Monday 4 Sunday

Hi All,
I woke up this morning to snow fall which turned to freezing rain and then finally to rain all in the matter of three hours or so.

I also got a text from my brother this morning that 2 of our former high school mates passed away.

On one hand I saw the beauty of God in the changing of a simple H2O molecule from a snowflake, to a frozen pellet, and lastly to a drop of water.  I related that to the grief process that the Tidwell and Baker families must be going through.  Sometimes death sting is so cold that it hits us right in the face and it hurts and its hard and frozen but somehow in that process God turns the coldness to tears.  Tears that stream from our eyes...tears that are for the grief over the loss of a loved one but also tears that we share over the conversations that we have in which we remember the good times.  God somehow begins the healing process through those tears and through those remembrances and before long we are laughing about the things we did together with those who are gone from our sight.  We begin the process of no longer grieving the death of that loved one, but we celebrate their life.

That is what God wants for each of us...to celebrate life and live it to its fullest.  Live life, Experience joy, Care for all people and walk with each other in times of need.  We are never alone.

My prayers are with the Baker and Tidwell families.  You are not alone.

For this week I will be preaching a sermon on the "isms".  Racism, ageism, sexism, etc.  We start our monthly Dr. Seuss sermons and this week the story is "The Sneetches and other stories".Primarily I will be using just the story of the Sneetches.  I encourage you to read the book and the Bible scriptures that I will be using are:
Isaiah 64:8
Psalm 139:14
John 3:16
  
So what are your thoughts in "isms" or someone thinking they are better than you?
Has anyone ever used power over you or have you been the victim of an "ism"?

Thanks in advance for your responses and your thoughts may end up in the sermon...so if you do not want your name given credit out loud, please note that in your response...

Have a great day and remember to pray always!!

Esperanza!
Pastor Scot