Just Start It - April 30, 2010

Good Friday morning! Does it seem a bit odd to talk about starting something at the end of a month? We sometimes like to wait for a 1st day of the month, or the Monday of a new week to start things. We somehow feel that a new habit or a new goal in our lives must begin at the start of some period on the calendar. On the other hand, any morning is a good time to start something new. We are given a new day after night's rest and that seems like a good time to just start it. Whatever your "it" may be, get started, put faith into action, and let God provide the strength and means to keep going.

A new morning can bring optimism and hope to the mind and heart. I read a couple of weeks ago that Chrysler lost 4 billion dollars last quarter, but they thought that would turn around next quarter and actually show a profit. Now that's optimism. The stockholders may not share quite that much optimism with the company officers, but I can appreciate their attitude after so many dark days. Some mornings, we just have a new attitude. No matter how dark the days in the past look, why not link up with God and have hope for the future? After all, you didn't lose $4,000,000,000 last quarter did you? That's a lot of zeros!

At the big Wall Street banks that huge loss would be cause for another round of bonuses. There's optimism, and then there's complete foolishness. We don't have to act that way. "I'm starting a new program in my life: each year I will buy a brand new car, even if my bank account is empty... maybe the government will bail me out!" Ha, ha, I don't think so. The government probably wouldn't say "Bucky's too big to fail; we'll have to bail him out of jail." When we start something new it's more along the lines of: "I am going to stop worrying about my needs and start trusting in God!"

Do you want to help our country recover? Certainly, we all do. I would suggest tithing. Start with tithing faithfully. This can be a difficult thing to start. We look at our resources and as Scrooge would say, find every item dead against us. God tells us to just start it, and just as importantly, quit worrying about it.

Have a great Friday in Christ!

Bucky