Last week we were hit with the worse storm (ice) in Ky's history. It was SO BAD at our place! It's amazing how God uses the natural things, like nature, to speak to our hearts. On Tuesday (Jan. 27th) I was looking outside the window. What a total mess! Trees were falling every few seconds. I noticed something about the trees. They were all covered in ice...much ice! I noticed the trees falling the most were those that didn't have a lot of branches. The trees with lots of outreach were not falling as much. The heavy extended branches brought a balance to the tree. Those with no mighty limbs were falling left and right. Then it dawned on me...WOW! We have got to reach out to those around us. No matter how spiritual we get or no matter where God has us at the moment, we have got to be like the trees in our back yard and reach out! Men and women are dying all around us. Many of them are not ready to meet God. Like the trees, we all get weighted down with things. Those that will stand are those who are reaching out to the other trees. I realize that most of us view 'outreach' differently. Some people think that if we can get people to church and build up a large congregation we have done well. We need to look at what we are bringing them in to. It is so easy to bring people into a religious mess. Having a full 'church-house' doesn't really mean that we are reaching people. Jesus brough people into the Kingdom (His circle). In future blogs I want to talk about the Kingdom of God and what it is. What was it that turned the world (of the first century) upside down? God help us to be like the trees (Ps. 1) and extend our arms to the trees around us. Let's be Jesus to someone.....REACHOUT!
James
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