Change
Okay - nobody likes change, right? And nobody likes to be forced into making a change. In my using Blogger, I've had a lot of trouble with old blogger - crashing, losing posts, etc. So, I changed to New Blogger for the stability... sigh... So now I'm part of the Google universe...which isn't a big deal, I guess...
But - half way through the process, with no turning back, of course, I get this notice that if I have an shared blogs then EVERYBODY who contributes has to sign up for New Blogger and become a part of the Googlesphere...Googleverse...um...?
So, if Michael never posts here again it's because I changed to New Google... I never knew that making that change would affect anybody else...
But that's life, isn't it? I make a change - good, bad, whatever - and it doesn't affect just me. I decide to become a vegitarian (fat chance!!) and suddenly my household isn't the same anymore - meals are different. Lori decides to carpool to work and it affects me (for the better, mind you - less gas expense and she takes my Expedition fewer times because of the roads).
Faith is like that too... When the jailer in Philippi asked what it would take for salvation, Paul's response is:
They answered, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Believe and you and your household will be saved. That's amazing. Is it really that easy? Well, no. But the change affects everyone, doesn't it? There's a little more to the story:
They spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. At the same hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and his entire family were baptized without delay. He brought them up into the house and set food before them; and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God.
Change affects everyone. But sometimes for the better. If we will live like we really believe what we say we believe - that we really believe WHO we say we believe - then the whole WORLD will change...
But change is hard....and we don't like it...
God, save us from ourselves....
But - half way through the process, with no turning back, of course, I get this notice that if I have an shared blogs then EVERYBODY who contributes has to sign up for New Blogger and become a part of the Googlesphere...Googleverse...um...?
So, if Michael never posts here again it's because I changed to New Google... I never knew that making that change would affect anybody else...
But that's life, isn't it? I make a change - good, bad, whatever - and it doesn't affect just me. I decide to become a vegitarian (fat chance!!) and suddenly my household isn't the same anymore - meals are different. Lori decides to carpool to work and it affects me (for the better, mind you - less gas expense and she takes my Expedition fewer times because of the roads).
Faith is like that too... When the jailer in Philippi asked what it would take for salvation, Paul's response is:
They answered, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Believe and you and your household will be saved. That's amazing. Is it really that easy? Well, no. But the change affects everyone, doesn't it? There's a little more to the story:
They spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. At the same hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and his entire family were baptized without delay. He brought them up into the house and set food before them; and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God.
Change affects everyone. But sometimes for the better. If we will live like we really believe what we say we believe - that we really believe WHO we say we believe - then the whole WORLD will change...
But change is hard....and we don't like it...
God, save us from ourselves....
posted by Pastor Bill at 1:45 PM
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