Thoughts...thinking...think...

My last day at Print Team is this Friday and I cannot wait! My mind swirls as I think of what the next few weeks will be like with the finality of leaving my job, the final packing, and goodbyes begin. And yet my heart ponders a simple thought as I leave this job and current home: “Did I make a difference?” As I thought back to the past couple of years I realized there has never been a more needed time than right now to make a stand for Christ. It is time for us a Christians to stand firm, to renew and revive the passion. I can remember when I first became a Christian. I wanted to shout it to the world and talk about Christ all the time. Now as I look back I ask myself when that stopped? Why did it? Has that been the reason why I question making an impact? Have I not been as on fire as I should be and therefore fallen short in God’s command to go and witness to the world?

The Great Commission

16Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in^[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

So now, I say I’m shouting it to the top! I AM A CHRISTIAN AND PROUD OF IT! LOOK OUT WORLD BECAUSE HERE I COME! BIBLE IN ONE HAND, THE POWER OF PRAYER IN THE OTHER, AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE IS MY HEART AND MOUTH! Both of which are guided by God.

A poem I love says it perfectly and I think as Christians we must stay true to this:

I am a Christian by Carol Wimmer When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not shouting "I am saved" I'm whispering "I get lost!" "That is why I chose this way." When I say..."I am a Christian" don't speak of this with pride. I'm confessing that I stumble and need someone to be my guide. When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not trying to be strong. I'm professing that I'm weak and pray for strength to carry on. When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not bragging of success. I'm admitting I have failed and cannot ever pay the debt.

When I say..."I am a Christian" I'm not claiming to be perfect, my flaws are too visible but God believes I'm worth it. When I say..."I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain I have my share of heartaches which is why I seek His name. When I say..."I am a Christian" I do not wish to judge. I have no authority. I only know I'm loved

PRAY FOR OUR FELLOW BELIEVERS! That they may have the stamina and passion to go out and bring the lost and orphaned to Christ. Let us be the tools to bring the Light in this dark world...

There was a woman who stood alone in a dark room with a single candle. The candle put off little light in the room and therefore she kept stumbling over obstacles and things in her path that the light could not touch. She needed something…anything to help light up the room. Then suddenly she found something…another person. The person she found had a candle but had been searching for someone to help them light it. She lit it and soon together, with both candles lit, they could see more of the room….the room was filled with other people stumbling around asking for someone to light their candle. They were lost in the dark with no one to light the candle. Not many saw the first lady’s light because there were so many things blocking the view but when two stood side by side and more were found and their candles were lit, more and more people seemed to find the light. As Christians let us be the ones to light that first candle and together reach more lost people than we could alone.

Hi Jimbo