Matthew 25:24-30

24) He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not winnow; 25) so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' 26) But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed? 27) Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28) So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29) For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30) And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.'"

Thoughts:
How does this eqate to my life? What have I been given that I have not been investing?

How about this: Am I too busy "doing Church-y stuff" to really reach others for the Kingdom?

Does God NEED me to spread the word to people? No
Does God DESIRE me to love Him enough to WANT to spread the word to people? I believe that He does.

As a Father of 7 kids, I want my kids to do their choolwork and chores. Do I NEED them to? No, I could do the chores, in most cases better than they could.

  I WANT them to love me and the family enough to do their chores. It shows me respect, and that they care for me and the family; and it will have the added benifet to help them not to become lazy as an adult.

-DP

Tangent thought: Doing School for them is defeating the point of school: They need to go through it to gain the experience and knowledge. They ask me to get out of it; but I know that they will not learn if I let them out of it all of the time. (sounds like when we run into problems in our lives).

Monday Shine

This weekend was great! Jesus showed up on Sunday morning and showed us His awsomeness; then I got to go to a very good movie with my best friend. The vikings lost, but that's the way things go sometimes. Scripture this morning reminded me that troubles we go through are not in vain, and we will make it through.

Luke 21:5-195) And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said,6) "As for these things which you see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."

7) And they asked him, "Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign when this is about to take place?" 8) And he said, "Take heed that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name, saying, `I am he!' and, `The time is at hand!' Do not go after them. 9) And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified; for this must first take place, but the end will not be at once."

 10) Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; 11) there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. 12) But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

13) This will be a time for you to bear testimony. 14) Settle it therefore in your minds, not to meditate beforehand how to answer; 15) for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

 16) You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you they will put to death; 17) you will be hated by all for my name's sake. 18) But not a hair of your head will perish. 19) By your endurance you will gain your lives."

My Blog 10-14-2011

Welcome to my blog. I figured it's time that I start one so I don't slam facebook with my thoughts.

There are some who have been hung up lately on a bit of trivia that truly cannot be substantiated. Some people are actualy offended by the thought that Jesus may have been a bricklayer, or "buff".

While it truly doesn't make a difference as He is my Savior and redeemer, and should not be a point of arguement, here's an interesting tidbit I found:

 There is not one verse in the Bible that says Jesus worked with wood, that He built anything, that He worked with stone, or ploughed a field, so we have no scripture that tells us exactly what Jesus did. What we can do is study the scriptures to work out that it is possible that Jesus was a builder; a constructor of houses and other buildings. That was a subject Jesus knew a lot about. He used parables about buildings and houses to get His point across. There was the parable of the wise or foolish men who built their houses on rock or sand (Matthew 7:24 to 27; Luke 6:48 & 49). The disciples wanted Jesus to take notice of the temple buildings (Matthew 24:1). They pointed out what kind of buildings they were, what they were made of and the quality of the stone walls (Mark 13:1). It was as though they wanted to talk about a subject that they knew, Jesus knew about. Jesus referred to Himself as the Cornerstone (Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17). So it seems that Jesus knew about ground quality, foundations, cornerstones and building materials; subjects an architect, carpenter, builder, stonemason or any skilled tradesman in the building industry would know all about.

http://www.bibleabookoftruth.com/WasJesusACarpenter.pdf

So really.. wether He was a bricklayer or a woodworker or an engineer or a teacher, the point of the offending talk was to help people relate to Him as a person, and to show that, even though He WAS a regular run of the mill human being, He was also perfect in that He did not sin while being among those who did. He cared about those people, even with their imperfections, and He cares for me and you right now.

Those people who are getting hung up about wether He was a woodworker or a bricklayer, are focussed on the wrong thing, and distract from the reall mission of believers: to seek and save the lost people of the world who do NOT know Christ as their Savior.