As the online menu at Mellow Mushroom used to say “sometimes just the plain ol’ cheese is good”.
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17 New International Version (NIV)
I write about the freedom we have in Christ a lot. So much that sometimes I wonder if ‘free’ should not have been my OneWord365! Anyway, here is an awesome little video clip. I hope you take the time to watch it. It tells the story of each of us. It tells the story of the captivity we find ourselves immersed in and how we are freed!
5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 (NIV)
And that’s good!
Man, it must be car problem week! On this chilly morning, I went out to start-up the ol’ truck and no go. Fortunately, there was still someone around to jump me off. But for some reason I bet I will be stuck in the parking garage late this afternoon. (Any one want to go ahead and schedule a jump-start?)
But, it makes for easy material! Like this:
Do you even feel like battery is low and you need a jump-start? Check this out:
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Ps 121:1-2 NIV
OR
How many times do you wake up in the morning and can’t get your battery cranking? Well Remember this:
This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10
Yeah, I know. So… cheesy! But the message there is not – not at all. So, keep it going today, remember He was not broken for nothing. Get out their and “light someone’s candle” (or should I say – give someone a jump-start !! 🙂 )!
It’s King day, so I thought it would be good to share some of his work. I like these words he said.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
I like that he sought to fight injustice with love and peace. I think I also like them because they seem grounded in these words of John
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5
and maybe these
At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. 1 John 2:8-11 ESV
Shine your light today and do good!
For several reasons I have had to park my truck outside in the drive way versus the inside of the garage. So this frigid morning, as I headed out to drive into the office, I was greeting with a nice layer thick 20 something degree layer of frost on my windshield. So I grabbed my southern style ice scraper ( a piece of plastic that is not much bigger than a credit card) and when to town on the window. As I went around to the passenger side, I met thicker ice and a tire that looked incredibly sad and droopy. I think it did not like being outside either. So off I went to find my small little pump to inflate that guy back up to a happy level. Ten minutes later, my window was clear, the truck was warm, and my tire was ready to roll!
And so it seems as we wind down this week, several of us may feel like that tire, cold, deflated and just not rolling correctly. A work week tends to do that to people! Take a look at this, and let this work like that little 12V air compressor, and give you a little life to make it through the day and into the weekend.
60 “Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. Isaiah 60:1 New International Version (NIV)