Don't Just Sit There - Do Something!

This is it for a few days, my folks are coming for a visit, so enjoy!

I was leading a 'Welcome to the church' class last night when one of them expressed how amazed they were at the simplicity of Christianity. You know, it really is; and from time to time we all need to be reminded of that truth. Becoming a Christian and then living this life as a Christian was never meant to be difficult -it was intended to be abundant! The thing is, this abundant life that Jesus promises is made possible by the choices we make in the ordinary moment of life. You cannot sit on the sideline of this life, and expect to enjoy the abundant life Jesus came to offer, and made possible for us all to enjoy - you have to act! When you react, life invades your space, keeps coming at you, intrudes on your comfort zones, interrupts your complacency, and forces you to do something. ( This is usually when I blow it the most) But 'acting on' is different then 'reacting to'. We react when we 're forced out of neutrality. We act when we refuse to stay there any longer. We act when we decide it's time to get into the game, seize the divine moments as they come. When we do that, we really begin to live!
PJ