Leflore Baptist Association

A Labor of Joy

Greetings one and all. Has anyone else noticed that February feels a lot like April this year? The grass is growing, and some flowers are already blooming. This beautiful weather gives me the strange feeling that I am somehow already behind this year. I think part of that feeling comes from just how busy this month has been.

As I write this, I think about the Brotherhood Valentine’s banquet last night at Big Creek Baptist Church. The food was great, and we had an energetic crowd ready to have fun. Today, the women’s Bible study met here at the office, and we saw a wonderful group of ladies eager to grow in God’s Word. Tomorrow, a couple of guys from our ThumbBusters unit will be heading out to put shingles on one of our LBA churches. In the next couple of weeks, we will send a crew of five or six men to KBA to help frame interior walls and prepare for the next phase of the building project. We have also received a little over $800,000 toward our $900,000 goal, which is incredibly exciting.

On top of all of that, our Disaster Relief feeding team is currently in Louisiana helping feed cleanup crews working in areas affected by the recent ice storm, and we have mission teams serving this week in both Belize and Mexico. I am sure there is much more happening that I am not even aware of. I am reminded of the words of 1 Corinthians 15:58: “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” We do not work for our salvation, but because it is a joy to serve the Lord. My prayer is that this year will be filled with that same joy, and that in all we do, we will bring glory to our Lord and Savior.

Joyfully His,

Bentley Hill