Good Morning America

Good Morning America!

Before coming to church, my morning ritual involves coffee, and watching the news on Good Morning America. I usually watch this while reading the news of the world on my laptop. I am a firm believer that knowledge is power, and a well informed person can truly be prepared for most conversations. 

This morning between learning about George Clooney's breakup with his girlfriend, and all the spicy gossip of Britain's royal family, I left the house feeling ill prepared to broach any serious conversations.

The only positive news that I had to begin my day with was that our church was busy doing active ministry, whether in the form of mission trips, gospel concerts, stuffing teddy bears to give to children, our planning a new fall bible study .
As I contemplated these very two very different organizations (world media and church), I began to delve on why the world news was non-fulfilling while church news was fully fulfilling. 

The difference at least for Christians is in the fact that we as God's people know that when we bless God, when we turn our faces on him, God blesses us by turning his wonderful face on us. As I went to God's Word this morning, I read the following in the Book of Psalms chapter 67, verse 1.

Psalm 67:1 May God be gracious to us and bless us

    and make his face to shine upon us, Selah

Brothers and Sisters, God is gracious to his people and his church's when they are a blessing to him and others, "In His Name!"  I leave the word 'Selah" with you today, to pause on and to think about. We are told that "Selah"  Occurs frequently at the end of a verse in Psalms and Habakkuk, probably as a musical direction.

My prayer for all of us this week is that we constantly are a blessing to God and others, in the knowledge and fact that people that bless God are blessed by God. So when we encounter things of the world that leave us cold, take a breath and say "Selah!" In this way, each of us will take a pause and seek direction from God the Great Director of the music of creation.

Good Morning America, bless God and others, this day and every day.

Selah!

Pastor Tim