Coming to the Still Waters

Blessings come in all shapes and sizes.  Sometimes blessings come in all colors.  Here is a red one.  The talents of one of the men of the church was put to use to bring us up to code in our boiler room.  I am so thankful for others.  I have had to do a lot of different things but many times I do them enough to get by and not to the level of expertise.  I remember in the church plant of putting together slides for the projection but when a certain person in the church offered, the end product was so much better.  Maybe I am what they call " a jack of all trades but a master of none. "  That is okay because then others can participate in the ministries offered by the church in many different ways.  This red shutoff in the grand scheme of SCC is part of offering a safe place to gather to worship our Lord. Jesus has finished His windup and is starting to throw some pitches at the scribes and Pharisees.  5 last Sunday and 3 more to come this...

  I wish I could have seen the moose that left this track cutting across our parking lot from one stand of woods to another.  I think we just missed him or her because we left for an errand to town and it wasn't there but prominently displayed when we returned.  The animals have had a milder winter here so we will see what that calculates to when hunting season come around this year. As someone who seats in " Moses' seat " each Sunday and also throughout the week, this passage is a reminder to me on how I lead or how I operate as a servant of Jesus Christ.  A scribe or Pharisee would sit in Moses' seat and receive a scroll of God's word.  From the seat they would publicly read God's word to those assembled in the synagogue.   How bold for Jesus to say that when you hear God's word read from the person who sits in the seat, observe and do it.  Observe by hanging on every word and also being on the edge of your seat and then follow through with acti...