{"id":1505,"date":"2017-02-03T02:23:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T02:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2017-02-03T02:23:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T02:23:14","slug":"much-learn-need-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigfinnestad.com\/?p=1505","title":{"rendered":"I Have So Much To Learn and I Need God"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m 47 now. Too old for Snapchat. Not old enough for AARP. I\u2019m embracing and enjoying these middle years.<\/p>\n

Nine years of my forty-seven years have been spent in college, seminary, and graduate school. More if you count all the time spent writing my dissertation when I was serving The Water\u2019s Edge during those early years. I\u2019ve been a pastor for twenty years now. I\u2019m not one of the young preachers anymore. I\u2019m good with that. Education and experience count for something, but in the last year, I was reminded, again, of two things:<\/p>\n

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  1. I have so much to learn.<\/li>\n
  2. I need God.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I think about how The Water\u2019s Edge is spending millions of dollars on a building in 2017. People have sacrificed so much and I want to be faithful to them and God. I have so much to learn and I need God.<\/em><\/p>\n

    I remember standing on top of the Empire State Building in July thinking how ill-equipped I was to perform a comedy routine in the big city. I have so much to learn and I need God.<\/em><\/p>\n

    I tuck the younger son in at night and wake his older brother in the morning. I often feel inadequate as a parent and don\u2019t want to let the boys down. I have so much to learn and I need God.<\/em><\/p>\n

    I have stumbled across a number of learnings in the first half of my life. Most aren\u2019t from textbooks or lectures, but from experience and observation.<\/p>\n