And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good
works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but
encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
In the old Looney Tunes cartoons there were two characters, Ralph E. Wolf and Sam Sheepdog. In these stories nothing changed, day after
day the same thing, the same routine. Ralph and Sam would fight all day until
it was shift change at which time they would clock out for the day and two like
characters would clock in and begin the same fighting and the same routine.
I will save the fighting part for another blog,
and focus today on the routine of these two animated characters. When we get
into a routine we place ourselves in a position for normalcy, which is often
good in our work lives. But when we get ourselves into positions of normalcy in
our faith lives we find ourselves in positions in which ministry opportunities may
have passed us by.
At the
beginning of this new week I encourage all to step outside of your boxes of
normalcy in regards to your faith lives. We are called to stir each other up as
to love one another and to do the work that God calls has called us to.
My prayer
for us all this week is that we will think outside the box in regards to our
faith and ministry as the Body of Christ. Shake things up, and encourage one
another as Christ calls us to do. Be exited, smile and greet all that you meet in
the love and grace that we have been given.
Let us not be like the wolf and the sheepdog: “Morning Ralph, Morning Sam”, day
in and day out.
May you
feel and live out the excitement and passion that we have been given as
followers of Jesus Christ, and knock out the walls of the box of faith that we
sometimes enclose ourselves in.
This is
the day that the Lord has made.
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