Christmas is here...three more days!! Are all the presnets wrapped? Did I miss anyone? What about the food? What are we having for the family when they come over Christmas Eve? What are we taking Christmas day? Make a list...be sure not to miss something.
I have to think... whether we are ready or not - the day will come. It will happen!! Most of us are frazzled because we've waited far too long to get started. Seems like we are disconnected to the day on the calendar and all of a sudden, OMG, it's only a week away. Oh no!! Now it's three. We think we have time and suddenly time has run out.
Sad to say, for some this is how their eternity will play out. They go through the motions, doing so many things, making time for the things they want to do, putting off things they don't like to do. They think there's always tomorrow. But tomorrow doesn't always come. Recently a friend of mine lost a co-worker who was diagnosed with cancer suddenly and told she had less than a week. She was gone in six days. A couple of weeks ago I read where someone lost their 2 year old; another lost their 18 year old. Their tomorrows never came. Ours may not as well. This is it!! Make the most of it now. Spend time with your children. Tell your spouses how much they mean to you.
There is one more thing you need to do if you haven't done so already...meet Jesus TODAY. Tomorrow you may not be able to. It may never come for you and without Jesus, your existence will be darkness, pain and lonliness. Let Him come into your heart. Let Him forgive you for all the wrong you've done and let Him change your life. Let Him give you peace and hope. Let Him give you purpose and direction. We celebrate His birthday at Christmas. He humbled Himself to be born in a dirty manger. He later humbled Himself to take the weight of your sin and my sin so that we could live with Him in heaven. Of all the gifts you will unwrap in just a few days, He is the greatest gift you could receive. Give Him your heart. You'll be so glad you did!!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
DO YOU AND WHY?
Do you get on FaceBook and do you Twitter? What's it all about? I get on FaceBook and Twitter for two entirely different reasons. I first signed up for both but found Twitter to be unfulfilling. Not everyone I followed, followed me so I eventually made my account inactive and focused on FaceBook.
FaceBook has been a lot of fun. Seeing what everyone is doing. The things they say, the places they go. I'm able to see vacation and party pictures. One day Terry mentioned someone's name. I quickly said, "They're on vacation. Do you want to know how I know? FaceBook." I was so proud of myself. But really, people who are friends with me on FaceBook, I do consider friends but don't see them often or maybe I'm not in their inner circle of friends but we're still friends so I'm interested in what they're doing, saying, etc. I'm friends with people from my old church that I don't see. I'm friends with out-of-town family. I found out about a death in the family on FaceBook before the phones started ringing. That's what FaceBook is about; being in touch with people you see often or maybe not, but just making a connection that I probably wouldn't otherwise make. I love that!!
Twitter? Well, I recently activated my account again but took a different approach this time. I primarily, but not entirely, follow people who state in their profile they are Christians and most of them blog but not all. Most of them I do not know personally and live in other areas of the country. I can sit for 30 minutes or more and read 100 Tweets. Probably 70% of them are full of scripture or links to their blogs or other peoples' blogs. It has been a great source of encouragement reading scripture, something about scripture they've just read, about their lives or how God is working in their lives. Sometimes I will "retweet", and I'm sure the "retweets" feed to FaceBook so my friends over there can be "encouranged" also. Sometimes people will ask for prayer. Often times I stop and say a prayer for that specific need, then tweet back to let them know someone read their request and did, in fact, pray for them. Isn't that cool? Pray for someone you don't know personally, somewhere else in the country, possibly international but God hears that prayer and knows THAT person by name.
So are you on FaceBook? Do you Twitter? If so, I'm curious why? Send me a comment!!
Romans 1:12 Be mutually encouraged by each other's faith... HCB
FaceBook has been a lot of fun. Seeing what everyone is doing. The things they say, the places they go. I'm able to see vacation and party pictures. One day Terry mentioned someone's name. I quickly said, "They're on vacation. Do you want to know how I know? FaceBook." I was so proud of myself. But really, people who are friends with me on FaceBook, I do consider friends but don't see them often or maybe I'm not in their inner circle of friends but we're still friends so I'm interested in what they're doing, saying, etc. I'm friends with people from my old church that I don't see. I'm friends with out-of-town family. I found out about a death in the family on FaceBook before the phones started ringing. That's what FaceBook is about; being in touch with people you see often or maybe not, but just making a connection that I probably wouldn't otherwise make. I love that!!
Twitter? Well, I recently activated my account again but took a different approach this time. I primarily, but not entirely, follow people who state in their profile they are Christians and most of them blog but not all. Most of them I do not know personally and live in other areas of the country. I can sit for 30 minutes or more and read 100 Tweets. Probably 70% of them are full of scripture or links to their blogs or other peoples' blogs. It has been a great source of encouragement reading scripture, something about scripture they've just read, about their lives or how God is working in their lives. Sometimes I will "retweet", and I'm sure the "retweets" feed to FaceBook so my friends over there can be "encouranged" also. Sometimes people will ask for prayer. Often times I stop and say a prayer for that specific need, then tweet back to let them know someone read their request and did, in fact, pray for them. Isn't that cool? Pray for someone you don't know personally, somewhere else in the country, possibly international but God hears that prayer and knows THAT person by name.
So are you on FaceBook? Do you Twitter? If so, I'm curious why? Send me a comment!!
Romans 1:12 Be mutually encouraged by each other's faith... HCB
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