Dear reader,
Lately I have felt an attack on my character. It's like i get past one thing and then another thing just as hard hits me like a an arrow to the heart. everything in me wants to run and hide. you see i am good at speaking from the surface but from the depths of my heart yeah you can forget that!! it's not that i don't want to let people in it's that i don't trust many. i know i write all these blogs on life. i write from the heart of things. yet the writer aka me can't seem to get to the heart of things for myself.
On Wednesday I went to tribe and decided that i need to start praying for the leaders. ( p.s any leader that needs prayer please come to me before tribe starts and i would love to pray for you) as worship ended my eyes just began to water with passion for our king. God is greater then anything we are going through. i anxiously awaited to find out if i made the worship team. and the answer was no in fact i have been taken off the worship team completely. to tell you the truth I was not upset. in fact as funny as it was i was just hoping that people won't get the wrong idea. that season is over and this is my time to shine. i just know where my light needs to shine.this is my season. my season to change my character. i mean to let God do the work needed in me. cause on my own everything feels like it's fading though i have the most amazing friends that one could pray for. ( each of my friend is instrumental in there own way. take my friend James. he is always there with strength and willing to pray and speak into my life. then there is Michelle who is iron sharpens iron, then there is Tiffany who will tell you the truth as it is. then you have Amanda who is relatable, then you have Jethro who will call me out on things that no one knows about, then you have Charlotte that is very gentle but has so much to offer and Bobbi Joe she is like a big sister and has the biggest loving heart, she would be there for anyone in a heart beat. thank you Jesus for influential people in my life and those that i didn't mention God uses you all so much you all have such a special place in my life and in my heart.
(oh God you are my god, I will ever praise you, I will praise you in the morning, I will learn to walk in your ways. and step by step you lead me. and i will follow you all of my days.)
Maybe like me you feel as thought you can't find your place. in side of you, you know that you belong, but you don't know where you fit in the picture. you try to tell yourself that it will be alright and it will. be alright! I can't stand the feeling of inadequacy of the heart it's very unsettling. ha ha ha
maybe your circumstances are overwhelming and you have had enough. you just can't stand the place you are in. I know where you are at i know the hard places that you are facing because i think this is the worst month for me really can't wait for it to be over to be honest. but here's the thing as long as we are running from our circumstances we aren't going to change we are just going to stay the same until we truly get it. you know that God allows us to go through the hard times so that we can grow and be better for it. he loves us to much to leave us the same. so get over this thinking that you don't fit that you aren't good enough. it's time to smarten up and thank Jesus for everything.
Michelle told me today that we are like a cookie. Jesus is the flour that holds the substance holds the foundation. with each season you go through there is another ingredient that God adds. if you take the spoon and Don't let God put the ingredient say for example the vanilla extract. if you keep God back and don't allow him to give you he next ingredient that cookie is not complete.so do you want to be fully baked and fully prepared or do you want to be the cookie that has missing ingredients? each of us makes a different kind of cookie. we are fearfully and wonderfully made in all of Gods creation.( analogy from Michelle)
els
Saturday, 29 October 2011
faith in the eye of the storm
Dear Reader,
Believe means to trust!!
How many times have you had to deal with trust. with believing in something bigger then your self.Right now I am having a hard time believing what I speak. you know it's one thing to speak something but it's another thing to believe something.
do you have areas in you life that need to change or maybe your past has dictated your circumstances. for as long as i can remember i have shut people out when i think they will hurt me i put up this wall of defense. anyone else do that?
Here's the thing almost all of my life i have buried the real me mostly from past issues. i was forced to hide from circumstances rather then to stand up i let my insecurities hold me back. i was too afraid to let anyone in. i didn't think that i was worth anything so i let people talk me out of my place. I let there words hurt me.
here I was a girl trying to find myself and never knowing who i was to be. then one day God called me out and told me the plans he had for me. but i was to caught up in myself to believe that God could actually be talking to me. now i am in this crossroads trying to be the best i can be. not just some christian who does what's right. with all of me i want to live a life for God.
let this be my prayer for all of you going through some of the hardest things of your life.
May God's love be enough to save you from yourself in the hard times to follow. may you find peace in God's presence. may you find joy in the places where hardness of heart has tried to overtake.may God's love change you deep within. you know that there is a hope beyond you and I there is a voice that needs to be heard. so get up young man get up young woman be the over comer that you are born to be. it's time to get over yourself.
Elz
Believe means to trust!!
How many times have you had to deal with trust. with believing in something bigger then your self.Right now I am having a hard time believing what I speak. you know it's one thing to speak something but it's another thing to believe something.
do you have areas in you life that need to change or maybe your past has dictated your circumstances. for as long as i can remember i have shut people out when i think they will hurt me i put up this wall of defense. anyone else do that?
Here's the thing almost all of my life i have buried the real me mostly from past issues. i was forced to hide from circumstances rather then to stand up i let my insecurities hold me back. i was too afraid to let anyone in. i didn't think that i was worth anything so i let people talk me out of my place. I let there words hurt me.
here I was a girl trying to find myself and never knowing who i was to be. then one day God called me out and told me the plans he had for me. but i was to caught up in myself to believe that God could actually be talking to me. now i am in this crossroads trying to be the best i can be. not just some christian who does what's right. with all of me i want to live a life for God.
let this be my prayer for all of you going through some of the hardest things of your life.
May God's love be enough to save you from yourself in the hard times to follow. may you find peace in God's presence. may you find joy in the places where hardness of heart has tried to overtake.may God's love change you deep within. you know that there is a hope beyond you and I there is a voice that needs to be heard. so get up young man get up young woman be the over comer that you are born to be. it's time to get over yourself.
Elz
Thursday, 20 October 2011
how are you!
Dear Reader
How are you doing today? you know to most this simple questions is a very loaded one. you know most people don't expect a real answer "how are you" if you are at all like me i want to answer honestly but people are to busy to hear the truth. so how are you really doing is another approach!! same thing just cut the falseness out.
How do you respond from the depths of your heart. I am sitting here at work. thinking of an honest answer to how i really am. you see it has become so easy to say i am awesome but inside everything feels like it's falling apart. do you do the same thing to? do you cover up how you feel!!i do that a lot. it's easier that way but here's the truth. when you cover up so much you stop opening up the real sides of you.
flip side of it is maybe you are one of those people that doesn't take the time to really find out how people are doing!! that's so easy to do as well. you have all these things to do and places to be that you just want to be polite and have the quick how are you then escape. but maybe just maybe that person is at the lowest places in there life and they need you to really care for more then just a quick hi bye thing. just think about it at least!!!
So how are you today reader? is everything OK for real? if you need to talk bout something I am here. my ears are always open.
Elz
How are you doing today? you know to most this simple questions is a very loaded one. you know most people don't expect a real answer "how are you" if you are at all like me i want to answer honestly but people are to busy to hear the truth. so how are you really doing is another approach!! same thing just cut the falseness out.
How do you respond from the depths of your heart. I am sitting here at work. thinking of an honest answer to how i really am. you see it has become so easy to say i am awesome but inside everything feels like it's falling apart. do you do the same thing to? do you cover up how you feel!!i do that a lot. it's easier that way but here's the truth. when you cover up so much you stop opening up the real sides of you.
flip side of it is maybe you are one of those people that doesn't take the time to really find out how people are doing!! that's so easy to do as well. you have all these things to do and places to be that you just want to be polite and have the quick how are you then escape. but maybe just maybe that person is at the lowest places in there life and they need you to really care for more then just a quick hi bye thing. just think about it at least!!!
So how are you today reader? is everything OK for real? if you need to talk bout something I am here. my ears are always open.
Elz
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
hide and go seek
Dear Readers
Let's just get straight to the point. lately I have had every opportunity to run and to hide away instead of dealing with some pretty hard things. i know i tend to take on things i don't have to. I've been holding little mini pity parties for myself. Really who doesn't every once in awhile.
I have to face some giants in my life and i would rather hide and not have to face up. most of you must be thinking what is she talking about? Saturday night i went to support my brother at his hockey game. i honestly wanted to get the heck out of there. i felt like an outsider looking in. you know if you are lost you want to be found. It was as if i wasn't even there. i had to try not to cry but i had small tears streaming down my face. thinking God i know i belong but what is going on?people love me
About 9 or 10 years ago i went through the exact same thing at my parents church. when i left i ran away from everyone i mean at this point i hardly knew God. God felt so far away from me. but i knew that he existed. so i ran away and came to crossroads community church.
you see the very same deal minus i have a relationship with God now. everything in me wants to run. but I won't that's not the right thing to do. I'm not a runner anymore i am a God seeker. I want nothing but God's best.
just before i moved out there was another place that I almost moved to but my mom told me no your attitude is all wrong this is a waiting season so just wait out and let God change your heart and attitude. I didn't want to hear that at all!!! anyways god blessed me with a way better place and it pays to wait on God rather then rush and run.
If you are out there reading this and any of this resonates with you. you need to know that though it is a hard i mean a very hard place to be. it is never worth running away from your problems. you can run but you can not hide!! sometimes you need to face the giants no matter how hard no matter how much you do not want to. but it's the right thing to do.trust and believe. let God's truth set you free
elz
Let's just get straight to the point. lately I have had every opportunity to run and to hide away instead of dealing with some pretty hard things. i know i tend to take on things i don't have to. I've been holding little mini pity parties for myself. Really who doesn't every once in awhile.
I have to face some giants in my life and i would rather hide and not have to face up. most of you must be thinking what is she talking about? Saturday night i went to support my brother at his hockey game. i honestly wanted to get the heck out of there. i felt like an outsider looking in. you know if you are lost you want to be found. It was as if i wasn't even there. i had to try not to cry but i had small tears streaming down my face. thinking God i know i belong but what is going on?people love me
About 9 or 10 years ago i went through the exact same thing at my parents church. when i left i ran away from everyone i mean at this point i hardly knew God. God felt so far away from me. but i knew that he existed. so i ran away and came to crossroads community church.
you see the very same deal minus i have a relationship with God now. everything in me wants to run. but I won't that's not the right thing to do. I'm not a runner anymore i am a God seeker. I want nothing but God's best.
just before i moved out there was another place that I almost moved to but my mom told me no your attitude is all wrong this is a waiting season so just wait out and let God change your heart and attitude. I didn't want to hear that at all!!! anyways god blessed me with a way better place and it pays to wait on God rather then rush and run.
If you are out there reading this and any of this resonates with you. you need to know that though it is a hard i mean a very hard place to be. it is never worth running away from your problems. you can run but you can not hide!! sometimes you need to face the giants no matter how hard no matter how much you do not want to. but it's the right thing to do.trust and believe. let God's truth set you free
elz
Monday, 17 October 2011
let's get to the heart of things
Dear Reader
I have been many places and have been going through alot.
Instead of reaching out and speaking out and saying i need rescue In a way i have been running away. It didn't matter what anyone said. i was becoming 2 people.
you see my personality is "let's just get to the heart of things" and thats a very intense personality for pretty much everyone. so I have given up being the real me. there is maybe select few that see the real me and then everyone else i feel at times like i have to be this person. live up to these expectations. be this person that people will like. you know find an identity. but no i shut people out i am not perfect. I got to focused on what i think i should look like to others that i shut out who i am. my blogs are telling you the real me. there is no hiding there is no pretending. i can put my heart into these pages and understand that other's are feeling the same way. they just need a little hope a little inspiration.
In the past few weeks I have been seeing sides of me that are not so fun. i have been angry at certain leaders in the church. I have picked up offenses that were never mine to pick up. i have tryed to deal with it and the more i thought about certain issues the more angry i became. i was full of fear. you know what if i don't deal with these area's will people really like me. if you only knew what was going through my mind. I have been selfish, blessed, overwhelmed, judgmental, prideful and way too stubborn.
you see when you take on the world. it gets to heavy to carry alone. to lonely to face the real facts. all these mixed emotions going through my head. to focused on myself and how i felt to notice that i was not acting very christian like. come on now we are all guilty of this. we all have struggles but we have got to gather enough strength to trust Jesus. he is the only one to carry us through the storms of life. he loves us to much to leave us the same
so if you are reading this and you have lost your will it's not to late to get it back again. it's never to late to find your way your hope. but you have to be willing to reach out and ask for help in the days when life is caving in all around you.I dare you to get up and fight for life!!!! take your stand be all that you can be and don't look back.
elz
I have been many places and have been going through alot.
Instead of reaching out and speaking out and saying i need rescue In a way i have been running away. It didn't matter what anyone said. i was becoming 2 people.
you see my personality is "let's just get to the heart of things" and thats a very intense personality for pretty much everyone. so I have given up being the real me. there is maybe select few that see the real me and then everyone else i feel at times like i have to be this person. live up to these expectations. be this person that people will like. you know find an identity. but no i shut people out i am not perfect. I got to focused on what i think i should look like to others that i shut out who i am. my blogs are telling you the real me. there is no hiding there is no pretending. i can put my heart into these pages and understand that other's are feeling the same way. they just need a little hope a little inspiration.
In the past few weeks I have been seeing sides of me that are not so fun. i have been angry at certain leaders in the church. I have picked up offenses that were never mine to pick up. i have tryed to deal with it and the more i thought about certain issues the more angry i became. i was full of fear. you know what if i don't deal with these area's will people really like me. if you only knew what was going through my mind. I have been selfish, blessed, overwhelmed, judgmental, prideful and way too stubborn.
you see when you take on the world. it gets to heavy to carry alone. to lonely to face the real facts. all these mixed emotions going through my head. to focused on myself and how i felt to notice that i was not acting very christian like. come on now we are all guilty of this. we all have struggles but we have got to gather enough strength to trust Jesus. he is the only one to carry us through the storms of life. he loves us to much to leave us the same
so if you are reading this and you have lost your will it's not to late to get it back again. it's never to late to find your way your hope. but you have to be willing to reach out and ask for help in the days when life is caving in all around you.I dare you to get up and fight for life!!!! take your stand be all that you can be and don't look back.
elz
Thursday, 13 October 2011
you can run but you cannot hide
Dear Reader,
how many times have you wanted to just scream out your frustrations. i mean a full out scream. you spend all this time trying to figure out what's going on inside your heart. and when the answers don't come you just run instead of holding out for the bigger picture. you cave in instead of trusting God. you receive all this advice about what you are doing wrong instead of the facts.
I can't say for sure this is what job must of felt. i mean everything was taken from him yet his heart remained faithful to God. his friends tried to talk him out of his place. they must of thought they were right or something. I mean when you face difficult situations you trust your friends to speak words of life to you.and then they offer there opinions makes you want to scream even more depends on the circumstance however. usually you want to scream cause you are having an attitude about something silly,but to you it's the most serious deal ever. whether they are right or wrong in your mind you only hear what you want to hear. Going back to job. he trusted God over his friends and he was blessed way more. think about it! when we fix our eyes on the things of man we fall. but when we trust the creator of heaven and earth we find peace even in the difficult situations of life.
Right now i am having a really bad attitude towards some very specific people in my life. I've been praying and praying Jesus make my heart right. and my heart feels even more heavier. I keep having in a way little tantrums in my mind. If there is peace why can't I feel it right now is what i keep asking. Jesus is always there maybe the facts are i have allowed my heart to take on silly offenses and until i deal then my heart shall remain heavy.
maybe like me you have picked up little offenses and until you take time to deal with them/ and make sure when you do deal with them that your heart motives are right if not you will speak out of hurt and anger. nothing will get solved and you will be more angry then when you started. I don't have any more answers for this at the moment except i do not enjoy this little attitude i have towards these people. in my mind i am right but when it comes to offense you need to suck it up no matter how hard it is.and believe me it's easier said then done. my flesh doesn't want to suck it up but my spirit knows that I need to deal with things. letting go of an offense is not in a way giving up. it's humbling yourself enough to say I AM WRONG!!!!!! when it comes down to it. if you don't deal with the an offense you really just run away instead of deal with the situation. there are times you really don't want to deal with it, it is to hard.
Suck it up princess and deal with the issues at heart before it gets worse. (I know this is a little more harsh but it's what needs to be said.)
this time i have to follow my own advice. even though i don't want to!!!
elz
Right now i am having a really bad attitude towards some very specific people in my life. I've been praying and praying Jesus make my heart right. and my heart feels even more heavier. I keep having in a way little tantrums in my mind. If there is peace why can't I feel it right now is what i keep asking. Jesus is always there maybe the facts are i have allowed my heart to take on silly offenses and until i deal then my heart shall remain heavy.
maybe like me you have picked up little offenses and until you take time to deal with them/ and make sure when you do deal with them that your heart motives are right if not you will speak out of hurt and anger. nothing will get solved and you will be more angry then when you started. I don't have any more answers for this at the moment except i do not enjoy this little attitude i have towards these people. in my mind i am right but when it comes to offense you need to suck it up no matter how hard it is.and believe me it's easier said then done. my flesh doesn't want to suck it up but my spirit knows that I need to deal with things. letting go of an offense is not in a way giving up. it's humbling yourself enough to say I AM WRONG!!!!!! when it comes down to it. if you don't deal with the an offense you really just run away instead of deal with the situation. there are times you really don't want to deal with it, it is to hard.
Suck it up princess and deal with the issues at heart before it gets worse. (I know this is a little more harsh but it's what needs to be said.)
this time i have to follow my own advice. even though i don't want to!!!
elz
Saturday, 8 October 2011
legacy set before us
Dear Reader,Inspired by my grandma and Mr Wallace McNee
you know the days where life passes by so slow or so it seems. I am sitting here at work in this moment. i have a heart of compassion for the things of old. you may ask what are the things of old. they are the moments we treasure the days that pass by and memories left behind. it is now yes now in this moment that i realize what it's like to have a heart of thankfulness.
For just a few moments ago i had a older gentle men in here at Gerber's or at work (for those who don't know what Gerber's is). His name Wallace McNee what a perfect detective name (anyone else agree?) as we talked my heart began to fill with compassion. you see for most of us we are so busy living our lives for now. but once we retire and are stuck in the nursing home. there is a sense at times of feeling trapped. feeling caged in now not always for everyone. but for those of us that are adventurous at heart. we like to get out we like to try new things.the very thought of been kept inside all day every day DOES NOT EXCITE ME. you see if it's one thing i know doesn't matter how young or how old we are. we all want our personal freedom. no one likes to feel lost and alone.
I used to work at a nursing home and you see so many people almost forgotten about. I wasn't really allowed to connect with the residents. but how can you not! how can you just ignore the fact that some have absolutely no one left. that breaks my heart. I mean i am just one person but I have the chance to reach out to young and old am I taking that chance to give the old a hope again. maybe they just need hope today to? maybe they need us to reach out. i know for most we think what can we possibly offer. our FRIENDSHIP is enough. Our making time for them is enough.
I know I am guilty of not making time for the elderly! maybe today we can rise to the challenge. maybe we can offer hope where hope feels distant to so many.
you see i have 2 great grandmother left. and 1 Grandmother left. my Grandmother has alzhiemers, she doesn't even know who I am anymore. not going to lie that's very hard to chew on at times. lately i've really missed having a chance to connect with my Grandma. there is so much that I want to talk to my Grandma about. I see alot me in her. my grandma's ministry is my deepest hearts desire. i want to counsel and bring hope to those that have no hope. i know that i have a strong prophetic touch as did my grandma. the dreams written upon my heart are things that my Grandma started.I am going to carry on her legacy. I am going to set those who think they are right straight. I am going to have a counsel upon my mouth that will speak into alot of people's live.My grandma must have been praying for me along time. Cause i have teaching qualities just like her. don't grow old thinking that you have nothing to offer. for what God has placed upon the tablets of our hearts is no mistake. we are called to be so much more.
So today I will conclude with a small prayer to all the Grandparents out there that have believed in our generation that have set a legacy for us to carry out,
Jesus thank you for the Grandparents that you purposefully placed in our lives. and all the older influences in our lives. may you bless them and and answer there prayers.
love you Grandma
elz
you know the days where life passes by so slow or so it seems. I am sitting here at work in this moment. i have a heart of compassion for the things of old. you may ask what are the things of old. they are the moments we treasure the days that pass by and memories left behind. it is now yes now in this moment that i realize what it's like to have a heart of thankfulness.
For just a few moments ago i had a older gentle men in here at Gerber's or at work (for those who don't know what Gerber's is). His name Wallace McNee what a perfect detective name (anyone else agree?) as we talked my heart began to fill with compassion. you see for most of us we are so busy living our lives for now. but once we retire and are stuck in the nursing home. there is a sense at times of feeling trapped. feeling caged in now not always for everyone. but for those of us that are adventurous at heart. we like to get out we like to try new things.the very thought of been kept inside all day every day DOES NOT EXCITE ME. you see if it's one thing i know doesn't matter how young or how old we are. we all want our personal freedom. no one likes to feel lost and alone.
I used to work at a nursing home and you see so many people almost forgotten about. I wasn't really allowed to connect with the residents. but how can you not! how can you just ignore the fact that some have absolutely no one left. that breaks my heart. I mean i am just one person but I have the chance to reach out to young and old am I taking that chance to give the old a hope again. maybe they just need hope today to? maybe they need us to reach out. i know for most we think what can we possibly offer. our FRIENDSHIP is enough. Our making time for them is enough.
I know I am guilty of not making time for the elderly! maybe today we can rise to the challenge. maybe we can offer hope where hope feels distant to so many.
you see i have 2 great grandmother left. and 1 Grandmother left. my Grandmother has alzhiemers, she doesn't even know who I am anymore. not going to lie that's very hard to chew on at times. lately i've really missed having a chance to connect with my Grandma. there is so much that I want to talk to my Grandma about. I see alot me in her. my grandma's ministry is my deepest hearts desire. i want to counsel and bring hope to those that have no hope. i know that i have a strong prophetic touch as did my grandma. the dreams written upon my heart are things that my Grandma started.I am going to carry on her legacy. I am going to set those who think they are right straight. I am going to have a counsel upon my mouth that will speak into alot of people's live.My grandma must have been praying for me along time. Cause i have teaching qualities just like her. don't grow old thinking that you have nothing to offer. for what God has placed upon the tablets of our hearts is no mistake. we are called to be so much more.
So today I will conclude with a small prayer to all the Grandparents out there that have believed in our generation that have set a legacy for us to carry out,
Jesus thank you for the Grandparents that you purposefully placed in our lives. and all the older influences in our lives. may you bless them and and answer there prayers.
love you Grandma
elz
Thursday, 6 October 2011
patriots vs loyalists
So i don't know to much about war things my brother is the war expert well in my opinion he is. the other night i was watching a movie called felicity and it was about loyalists and patriots. now to break it down in to simple terms patriots were fighting for Independence and freedom and the loyalists stood by the king. (any war guys out there can correct me if I'm wrong) anyways there are 2 sides which side is right?
the patriots wanted to stand up against the king. i don't know that either or are exactly wrong. just thinking about it.
patriots wanted there freedom the will to fight. nothing would take that from them they were passionate about what they stood for. take for example our believes. I am a strong believer. and I won't let anyone talk me out of my place. God made me so uniquely and purposefully.
Now take the loyalists. they are also feel very about what they believe. they believe they are right. they are faithful and loyal to the leaders. they will stand up strong and keep there guard up.
you take both sides and they both are raising up an army. if they joined forces think about the army. think about the unity the strength. yet the patriots and the loyalists are to full of pride to stuck in there ways to see that if they worked together maybe just maybe there could be a peace. can you imagine this?? I mean a real peace. none of this choosing sides business. but reality kicks in!! maybe you are out there and you need peace in your life. but everything in life is going down hill. your joy is gone. your life is full of anxiety and full of pride. today I want to tell you that you can find a peace you can join forces. stand up strong and receive this freedom that seems so distant.
elz
the patriots wanted to stand up against the king. i don't know that either or are exactly wrong. just thinking about it.
patriots wanted there freedom the will to fight. nothing would take that from them they were passionate about what they stood for. take for example our believes. I am a strong believer. and I won't let anyone talk me out of my place. God made me so uniquely and purposefully.
Now take the loyalists. they are also feel very about what they believe. they believe they are right. they are faithful and loyal to the leaders. they will stand up strong and keep there guard up.
you take both sides and they both are raising up an army. if they joined forces think about the army. think about the unity the strength. yet the patriots and the loyalists are to full of pride to stuck in there ways to see that if they worked together maybe just maybe there could be a peace. can you imagine this?? I mean a real peace. none of this choosing sides business. but reality kicks in!! maybe you are out there and you need peace in your life. but everything in life is going down hill. your joy is gone. your life is full of anxiety and full of pride. today I want to tell you that you can find a peace you can join forces. stand up strong and receive this freedom that seems so distant.
elz
Monday, 3 October 2011
we are the body!
How many times have you walked into a new church. you are surrounded in all new people the conversations flowing through out the rooms. some distinct chatter. as you walk in to the new surroundings you are normally greeted with greeters. a few smiling faces, faces all turning for a few quick moments.
now let me ask you a few questions? what kind of christian are you? the one who will go out of your way for the new people and welcome them in. or are you the kind of Christian to focused on going to church to see your friends for another Sunday service, how many of us are to busy to make time for the new people coming and going to church??with all that said! next time a new person comes to church will you welcome them?
here my heart if you will. when i left my old church i left broken i left hurt i left bitter and cold. as i walked into crossroads there was 2 main people Vance and Julie detman. they welcomed me and greeted me.I don't know if I would of come back if it weren't for them 9 years ago. because of there example i have tried to do the same over the years. i mean there is so many people out there looking for hope looking for rescue. so if we are the church and we are supposed to be the hands and feet of God sort of speak. then why do we not take the time to reach out to the new comers. there is such a need out there.
it's time to make time for time. it's time to reach out and be the church body. if you a blind person trying to cross the road would you stop and help them or would you walk by and ignore that you might actually be exactly what that blind person needed that day. are you too consumed in your circumstances that when a friend needs help you are to busy too take the time.
If we are the church then why do we pass all these chances by every day. I am guilty to!!! ouch right!!!!! we are guilty of that at least once in our lives!!!
elz
now let me ask you a few questions? what kind of christian are you? the one who will go out of your way for the new people and welcome them in. or are you the kind of Christian to focused on going to church to see your friends for another Sunday service, how many of us are to busy to make time for the new people coming and going to church??with all that said! next time a new person comes to church will you welcome them?
here my heart if you will. when i left my old church i left broken i left hurt i left bitter and cold. as i walked into crossroads there was 2 main people Vance and Julie detman. they welcomed me and greeted me.I don't know if I would of come back if it weren't for them 9 years ago. because of there example i have tried to do the same over the years. i mean there is so many people out there looking for hope looking for rescue. so if we are the church and we are supposed to be the hands and feet of God sort of speak. then why do we not take the time to reach out to the new comers. there is such a need out there.
it's time to make time for time. it's time to reach out and be the church body. if you a blind person trying to cross the road would you stop and help them or would you walk by and ignore that you might actually be exactly what that blind person needed that day. are you too consumed in your circumstances that when a friend needs help you are to busy too take the time.
If we are the church then why do we pass all these chances by every day. I am guilty to!!! ouch right!!!!! we are guilty of that at least once in our lives!!!
elz
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