Am I Indispensable?

In the Gospel of Luke's account of Jesus entering Jerusalem on a colt, 19.30-40, Jesus' disciples are praising God for all the miracles that they had seen. The phrases that Luke records are, "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!", and "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" The Pharisees in the crowd wanted Jesus to rebuke His disciples for this praise. Jesus said that if they were to keep quiet that the stones would cry out. This is not the first time that stones are used as a possible stand in for people. John the Baptist in Matthew 3.7-9 warns the Israelites that they cannot depend on their lineage from Abraham as their salvation. John tells the people that God can raise up children for Abraham from "these stones." Even the Apostle Paul recognizes his own insignificance in relation to the unstoppable success of God's kingdom, 1 Cor. 3.7. This is not to say the God doesn't want us to do all the work we are doing or even more than we are doing. Also God is pleased when we sacrifice our own agenda for His; but will anyone's presence or absence keep God from accomplishing all He has in mind for the world. No.

Everything that I am doing could be, if it were God's will, replaced by 10 hard working souls, 20 hardworking souls, oh, that's right; a rock.

1 Peter 5.5 God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

If you are a Frappacino, then...

You Are a Frappacino

At your best, you are: fun loving, sweet, and modern At your worst, you are: childish and over indulgent You drink coffee when: you're craving something sweet Your caffeine addiction level: low

Red Cross Blood Drive

In '85 or '86 I sold plasma for $20 bucks with no ill effects. 2 or 3 years later I did it again, but looked as they pulled the needle out of my arm and about passed out. We had a blood drive here yesterday so I donated blood for the first time ever. The Red Cross rep said that out of 100 people, 40 can't give blood for one reason or another. Out of the 60 that can give blood, only 3 will. I thought that it was amazing that the nations' blood supply is provided by that small minority. Then I wondered how small of a minority the military makes up of our society. I wonder how many small minorities are providing for me and mine in any number of different ways? In Matt. 9.37, Jesus tells us that, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few." I think this should encourage us to become a member of a small minority of servants in any number of fields or worthy causes and not to let the inactivity of anyone around us discourage us.

I Blog, Therefore...

I'm not the greatest, I'm just the latest, blogger that is. I would say that this blog is under construction, but that would be the biggest understatement of the year that has only just started.

It's bloggerin' time... :-)