From the desk of Pastor John Johnston: 7-16-12

“Man of few words…”

A gentleman entered a busy florist shop that displayed a large sign that read, "Say It With Flowers."
"Please wrap up one rose," he told the florist.
"Only one?" the florist asked.
"Just one," the customer replied. "I'm a man of few words."

All too often we get very busy and we forget about what is important in life. We rush down that highway at 100 miles per hour not realizing how many opportunities we are missing. A lot of us are like the man in the story above; we are people of few words.

Although our Savior, Jesus Christ, had more than a few words to say He could say just a few and get His point across. Jesus is willing to give us plenty of opportunity to minister for Him but we need to be willing to slow down and look for those opportunities and seize them for His good.

As you may know this past week I was afforded the opportunity to take five young adults to Spring Lake Camp. At the last minute I received a call from a grandmother that wanted her grandson to go to camp. As we went thru the process of cutting the red tape and securing a place for him I wondered if God was in this. As it turned out that young man accepted Christ as his Savior.

 Jesus had a way of making things very clear about whom He was and what His being here was all about. It is our duty to read His word and to use His word to tell His story.

 As a Man of many words He had only a few at the end while on the cross,; John 19:30 “It is finished!” These famous words ring out as a reminder to us that Christ had suffered not only from all that He went through but also that He took on the sins of the world and became the sacrificial Lamb for you and I…

  “The Greatest Adventure in Life is seen through the Love of Christ”  

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