How Do You Remember Things?

I have many, many things to remember. Times, dates and places fill my mind. People who have touched my life and I have touched theirs need to be remembered. How do you remember all these details? Their are tiny, tiny cells in your brain and a multitude of different chemicals that need to work together to keep that memory in place. It is sad to watch someone search to remember. It is even painful to us to try and search the memory banks of our mind to recall who that person is or where did I leave my checkbook. Now, you may ask, "What does this have to do with God.?" Well, when you do remember things that are important thank Him. For you are fearfully and wonderfully made. And when someone can't remember your name or who you are consider how difficult it is for us to remember anything or anyone. Thank the Lord that you can remember what you do you remember.

Have a Blessed day!

Blessings & Peace,

Pastor John

Hebrews 13:20-21

Little Things

Jesus said,
^"He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much." Luke 16:10 Over the years, as I have read these words and considered the impact of this truth, I am amazed at how important little things are.

    As I was trying to help my young son do his homework of finding the adjectives in the sentence, he was struggling because he really didn't understand what a noun was. Then when he was looking for the adverbs, it was clear that he really did not know what the verb was. In all this the problem was little things. The little thing about what a noun is. The little thing about what a verb is. These little things build to bigger things. One sin tends to lead to another. It may have been little when it started out, but it becomes like a snowball rolling down a hill picking up more snow the farther down it goes. What talk about "nipping it in the bud" which means of dealing with problems when they are small as a bud on a tree.

How do we teach children and adults for that matter that each little piece matters? How do we show them "little things" are what big thing are built on? The time we spend around the table as a family connecting and bonding. The values we gain from watching our parents endure the trials and struggles of life. The smile and laughter was share with co-workers and friends or even the stranger on the street. They may all be "little things" but when we are faithful in caring for the little things the big things get easier.

God Bless you day!

Blessings & Peace,

Pastor John

Hebrews 13:20-21

IT’s About Time

How do you spend your time? How much time do we really have in our life? Some once said, "We have all the time we need, but we must learn to use it wisely." I don't know who said this but is it true. If I used the time I have more wisely would I be more productive? It seems true but that would mean I would need to know the outcome before I started. The time it takes to learn that something doesn't work is productive but some would say nothing was accomplished. It takes time to think. It takes time to build and I think sometimes, because we live in the age of television we think stuff happens in an instant. We think that if we don't get from problem to solution in 15 minutes that somehow we have failed. What about our faith life? These two words suggest something more than an instant in time. They suggest and encompass all of life, not just an instant. My desire in writing this blog is move God's people to think. Think about the words. Think about what they mean and think about what God is tell us. In Acts 17 Paul writes, "Now these (the Berean Christians) were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scripture (Old Testament) daily, to see if these things were so."

May God bless you study. That's' wise use of your time.

Blessings & Peace,

Pastor John