Today’s Thought “Collapsing Under Stress” G. Ward

Acts 20:35 “In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

I’ve heard it a million times, “Gregory, you’re a man first, then a Pastor.” Must I accept permission to lean further to mine own understanding, or quickly recapitulate towards directives from the All-Wise Savior? People of faith, particularly in Christ, experience spiritual transformation that embraces the entirety of what “new life” represents.  Formulatively and interrogatively, their new found quest should insist on becoming who their Redeemer proposes (*Mt.16:24). While it may sound prudent to accept notions of ordinary personage, we must never forget that exercise is exacerbating futility that never instructs after my demise that sends others to an eternal separation from the LORD who loves them the most and echoes of R.I.H., along with the newly celebrated posturing that wishes those who have died, “Happy Heavenly Birthday” although prevalent on the obituary and social network’s paging won’t guarantee (*Lk.6:46-49)…