Slow Down!

It's no wonder that people all around us are dropping with heart attacks and strokes. Just in the last month, I have heard of two men in their early forties falling dead with heart attacks. To my knowledge, neither of them had a prior medical history with any warning signs.

I think one of our problems is that we need to slow down. I just illustrated that to myself in a way that I'm sure none of you have ever done.

My computer is nearing hard drive capacity. Get this--2 hard drives--one is a 140 gig and the other 160 gig. One of you math gurus can figure that in bytes for us, but that is a lot of space. Anyway, my computer is taking longer to boot up. I'm not talking about hours longer, or even minutes longer. It's only taking seconds longer and it's driving me crazy! What an illustration of needing to slow down. It's just a computer for crying out loud!

Then there's driving. I don't know about your town, but around here people are trying to get there before they leave. It's like raceway pulling out into the road I have to drive on every day.

Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still and know that I am God." Let's all try slowing down today and see if we can survive. In the words of the late Mr. Rogers, "Can you say 'patience.' I knew you could." I know we can. We might even discover a peace that we haven't had in a while.

Celebration!

Everyday is a day of celebration for the Christ follower! Today is Sunday and it's a special day of celebration. It's when we come together with other fellow-believers and shout to the Lord, "How majestic is Your name in all the earth!"

People all over the planet will gather today and proclaim the name of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives and to me that is something to get excited about.

I pray that you have a great day of special celebration where ever you are. Just think, one day we will all gather together to praise Him forever more in His house! How awesome is His name!