Posts Tagged ‘do’
Be NOT Do
I grew up thinking that if I went to church every Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday night that I would be a good Christian. Then I heard a guy say that “going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to McDonalds makes you a hamburger”! I had to reexamine what…
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I am often busy doing instead of being. I can do this. I can do that. I can go here. I can go there. (I’m sounding a bit like Dr. Zeus!) Doing is busyness. Being is presence. As I read one of my favorite passages of scripture this morning, I reminded that we are called…
Read MoreLittle Details
There are times when the seemingly most insignificant things really matter to the big picture. I read a book a few years back called The Little Things by Andy Andrews. The subtitle of the book is “why you really should sweat the small stuff”. In his book, Andy uses several examples in history because things…
Read MoreGive & Do
I remember when I was young, there was a man in church who always put his offering in the plate where you could see the size of the bill he was giving. One of my first volunteer jobs was taking up offering. Later, when I was in college, I was in church in another town…
Read MoreWilling To Server Wherever
The thing about serving in the Lord’s economy is that He might need me to do something that I’m way over-qualified to do. I may have skills and talents in one area of ministry, but I might be needed in another. I think when my heart is in tune with the Lord, I will server…
Read MoreSpeechless
There have been a few times when I was so surprised or dumbfounded that I didn’t know what to say. That doesn’t mean I didn’t say something. I’m a bit of a nervous talker. If the silence goes too long in a conversation, I will figure out a way to keep it going. That is…
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