We are Sent by God

Hello Bloggers, As the week begins, I am enjoying a message sent by a Latin- American chorus:
We are sent by God.
Our hands are ready,
To build with God
A world of love.
The angels aren't sent to change
A world of pain into a world of peace.
It's our job to make this a reality.
Help us Lord to do your will. Love and Peace is our work with God, Diana

Football and the Game of Life

Football is on our TV a lot of the time lately and thus this topic found in the Baptist Press for you and me.
Joe Gibbs, the former coach of the Washington Redskins, spoke to a conference of Baptist men in Orlando, Florida. He compared the game of football with the game of life--a game we don't want to lose."We've got to have a head coach. A coach who cares about us. That coach is God. God cares about us. He cares so much that he willingly sacrificed his Son on our behalf. That's love beyond what all of us can comprehend.
Our team, the coach suggested, is really our family. "What you're taking care of at home is more important than what you're taking care of at work," he said. Then he offered this advice: "Don't ignore your wife and your family in order to be a success. The most important thing you can leave in life is your influence at home."
"The Bible," Gibbs pointed out "is God's game plan." If we follow God's game plan, we'll be able to handle any setbacks or losses. Indeed, we may discover that our losses end up being the greatest victories in our life. In closing, Gibbs said, "The real question is: How are we playing ?" Have a good week all you bloggers. Diana

A Thought for Labor Day

From the Internet I took this thought: Come work for the Lord. The work is hard, the hours are long, and the pay is low. But the retirement benefits are out of this world.

Have a wonderful week. Diana

The Good We Find in Loneliness

Jesus knew the value of being alone with God and nature. Recall the occasion when he sent the disciples on a boat trip to the other side of the lake? Then Matthew writes, "After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray"(Matthew 14:23). Being alone with God can help us focus on the mission God has for us. It can also enable us to find the stren gth needed to carry out the work God would have us do. Carl Sandburg once said "A person must get away now and then to experience loneliness. Only those who learn to live with loneliness can come to know themselves and life." God bless your week, Diana

The Bible in 50 Words

I enjoyed this writing by an unknown author:
God made.
Hope died.
Adam bit.
Love rose.
Noah arked.
Spirit flamed.
Abraham split.
Word spread.
Joseph ruled.
God remained.
Jacob fooled.
Bush talked.
Moses balked.
Pharaoh plagued.
People walked.
Sea divided.
Tablets guided.
Promise landed.
Saul freaked.
David peaked.
Prophets warned.
Jesus born.
God walked.
Love talked.
Anger crucified.

Blessings this week, Diana

Knowing God

Dear Bloggers,
The Stephen Ministry program is alive and well at Rockport. A Stephen Minister is a caring Christian friend who walks beside a hurting person. A Stephen Minister is a lay person who has received 50 hours of training in how to provide distinctively Christian care. We have 18 such people in our church. If you are in need of someone to talk to, call the church office and ask to speak to me about possibly receiving a Stephen Minister.
Sometimes the troubles and trials around us can seem overwhelming from our viewpoint, but as we grow closer to God and focus more on God's Kingdom, we begin to see that God is much larger than any of the problems we face, and we begin to understand that God is indeed able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.
Here is a prayer out of my daily Upper Room: Dear Lord, help us to see our world the way you see it. When troubles arise, help us to remember that you are greater than anything that may happen to us. Amen Have a wonderful week, Diana

Family of God

From Mark 3:35..."Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister." Obedience to God, therefore, makes us the family of God. Let us at Rockport try to fulfill the promise. Have a blessed week.
Diana