A Time for Encouragement!

Top of the weekend my friends! We are living in some really interesting times, aren’t we? However in times like these I’ve often been reminded there will always be times like these. So today (to quote the great Paul Harvey), I want to share “the Rest of the Story”. Please come a little closer. I want this to be between just me and you.

You’ve heard the old idiom “Time waits for no one”! May I put a more positive spin on that slogan??

Actually time is a very precious gift of God! It’s so precious that it’s only given to us moment by moment. (Amelia Barr)

You’ve said it, “I don’t have time for that” its been used thousands of times. But if you don’t do it right, you’ll probably have to take time to do it over.?

Isn’t it interesting that God is never in a hurry? He will spend years with those HE expects to greatly use. Good things come to those that wait.

He never thinks the days of preparation is too long or too dull. After all a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day to him. So I’ll be with you in a minute takes on a whole new time dimension!

Evangelist Billy Graham once said Courage is contagious, When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Dale Carnegie added “if you are bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart! Live for it, die for it and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours”.

The legendary Democrat Will Rodgers did that. He said “if you want to be successful, know what you are doing. Love what you are doing and believe in what you are doing. This from a man who doesn’t belong to any organized party. ?

Hope doesn’t necessarily take the form of excessive confidence; rather it involves the simple willingness to take the next step!?

Time out! I see you didn’t get that one. Hummm Okay? Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on, after others have let go. Be to legit too quit!!

Frisco native Chuck Swindoll put it this way “Since you will need fresh energy and new insight to handle what tomorrow throws at you, wait until it dawns before taking it on. Some things you do today may seem totally insignificant, so far as tomorrow is concerned, but stay at it.”

So what you’re saying Chuck is “A heap see but a few know?”?

After all, “Every bowed head ain’t praying and every closed eye ain’t sleeping”! Just because it looks one way doesn’t mean that’s the way it is. ?

Here’s where we need the word! “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, HIS mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; Great is your faithfulness”!

The legendary Theologian Charles H. Spurgeon shares that “Faith goes up the stairs that Love has made and looks out the windows which Hope has opened”. A timely reminder!

Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the waters of adversity and grief. That’s the way love is! Sho nuff how it is!

Understandable foibles remind us, we are living in some really interesting times. However in times like these I’ve often been reminded there will always be times like these.?

I’ll close with my show close motto, “If the work of GOD could be comprehended by reason, it would no longer be wonderful. And faith would have no merit if reason provided proof. All the more reason to keep the faith baby! Until we meet again, same time same station! Donut ever forget it! ??