Skip to main content

did it make a difference?


 

A few weeks ago we celebrated Easter.  The tomb is empty and the cross was real.  Did it make a difference?


My sweet wife had a medical test last week, and it turned out well.  Did it make a difference?


A friend sent a gift to be used on my upcoming trip to Cuba and the leadership retreat that I will lead.  Did it make a difference?


I was recently reading late one evening, and I noticed that our TV was showing pictures we had saved.  There was a picture I took of my parents before they passed away.  Did it make a difference?


In a conversation with a ministry friend a verse came to mind.  We talked about it in detail.  Did it make a difference?


After a busy and good weekend at the speedway I was home Monday afternoon when Julie got home from work.  She gave me a big and long hug.  Did it make a difference?


During that busy weekend I got a text from a friend out west.  He said he was praying for our team serving at the speedway.  Did it make a difference?


Social media has its good and bad.  I got a notification from the one where I record my runs.  It was an encouraging comment from a friend about a recent run.  Did it make a difference?


I am sure you have some of those moments like I do.  Maybe a little confused or even a little down.  It was then I got a word or nudge inside me.  Had to be from God.  Simply the phrases, “you are loved, and I care about you.”  Did it make a difference?


Did it make a difference?  Did all those things make a difference in your life?


You see, I believe that God is for us, always thinking about us and His best for us.  There are things going on all around our lives that are pointing us in the direction of God with opportunities for those things to make a difference in our lives and for us to make a difference in others.


John 10:27  NLT  

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.


Romans 8:31  NLT  

What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?


Choose to be different because of how God works around you.  Choose to make a difference in the lives of the people around you.


Have a great weekend.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns.  One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns.  When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her.  Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns.  Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved.  Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?"  Beverly said, "Why yes I do."  Edith said, "Well, what do you
Post a Comment
Read more

why is it Good Friday?

  Holy Week is the time we focus on God and His gift of salvation.  We come to Friday.  The day we remember the cross, Jesus’ death and all God has done for you and me   Why do they call this day “Good Friday” because it doesn’t seems good?   Jesus was treated as a criminal.  He was beaten so much that He could not recognize Him.  His pain would have been too much for you or me to endure.  That is especially from Scripture I’ve read or as in the movie the  Passion of the Christ .   Yet it is a good day.  It is Good Friday because God had our good in His heart.  What Jesus did that day changed our forever direction. Here are some thoughts that come to me:   He is Redemption and Redeemer   He too our Pain and Punishment   He is our Righteousness and Reality   He is the Savior and Life   All of those happened from the cross.  It was meant for the worst lawbreakers.  It was not meant for a Savior who never broke a law.  It was lifted high so that onlookers could see the price Jesus.   Look
Post a Comment
Read more

Day 8 in Cuba

We have just come off and incredible weekend, and it is day 8 of the mission trip in Cuba.  Thank you to all who have been praying for this trip, the mission team and the impact it will have on those we serve.   Please don’t stop praying. Last week Alex and I served with a mission team in the mountains of southern Cuba.  There were several challenges, but God gave us safety, provision and opportunity to serve some of the sweetest people I have ever met.  No running water… sporadic electricity generated by a small, logo dammed up river, no transportation other than animals, limited food sources and more.  These people love the Lord and sharing their faith with others. Over the weekend we made our way back to Havana.  On Friday our vehicle broke down leaving us on the side of the road for several hours.  We then boarded a bus and rode 14 hours.  We arrived safely and even got some rest. Sunday was so, so good.  We visited two partner churches.  In the morning we were with one church that
Post a Comment
Read more