Title: Overcoming Spiritual Intimidation
Speaker: David Wilson 
Location: Lubbock, TX
Date: 31 May 2020
Verse:  Colossians 2:16-23

I. Follow the light, not the shadows (16-17)
A. The shadow of legalism (16a)
“What comes out defiles you, not what goes in.”
B. The shadow of ritualism (16b)
C. The reality of Christ (17)
II. Keep your head with the Head
A. Beware of spiritual pressure (18a)
B. Be suspicious of alternate authority (18b)
C. Stay connected to Christ (19)
III. Live a pardon-based not, performance-based life (20-23)
A. Pardon based is by faith (20)
B. Performance is faithless (21-22)
C. Performance is ruleless (23)

H, you are officially done with kindergarten!

After I got home from work at noon we ate lunch and went to your school for a drive-thru graduation parade.

We followed a long line of other cars, occasionally spilling out parents and students as it went, that slowly zig-zagged through the parking lot to each classroom teacher station.

At each stop we said hi to the teachers we knew and told them to have a good summer.

At Ms. Long’s stop we dropped off our last few assignments and picked up your diploma.

It was hot out and we were glad to finally have the car windows rolled up by the time we were finished.

K, you had a funny look on your face towards the end of it and when I asked what was wrong you listlessly replied:

I’m hot.

When we were done we stopped at Craig’s house around the corner and said hi to him too. His wife came outside with their two dogs and we all ended up in their front-yard talking, and all hot again.

On the way home we stopped by Rock Solid to get H’s info and bag for summer camp. H, I am very hopeful that you enjoy it there this summer.

Tonight we read a chapter in The Way Of The Warrior Kid.

Right now I am reading Grace (Eventually), By: Anne Lamott.

I love you.

-Dad

We had golfball sized hail this evening after dinner.

I got to work about 8:30 and worked till 11.

I am trying to take advantage of the coming and going since this is the last week I don’t officially have to be back in the office eight hours a day, post corona.

Mom and I ate lunch while you girls played a little bit.

But after that, H, you called Ms. Long for your final “sight-word assessment.” You finished three entire lists in one call and officially mastered all 11 kindergarten word lists!

Mom and I are so proud of how hard you worked!!!

We ran a few errands after that and mom was able to make a few needed work calls from the car.

We got Bahama Bucks and ate it on the back porch when we got home.

Later, H and K, I took you both on a late afternoon drive around town (just for something to do).

Y’all were so loud playing sweetly (and fighting angrily), I felt more frazzled when I got home than when I left.

We ate dinner, and then the golfball hail started.

It lasted for about 5 minutes.

By the time it stopped, I knew it was time for the house to get ready for bed.

I have been grumpy and short-tempered the last few days and I apologize for that.

My best guess is that it’s a combination of lack of sleep and lack of margin.

But that’s no excuse.

I love you.

-Dad