Thoughts from the weekend

Thoughts from the weekend:

Saturday was a busy, busy day on our church campus.

We had Teen Bible Quiz (5 church teams came).

Congratulations to our Stone Church kids and their efforts!

We had practice for our children's musical.

We had an adult Bible teacher's meeting.

We had a membership class.

We had a practice for the Christmas production, "Letters at Christmas" which is coming up this Sunday, December 15th (We encourage you to invite a friend!)

As usual, it is a busy time of year.

In the midst of all of the busyness, God is doing some great things!

Many, many thanks to Pastor Aldin and Debbie (and their team) for a wonderful children's Christmas production last evening!

Truly it was one of the best I have ever seen.  The kids did just great, the message was powerful - one could tell that a lot of time and effort was put into it!

What a joy it was to welcome in 10 new members as well yesterday!

I am thankful for the folks that God is leading our way!

Worship was powerful!

"Go Green, Go White"!  (Michigan State beat Ohio State and is going to the Rose Bowl).

I am really, really looking forward to 2014.  God has some great things in store for us!

Thoughts I didn't get to yesterday.

Jesus said in Mark 5:35, "If you try to keep your life for yourself, you're going to lose it, but if you give up your life for my sake, and for the sake of the good news,  you will find true life."

You are going to give your life away for something.  A career.  A big bank account.  Some kind of thrill.  Some kind of pleasure.  Obtaining some kind of status.

But the question is:  Are you giving your life away for the right thing?

How much is it going to matter in eternity?  How much is it going to matter forever?

When you die is it going to matter at all?

All of us give thought to how we can live longer.  But that is not the real issue.  The real issue is not how long you live - it is how you live that matters.

It is not the duration of your life - it is the donation of your life that counts.

If we live for ourselves, we eventually get bored and feel unfulfilled.

But when we know God's plan for our lives, we start saying, "God, I don't know it all yet, but I am going to start serving you in a simple way and giving back something of my life."

And..I would suggest that is what brings true fulfillment, satisfaction and significance in life.

Love you all...