Life seems to be moving very fast for the people that interact with me. It's already past Thanksgiving and we're looking down the calendar at the few weeks we have left in 2009. In all our hurry to get through this year, I want to remind you (and by doing so, remind myself) that life lived to it's fullest is in the circle of relationships you have in your life. At McDermot we have been focusing on Abiding in Jesus and letting that action work through our souls so that the people around us are able to see the fruit of the Holy Spirit. That first and most important relationship is the source of all the other ones in your life as a follower of Jesus. It is in the abiding that love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control can be produced in our life. With that inner strength from God and the relationship you and I have with Him that we can then move into relationship with others. As you pause today in your fast paced life....consider being thankful again...I know Thanksgiving was Monday....for the relationships you have with others. They matter to God and because of your connection with Jesus and your abiding in Him...they matter to you. I know they do......but do they? Let them know by giving them the most important thing in your life...your time. Stop, Look and Listen....you just might be surprised what God and others are trying to communicate with you.
Because I believe in Relationships with God first and then others...
Blessings,
Pastor Brian
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