Brain Dump #1

Just pouring out what's on my mind this afternoon. Which doesn't seem to be too much, except I'm not sure what to write. I start blogs then let them drop because I seem to have a blog writing writer's block. Crazy isn't it, because I can usually sit down and write any other time if I try. My thoughts swirl and I can't write about that and I can't write about this other thing and I'm not putting that out there for everyone to read. Some things need and should be private. In this post modern culture this MO is let it all hand out. Tell the entire planet every little detail of your thoughts, feelings, and whatever blips across the mental pathways of your brain. I'm not going there. I'm much too private a person. 

But there are some things on my mind. Bank failures anyone? I'm sure that has caused some people to have some serious worries in the past week. Then a sigh of relief that they would be bailed out. Oh, it would cost the taxpayers a thing. I suppose there are people who actually believe that. But there is nothing free in this life. Nothing. What will supposedly cost the unfailed banks will actually be passed on to the consumer in the form of raised rates and fees. We don't have to guess who ultimately pays. It's the way of the world. I'm not angry about it. I've seen a lot in my lifetime, and, probably being a little cynical, nothing much surprises me anymore. 

Oh, but the week hasn't been all bad. I had the presentation at prayer meeting Wednesday night. It was something I had been praying about. I don't believe that going to church twice a week, listening to the sermon, is the only acts God expects of us. After all, Jesus said you are my witnesses. Follow Me, He said. Do as I have done. Well, what did Jesus do? Yes, he was a teacher. He was a healer. He was a comforter. He spoke a word at the right time to the weary person who just needed to hear a kind word. 

So how do we become witnesses? We don't become, we are. Every person on earth is a witness, but most are not witnesses for Jesus. Our chosen lifestyles, our actions, all witness to what we really believe. We can proclaim ourselves to be such and such, but how we actually live tells whether our profession is matched by how we are daily living. To be a witness for Jesus, you must not only believe that He is your Savior, but you must follow Him. How? Well, that is what the Bible is for— it is a lifestyle manual. It's the playbook for the living to live by. It's the textbook for learning about who Jesus is and how to become like Him.

This week is over. What will next week bring?