It's Never too Late...

Time. Despite all our time saving technology, there never seems to be enough to do everything we need to do, and at the bottom of the list (where we put ourselves), the things we want. At the end of the day or the week you find yourself frustrated that you didn't get certain things done and empty because you didn't get the fulfillment you'd hoped from taking other time for something to refresh your spirit. It didn't work out the way you thought. Once again you face another day or week feeling drained, with too much ahead of you to do. You're already behind before you start.

Have you considered revisiting your list to see what's really on there? If you examine it as someone else might (out of habit everything looks essential to our eyes), you may find at the heart of it is a person who's overloaded with worry, and that staying busy helps you feel you're doing everything you can to stave off whatever it is that's at the bottom of your fears. Because fear (another word for worry) is most often central to what's driving us. I believe God would say it's time to get a new list!

Life has taught me that God's principles are more real with every passing year. When times are tough, they become more valid and vital to our survival (as well as our prosperity). As people we are not different from earlier generations and especially when things are thin it's time to clear the decks and regroup. Circle the wagons and draw strength from one another in fellowship and peace from renewing our faith and in celebration. Time to revisit what's really important, even if that means borrowing from the faith of your friends when yours is feeling a little faint. This is where God lives. He is waiting to meet you in your doubt, fear, pain and anger to bring you peace of mind and most of all, real and true Hope. He longs for you to feel the Love, security, joy and peace He promises in His Word. Your peace of mind is so important to God that the command to "fear not" appears in every book of the Bible.

In the last few weeks of Lent, as we walk with Jesus through His temptation, pain, crucifixion and the ultimate victory in His resurrection, let's come together in the opportunities for worship and renewal and begin again with worship and fellowship being central to our new list. It's never too late to put aside old ways. Never too late for hope and joy. In this day and age, I'd say it's right on time!