I cancelled a flight this week. A major airline has been re-calling hundreds of its planes for inspections and thereby stranding thousands of passengers in airports far from home. I couldn\u2019t take a chance, needing to be back at home at exactly the time printed on my return flight itinerary. How did my calendar get so full anyway? Why is it that I needed to get back at a specific time so I could leave again at another specific time? Somehow I thought retirement would be less busy, less demanding. Don\u2019t misunderstand. I\u2019m not ready to sit in a rocking chair all day, every day. But I did envision a slightly less-demanding schedule. My cancellation didn\u2019t leave anyone else disadvantaged. Conference phone calls often serve as an adequate replacement. Maybe I need to make more conference calls and fewer flight arrangements. Even with these issues, this much I can affirm: \u201cHe who has begun a good work . . . will complete it\u201d (Phil. 1:6) and I\u2019m totally committed to \u201ccompletion.\u201d While retirement brings changes, the \u201cwork\u201d continues. For one thing, I\u2019m praying more now before saying \u201cyes\u201d to invitations. That can\u2019t be a bad thing, can it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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