Christ's Body

"Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but
yours, no feet but yours; yours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion
looks out on the world, yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing
good and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now." - St. Teresa of Avila

Hold on

I am not sure what you will face this week whether good or bad. But don't give up, hold on, and don't let go. Not only is perserverance the trait of a highly effective Christian, but it is also a trait of a highly effective leader.

As leaders, we face opposition because not everyone wants to go where we are leading, and that is okay because maybe not everyone is supposed to go to the place that we are leading to. But there are people that are following us that need to go where we are leading but for some reason do not want to go there and they are going to blame you.

Hold on. God has called you to lead and lead you will - even if they are kicking and screaming behind you.

Flying Airplanes

From what I understand two of the most important things about flying an airplane are taking off and landing. The thought I guess is that if you can get the airplane off the ground properly and get it back on the ground properly, that everything in between is relatively simple. Life is a bit like this.

We are constantly going from one destination to another in life. Birth - Start of School. Start of School - Graduation. Graduation - Starting a career. Starting a career - Creating a family. Creating a new family - . . . .

We must strive to get the 'airplane' that we are flying off the ground properly. And when it is time, put it back on the ground again.

Many sermons and writings have been done about 'the dash,' what you do with your life in between when you are born and when you die.

But today, think about starting well and finishing well.