Looking around us and throughout the world there are so many things going that impact our lives. Seriously. They might not impact our house or the weather around our house, but they impact our emotions, sway our thinking and even make us stop and think.
There are a few topics that continue to run through my thinking, and what I know and continue to share is that God will meet our needs. He may use one of many different ways to do it. I choose to trust Him. What I need to do is encourage those who are following God to be faithful.
Be faithful in your time with God, daily. Be faithful to the people God has put in your sphere of influence, all of them. Be faithful with the resources you have been given, be generous and support your church. I will share more later this week or next on this topic.
Turn to another side. This past Sunday night I read of a pastor that took his own life. 30 year old father of 3 that struggled with deep depression. In recent years he walked with his father through cancer. He took an extended time to rest and work hard on his struggle through the last many months. There aren’t many answers. His church, Inland Community in Chino, California, is grieving and feeling lost. His family continues to move forward after this deep wound. I have waited to share about this. My hope is to share in the coming week about ministry, life and depression.
Look at the map, the weather map, and recently our beloved Hawaii is being battered with a huge storm. There have been places of volcano’s erupting, of enormous fires and so much more. There aren’t many answers.
But we have a big God. Even when our emotions are high.
Pray. Be generous. Serve well. Encourage your pastor and others.
Job 4:3 NLT
In the past you have encouraged many people; you have strengthened those who were weak.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 NLT
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.
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