June is Rose Month, Iced Tea Month, and Rivers Month. Special days this month are Best Friends Day, Flag Day, Father’s Day, Go Fishing Day, and Sky Day. If you are looking for a reason to take a vacation, there are a few. Many people take a break from their daily lives and journey away from home. Often when we leave home we can’t wait to get back. We long for the comforts of home, but still try to make the most of the journey. Sometime a pillow or a coffee cup from our house brings some comfort, but we still long to reach the destination we journeyed from in the first place-home. This week I heard, “Life is a journey, not a destination.” As we travel through this life we need to realize we are on our way to a final destination. We will reach it one day. Life was given to each of us by God our Father. Someday we will return to Him. While we are here, there are comforts of home available to us. Jesus, the Rose, makes available to us rivers of living water. Jesus is our best friend. God sent His Son to fill our cups and quench our thirsty souls. Jesus sent the Holy Ghost to comfort us and wants us to each be fishers o men. This June when you see flags waving against a bright blue summer sky, as you sip your iced tea, remember life is a journey, not a destination. Make the most of your journey.
Sing It Again
II Samuel 22 is a prayer David sang to God after He saved him from his enemies. The war was over. He found peace. He praised God for the victory. In later years David still had the song in his heart and probably written somewhere as well. He was older and looked back on all God had done for him throughout his life. He saw all the love. He saw all the forgiveness. He saw all the deliverance. He saw all the victories. He took the old song, and as one commentator says, “David polished it up a bit.” He took the song to the temple and it became part of the Book of Psalms. It was sung over and over by God’s people. The same song of victory can still be sung today over and over by God’s people. It is Psalm 18. It would be impossible to ever grow tired of the beautiful words of the Psalm. The major difference in II Samuel 22 and Psalm 18 is the first verse. In the American Standard Version the first words are “I love you God.” David added his love for God to the song at the very beginning. Perhaps he realized the most important thing before thanking God, before proclaiming the mighty victory, was to simply tell God he loved Him. As you praise God today for the victories He has brought in your life, remember to first tell Him how much you love Him. Sing it again and again. I don’t think He ever gets tired of hearing those words
Rhythm
A four year old walked on the creek bank by his dad’s side. With his first rod and reel in hand, his dad began the age old tradition of a father teaching his son to fish. The baiting of the hook was a breeze. All four year old boys love putting those slimy, wiggly worms on the hook. The next big challenge was teaching the ins and outs of casting out. The release button must be pushed at just the right time or the line will not be cast out but simply remain where it started from.. After a lot of practice the rhythm of pushing buttons, releasing and casting out becomes a beautiful thing shared by fathers and sons. It becomes as natural as a heartbeat. Rhythm is important. Many times in life everything has to come together at just the right time in order to produce beautiful results. Our Father in heaven orchestrates our lives to a perfect rhythm when we learn to follow Him. In His time He releases us to go where He wants us to go. If we don’t go at the time He chooses sometime we end up just hanging around where we started. Learn to walk side by side with your Father in heaven. Let him show you the rhythm He has for your life. It is a beautiful thing.
Ah, Do I Have to Go Today?
Sunday morning a mother woke her seventeen year old son and asked him would he please go to church with her. The son pulled the cover over his head and said, “Not today, I don’t feel like it, I will go with you next week.”
Wednesday night the same mother asked her ten year old grandson would he like to go to Bible class with her. The grandson looked up from his video game and said, “Not today, Mom said she will take me to the mall.”
Thursday the mother walked with her grandson distributing fliers for VBS at a low income apartment complex. It was 1:30 in the afternoon. At the mailboxes a young girl named Angel sat in the June heat. The woman asked the girl was she waiting on the mail. Angel said, “No, I am waiting on the church bus to come and pick me up for
The woman told the young girl the bus would be there at six. Angel said, “I know I have a watch so I will know when it’s time for it to get here.” The woman and the boy cried. The world is waiting on us, what are we waiting for? There are a lot more Angels out there waiting for us to come and pick them up