Monday, November 22, 2010
Hanging with Jesus!
Just had to show you this. Sherri and I had our picture taken with Jesus. I asked to be on His right hand but Jesus told me not to worry about it and then promptly put Sherri at His right hand. Hey! Anyway here's the picture!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Cube-Light!
This morning as I sit in my cubicle the sun is shining on my computer screen. This is odd because my screen faces away from the windows which are two rows away. I'm kind of in the corner of the building so the other windows are three cubes away if that makes any sense.
Anyway, for a few minutes, less than 10 I would guess, between 8:25 AM and 8:35 AM or so the bright sunlight pours into my small area. How does this happen? Well, First Data has two buildings right next to each other here in the Aksarben campus. The sunlight reflects off the other building's windows and then makes a beeline for my area. For me, I enjoy the sunlight and its nice to have for those few minutes.
The light that brightens my day doesn't last long enough for me to get a tan but I like it all the same. Sunny days make everyone a little happier don't they? There is something wired in us to enjoy the light. In a way we are attacted to the light like bugs on the porchlight on a summer day.
This morning as the light arrived again I thought about how we should be reflectors of The Light. How we can brighten people's day by our attitudes and actions and words. This doesn't mean every sentence we speak with others has to include the word 'Jesus'- but He did call us to be 'bright' people saying, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." Have we caused this reaction in anyone lately?
I can still see the prism of light poster we studied in Bethel Bible study. The poster was a depiction of the call to Abraham where he was 'blessed to be a blessing' (I still remember this is in Genesis 12). That is our call today as well. We've been blessed so that we can reflect that blessing to others - maybe like my cubicle sunlight only for a short time - but that short time will be used by the Holy Spirit to make a difference in the lives of others.
I saw a bumper sticker a long time ago that has stuck with me ever since. Maybe you've seen it or read it somewhere as well. It read, 'God said it, I believe it. That settles it.' Jesus called us to reflect His light, to let our little Gospel light shine in our actions and words. He said it. I believe it. That settles it. And to add a Nike line, now we need to - Just do it!
So today's call is to brighten someone's day, to reflect a ray or two of God's great blessings upon you towards others. As Augustine said (in a rough translation), use words if necessary. The sunlight is gone now from my cube but the Sonlight can still shine bright - time to go find a place to reflect.
Blest regards,
kp
Anyway, for a few minutes, less than 10 I would guess, between 8:25 AM and 8:35 AM or so the bright sunlight pours into my small area. How does this happen? Well, First Data has two buildings right next to each other here in the Aksarben campus. The sunlight reflects off the other building's windows and then makes a beeline for my area. For me, I enjoy the sunlight and its nice to have for those few minutes.
The light that brightens my day doesn't last long enough for me to get a tan but I like it all the same. Sunny days make everyone a little happier don't they? There is something wired in us to enjoy the light. In a way we are attacted to the light like bugs on the porchlight on a summer day.
This morning as the light arrived again I thought about how we should be reflectors of The Light. How we can brighten people's day by our attitudes and actions and words. This doesn't mean every sentence we speak with others has to include the word 'Jesus'- but He did call us to be 'bright' people saying, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." Have we caused this reaction in anyone lately?
I can still see the prism of light poster we studied in Bethel Bible study. The poster was a depiction of the call to Abraham where he was 'blessed to be a blessing' (I still remember this is in Genesis 12). That is our call today as well. We've been blessed so that we can reflect that blessing to others - maybe like my cubicle sunlight only for a short time - but that short time will be used by the Holy Spirit to make a difference in the lives of others.
I saw a bumper sticker a long time ago that has stuck with me ever since. Maybe you've seen it or read it somewhere as well. It read, 'God said it, I believe it. That settles it.' Jesus called us to reflect His light, to let our little Gospel light shine in our actions and words. He said it. I believe it. That settles it. And to add a Nike line, now we need to - Just do it!
So today's call is to brighten someone's day, to reflect a ray or two of God's great blessings upon you towards others. As Augustine said (in a rough translation), use words if necessary. The sunlight is gone now from my cube but the Sonlight can still shine bright - time to go find a place to reflect.
Blest regards,
kp
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