Hard Times

Recently my world has been surrounded with potential hard times. I almost feel ridiculous writing about mine because they seem so minute when compared to others. Yes the world as we know it, most of us, have brought new challenges this year.

Many people are loosing their jobs, loosing their homes, and loosing their financial stability due to the economy. These things are hard, and if we do not guard ourselves we can loose something more valuable, we can loose our faith.

I work for politicians, along with over 3,000 other people. My job was soppose to be one of the most stable jobs around, working for the government and all. But within this year we have found ourselves threatened at every turn with the possibility of loosing our jobs. Not just a few, but over 2,000 people. It has been a roller coaster of emotions. Just for notation purposes, I HATE ROLLER COASTERS.

This emotional journey has left many of my fellow employees mentally and spiritually drained. The uncertainty of not knowing from one day to the next of your work status is difficult. Today the threats became reality. Over 2,000 employees are being let go. I hate this for my family, their families. My job may be saved, I do not know at this time. I will find out tomorrow if I will have a job.

I tell you this to encourage you regardless of what you are going through. Keep the faith, God will take care of you. Life is hard, times are hard, but God is good. In the midst of uncertainty, He is there. In the midst of pain, His is your healer. In the midst of loss, He is your provider. You get the point, He is all we need to make it through hard times. We must keep the faith!

Life-Giving

So many churches are using this terminology now days and for what? Is this just a fad, a new cool word that we need to use so we can impress people? I personally love the terminology, but there is much more behind these words. It is truly the heart of God summed up in two words, three syllables. God is life, He came to give life, and we need to focus our energy on being that life giving source that we become once connected to God. People need life, there is enough death in the world. We need to plug into God and allow His life to give us true life.

Fresh Start

God is doing a new thing, I feel life in me. This church planting thing is difficult and at times can be overwhelming. But I have always found my strength in God. I look forward to moving ahead into a great future for NP. We have a new look on our website and that is cool! Come join us and get connected 4-Life.