Eat, Pray, Love

I ran across a newspaper article on the author of Eat, Pray, Love. I was intrigued by the title of this book and had to see what the article was about since I haven’t read the book. Amazon describes the book as “One woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia.” That wasn’t what I was expecting to be the content of the book, but it inspired me to think of how we, as Christ-followers, should follow the words of the title.

But maybe we don’t even need to use all 3 words, or in that order. I suggest maybe we use Pray, Love, Eat. If we start with prayer for others, add in love for them, then share a meal with them, then we can build a relationship possibly lasting a lifetime. Just as Jesus did.

Or maybe we just use the words Pray, Like, Eat. If we start with prayer for others and then share a meal or maybe only coffee with them, then the Like may turn to Love as it grows and blossoms later, as the relationship builds.

Walk to School

I guess it depends a lot on where you live and where you have to walk, but this Walk to School Day could be a good idea for physical activity and avoiding the overcrowding of vehicles in front of schools. Safety would definitely need to be of utmost importance.

What if we tried that with Walk to Church Day? Many of us would probably choose churches closer to home and within our neighborhoods. This concept may get us out of the house and out of the car and out to meet new friends.

Everything goes Green

With an Earth-friendly emphasis, why not have an Earth-friendly Green Bible?

Race fan

I was never much of a race fan growing up. I grew up most of my life in central Florida and it was too far from Daytona to really even care about racing. It wasn’t one of the most popular sports anyway.

In the most recent years, though, I’ve grown to like racing and often watch the Nascar races on tv on the weekends. We’ve lived 10 minutes from Dover International Speedway for 4 years and tonight was my first experience at a race. Someone at work had free tickets so why not?!

It wasn’t one of the biggest races, so I didn’t see my favorite M&M car or Jeff Gordon or Carl Edwards flipping over backwards out of his car, but it was an experience … an experience that I’ll remember … the excitement, the thrill, the noise, the drivers logos and trucks … quite interesting.

It’s what’s inside

I love the motto for Lanier office products. Everything we do and say on the outside comes from what’s inside. It’s what’s inside that makes us who we are on the outside. This concept is applied to many aspects of life: personal, business, church.

Jesus looked at our hearts. What’s inside our hearts mattered the most to Him. What’s inside our hearts comes out for everyone to see and hear and experience.

May the love of Jesus be in our hearts and shine brightly outside for all to experience.

Taking risks

I recently wrote a blog post from a thought from AquaChurch 2.0 on being a risk-taker and realizing that we must get out of the boat.

Yesterday I received an email from cmconnect with the following thought:

Hole Diggers and Risk Takers
by Roger Fields

“Some play it safe and dig holes; some take risks and try to make a difference. The salient point from Jesus’ parable of the talents is that those who play it safe do so because they believe God is a “hard man.”

Then he who had received the one talent came and said, “Lord, I KNEW YOU TO BE A HARD MAN, (Matt 25:24 NKJV)

Risk takers know that God is a good Father who looks for ways to bless His people. Hole diggers expect God to berate them. I believe most children’s pastors are risk takers who know God is on their side. This web site gives us a way to hang out with other risk takers.”

I look further at Matthew 25:24 and read that verse, it says: “Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.” (NKJV)

This verse challenges us to be risk-takers and go where we have not been and do things that we have not done. Life is hard. Things are hard. But how will we know we can be successful in risky tasks or even succeed at all if we don’t get out of the boat and go for it? Don’t dig a hole and bury your risky adventures. Throw them out in the water in front like an anchor and pull yourself forward.