9.14.14
 “…God has made us what we are…[He] made us to do good works…planned in advance for us to live our lives doing…”
“While wandering a deserted beach at dawn, I saw a man in the distance bending and throwing as he walked the endless stretch toward me. As he came near, I could see that he was throwing starfish, abandoned on the sand by the tide, back into the sea. I asked him why? He said that the sun would dry the starfish and they would die. I commented that there were thousands of starfish on miles and miles of beach. How could he ever make a difference? He smiled as he picked up the next starfish. Tossing it back into the sea he said, "It makes a difference for this one." ― Loren Eiseley
The story by Eiseley begs the question: what am I doing to make a difference? Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful…to be compassionate, to… make some difference…” Are you making a difference? Just asking…Pastor Keith




9.7.14

Some of you have spiritual Attention Deficit Disorder. There, I said it. Sorry if that sounds not so PC. The fact is you get bored with spiritual things. You have trouble concentrating on God. Your time with Him has become mundane and full of distractions. If this is you, you may have Spiritual ADD - being so distracted that you get entangled in the problems of things all around you and loose focus. Often, it’s easier to get spiritually distracted than physically distracted. Think of it like this. As long as we keep our eyes on the Lord, we can seemingly do the impossible. But look away from Him, look at the challenges of life, and we sink. The reason why some of you are sinking today is that you’ve got your eyes on your problem, on the circumstance, on your difficulty. You’ve taken your eyes off the Lord. The simple Rx for Spiritual ADD is to refocus. Look at this from Proverbs 4: “…Keep your eyes focused…look straight ahead…” Refocusing is hard. It takes a conscious choice. My prayer as you read this post is that God will cause you to turn your attention from the distractions to the Devine. Peace….Pastor Keith