Good Friday morning! We received a nice snowfall last night, no blowing and drifting just nice snow. Now to get out and clean the walks and driveway. The weather folks say that deep cold is on the way again for the last-weekend-before-Christmas shoppers. For me the very cold days are simply an opportunity to stay inside and write! One of the ministers on TV likes to mention turning problems into possibilities. I found that takes a lot of practice. We seem to have a tendency to see the negative at the expense of the positive. In boot camp we spent much time on the parade deck marching. What do you suppose the drill instructor pointed out? Yes, he would faithfully holler out every wrong step or turn, while ignoring the 99% of the platoon doing the right thing. Rumors that I was always the 1% are only partly true. :-)
How often do you or I take stock of all that is wrong in our lives and start our prayers from there? I am guilty in that regard too. Too many times I have found myself running down a long list of problems for the Lord. A good activity might be to list those problems, and then try to imagine what might come of them. How will the struggles we face bring us closer to Jesus? If God were to take all of our problems away tomorrow, would our first reaction be a hearty "thank you!" or would it be a very ungracious, "it's about time too!" On this Christmas week, what possibilities are waiting to spring upon each of us through working and waiting on the solution to the problems this life has set before us? Where can we be a blessing to someone looking at a mountain of problems? Each of us is not the only one with problems. We might find a solution to a problem of our own by helping another person look beyond their "mountain" to the mountain-moving power of our Lord Jesus.
Problems, you look so big to me now, but I would like you to meet my Lord Jesus.
Merry Christmas and love in Christ Jesus!
Bucky
No comments:
Post a Comment