Thankful

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I encourage you to find ten things to be thankful for just before you go to bed. You don't have to share them with anyone but, as you are falling asleep thank God for things HE has given you. I am trying this with yall so please give some comments!

1. Healthy Grandparents/family
2. Safe town to live in
3. Woody
4. Clothes and Food - ( did you ever think about how many people go whithout????)
5. Music!
6. Bed (refer back to # 4 )
7. warm house
8. good Christian friends
9. Church
10. Dr. Pepper ( just a fun one but hey , be thankful )

I dare each and every one of you that from now until Thanksgiving you list at least 10 things a day, (they don't have to be general ) that you are especially thankful for.

~E~

Risk It All

How many of you have ever been on a zip line or skied down a steep slope? Its exilerating isnt it? But what about before you start? When you're standing all harnessed up about to jump? When you get off that ski lift and look down the hill? Its kinda scary right? You're going to risk life and limb on something you know absolutely nothing about!
God has called us to leave our lives behind and come follow Him. To risk it all on something we know nothing about. Its scary! Sure everyone says its worth your while, but really how do we know that? We've worked hard to get where we are today and now we're told to throw it all away and trust a flimsy little zip line! What if it breaks? Do you realize how many trees there are on that ski slope! It could be disasterous and you want us to try it! Or maybe you really want to follow God to give it all over to Him. But when you get up there and look down that slope fear floods in. What if it wasnt what they say it is? what if i get hurt? Have you ever been in a spot like those? I want to ask you what it was like when you finally decided to trust the zipline? was it worth it? Even if you tumbled on the way down the slope wasnt the rest of it worth it? Once you got going you found it wasn't as bad as you had expected was it? God is most definately worth it! Today i finally decided to make the jump onto the zip line. Ive been scared to death as to what would happen when i decide to start down the hill. The fact that ive started is in itself worth it.
I challenge you to right now, before you do anything else, to take a deep breath and trust your zip line. Dont think about it dont worry about how safe it is just jump I know it will be worth it!

And he saith unto them,
Follow me,
and I will make you fishers of men.
And they straightway
left their nets,
and followed him.
Matthew 4:19-20