Tis the Season

This is not about Christmas...I just thought the title would be something to catch the eye. This entry is more about the picture. What do you see when you look at the tree? Is it funny? Does it look sad? Or maybe even like something you have seen or experienced before? For me the answer is yes to all of those questions.

That poor little tree started off like every other tree, with a seed. Then it began to grow, it might even at one time been the straightest and tallest of the other trees its age. Then something happened or didn't happen. Something changed for the tree, not necessarily bad or good something just changed.

Such is life. We all go through different "seasons" of our life. I think I am in a new one myself, not good or bad just a new one. Things look different to me, people look different, priorities are changing. What I though was important is just becoming something of interest and things that were an interest are becoming important.

Its hard to say for sure what the out come is going to be with several decisions that are needing to be made but this one thing I know....its just a season, God will lead me through and will lead me to the next season as well. So from my heart to yours...Tis the season...Merry Christmas.

Peace.

Excuse me can you help me over here??

Shopping can be fun or it can be frustrating. You either have a sales person worrying you to death or you can't find one that has any interest at all. We seem to have that problem as a society as well. Places of business seem to lack the people that really care about the customer or the company. There are school systems that don't have administrators that really care about the faculty or the students for that matter. Every where we turn we see people with little Personal Accountability anymore...I wonder why..I see it in a lot of places, places you would never even imagine. I sat in a meeting the other night and heard someone say, " well we just thought that if you needed something you would tell us..." and continued to say " we didn't know that you were feeling that way..." You know why?? Nobody ASKED!

We have got to get a grip on how to deal with people. I mean what happened to the.."hey have you seen or noticed Joe is not himself? Maybe we should see what is going on?" Now there is an interesting thought...what if we actually engaged Joe? Amazing.

To see this in business is one thing to see it in church is something else. Personal accountability is job number one. We.. whoever we are.. whatever our position or place...we have to take an interest in seeking out and helping others who may be in a difficult place. I have failed at this myself, and now I realize how damaging that can be for the hurting person.

Don't wait for someone else to do it....Personal Accountability says..."What can I do to to help." Lets all try it and see what a difference it makes not only in someone else's life but in our own....I'm ready to go..are you?

Peace.

Say what you need to say...

I think I will. A popular song has the lyrics.." say what you need to say..." OK I will take you up on that. Very few people may ever read this post, but it is going to be a cleansing of the soul for me. I am thankful for the people God has put in my life. But I am amazed at how people will stay with you as long as the hard times don't include them having to roll up their sleeves and getting dirty with you.

The church really seems to know how to pray for you if you have some kind of physical problem or disease. But have a spiritual problem and my experience is that the church becomes deaf and dumb. What a shame. I know that I have done the same things to people that are struggling ...I have not known what to say..well I can tell you one thing..not saying anything is the wrong answer.

It really makes me sad and angry that people..leaders...even friends will just stop all communications in the name of giving you space. I used to hear that from a girlfriend that was trying to break up with me... I thought those days were over... well I guess not.

Please if you see someone hurting spiritually ..just be there to hear their thoughts and frustrations..just be there. That will mean more than you will ever know..


Peace.