From a friend, Pastor Daniel Parsch.  A man of great Wisdom.

The relationship between clay and the potter is very intimate. The potter has a vision.  And the best art is that, which the artist pours his or her soul into, so that the work may reflect the heart of its maker.  God does not want to see you destroyed, formless or lifeless lumps of clay.  God desires to breathe life into you, to form you into a person  whose life is breathtakingly beautiful and good. 

At the heart of the good news proclaimed by the Christian faith is the affirmation that it is in Christ and through Christ that God has chosen to come into this world to re-form the spoiled clay that is humanity and to reshape us into beautiful, useable vessels, in His service.  When God, in working on us and with us, encounters a resistance from inside of us that spoils our emerging beauty and worth, God does not abandon us. Rather God chooses to start anew with us, patiently reworking us into persons of worth and beauty.

The risen Christ possesses the grace, love, and mercy to change our lives from faithlessness to faithfulness, from disobedience to obedience, from resistance to God’s will to doing God’s work. Christ has the grace and the will and the power to re-form our sinful selves into people who serve both God and neighbor. It is Christ, the patient and ever-gracious Potter, Who is the hope of all humanity.

Wow, what a crazy couple of weeks.  I've been back to work after surgery now for 2 weeks.  It was very hard to get my head wrapped around working again but I sure missed it though.  Been practicing with the GodZ GuyZ now for almost the same time.  We start back on the road in February. Looking forward to doing that again.  Thank you for all your prayers and all the wonderful emails  as well.  God Bless You All !!

Dalend 

Time to prepare

Wow, what a fabulous Christmas and New Years, wasn't it !  And I'm sure that people are asking themselves, what now?  All the family is gone, I have to go back to work...what now God? Christmas Eve services were awesome and inspiring but what now?  For some though, it was not good and there was no WOW !!

Well, we now prepare for Easter.  We prepare for His trial, His death and His resurrection.  We do the work that He has for us to do.  Our church is encouraging each member to study the year of the bible.  Daily scripture readings that get us through the entire bible in just one year.  We must continue to focus on Christ to keep us excited and also to keep our friends focused.   

I met with a few good friends this week for lunch and I need to focus my prayers on them. Some are struggling with life and one in particular with her faith.  She told me that she does not believe that Jesus is here now, she has lost her faith.  That is something that I must help them all with, to have them know and understand that I will be praying for them, that I will be contacting them with emails and every once in awhile a phone call to see how they are and to make sure they know that I will be praying for them every day.  I can't let this happen, I must help, I must pray, I will not let devil win.  My God has won the victory and the ending has already been written.

His Peace

Dalend