Monday Morning QB

I've always wondered what it would be like to be a NFL quarterback...or college for that matter. I wonder what Monday would be like following a big game? What questions would you have...what would you do if you could do it over again? Would you call different plays? What would be different?

I feel that way on Mondays in some ways. As a pastor the questions always arise on MON. Did you pray enough? Was your church family inspired to become more like Jesus? Was God doing something that you may have missed and you wish you could go back and replay the day? Did you hold anything back that should have been said or should have been done?

Those are questions that run through my head on MONs. I really want to see Jesus grow his church, and I really want to see Him continue to transform the lives of people who come to the Vineyard! I don't want to be the same tomorrow as I am today! I want to be transformed, to be more like Him, to look foolish to the world knowing that my eternity is secure because I'm totally caught up in what He's doing.

One of the things I'm becoming more sure of what He's doing here is this: I know He wants us to minister to the poor even more! I believe He wants us to open a Food Pantry at our church building. I was reading through some Psalms this afternoon and read Psalm 41. 'Blessed is he who has regard for the weak, the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. The Lord will protect him and preserve his life.' The verses continue, but it struck me that God says to look outside of ourselves and not to get caught up in what is going on in our own lives -- but to look outside and see what God is doing around us. And when we learn to give of ourselves to the poor, to the weak, to others -- then we'll find out that we are well taken care of.

I can't remember how many times I've gone to the poor colonias in Mexico or on an outreach to the people 'on the wrong side of the tracks' and have seen the joy that they live their lives with because they are content with what they have. I have come back changed and with a desire to serve even more.

I'm glad the Lord shows me these things -- I don't like to dwell in the past (aka being a MON AM QB) and God is faithful to pull me out of the funk and point me to the future.

What's God doing with you?
God's blessings to you today!
As I was reading today