ITSELF IN LOVE." (Ephesians 4:11-16)

FINAL THOUGHTS...FINALLY...NO REALLY...FINALLY!

Well that is a thumbnail sketch about why I do the things I do. Oh we could spend hours about the quirks, strange ways, the movie and song references, the skewed humour, the bad grammar, the pathetic punctuation...but that's for another day. Suffice to say...I do what I do because I love the Lord with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength and love my neighbor as myself...and I WANT YOU to live life to the fullest.

Love and Doing Kisses
Rodney "Thanks To All Of You" Boyd