Welcome to Deer Park First Baptist Church

I hope summer is providing some opportunities to take a break from your everyday routine. Let’s face it vacations can be very relaxing or very draining! Ideally they provide a time to reconnect at a deeper level with those we love. Jennifer and I had the opportunity to do just that this past week.

We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary and took a mini vacation to Fredericksburg. The hill country was awesome! Sitting in our reclining lawn chairs and watching the deer and other wildlife each evening at sunset was so relaxing. I even enjoyed doing some shopping on Main Street in Fredericksburg. Of course I had to force Jennifer to go, just joking of course.

I really enjoyed the opportunity to simply rest and relax for a few days. I also enjoyed reflecting on our past and dreaming of the future. God has been so good to me. I cannot imagine my life without Jennifer. She deserves a medal for putting up with me for 25 years.

This summer I hope you will have the opportunity to get some rest. We sometimes forget or we do not realize that resting is at times the most spiritual thing we can do. Freeing up time to reenergize our body, mind and spirit is important. We bring our best to our families, to other relationships in general and to our workplace when we set aside strategic times of rest, relaxation and reflection.

I hope you get some rest!

Pastor Dale