Beginnings of a "Conspiracy" ...

We often worry about those who may conspire against us. The news reporter looked nearly speechless as he relayed the testimony in the recent 9/11 trail of Moussaoui. The would be terrorist noted more details of an alleged conspiracy to fly a plane into the White House. Those who conspire against us should be watched.

However, those who conspire for us should be heeded. When we talked of unpacking the title to Willard's book, The Divine Conspiracy, we thought the provocations of the word, "conspiracy" helpful to understand the work of grace. Robert Benson describes the One who conspires for us to be the Dreamer. The conspiring to make Lyle a child of God began with the commitment of his parents to trust him to the Lord.

LYLE ALAN BURRIS, 43, of Tuttle, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2006. Lyle was a wonderful husband, father, son, and friend. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Lyle was born on October 26, 1962, to C.B and Janet Burris, in El Reno, Oklahoma.

Living out Deuteronomy 6, C.B and Janet conspired with the Lord to raise Lyle to trust LORD God. Many refer to an old proverb, "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it," as inspiration for diligence in living out a life of faith before their children. The proverb also implies another important truth - raise a child to do what he wants and when he is old all he will do is what he wants.

Lyle enjoyed a divinely conspired heritage through which he trusted the One who conspired to make him a child.