Tip of the Day 9/8/12

107 Days 'til Christmas: It feels like Fall in most parts of the country today. The changing of the seasons is exhilarating and inspiring. Football games are on the agenda for today. Farmer's Markets have late season produce available. It is nice weather for a hike or bike ride. It is Saturday and Fall, don't miss it. Make nachos and watch the game, Pick up some squash or tomatoes and make a beautiful soup. Take a hike or ride and stop for a coffee or tea afterwards. Just don't waste the day. You can't get it back.

Word for Today, Forever: "Nothing lasts forever." Things break, companies lay people off, friends we love move away, people walk away from marriages, relationships, and friendships, people we love die. The landscape of our lives are in a constant state of change and we feel like we have no control. All of these situations leave us feeling shaken and some are very hard to understand and recover from. The saddest things in life is to see someone reject the only thing there is a forever guarantee for, a relationship with your Creator. His very name is Everlasting. Choosing to not have a relationship with Him is the only case of something being one sided. His choice has always been and always will be to have a relationship with you. When someone makes a commitment to a relationship and then chooses to not remain committed to it, can be even harder than a commitment never being made. There is a tearing apart. The lose of something we thought was forever, leaves a hole in our heart. I believe there is a hole in Jesus' heart from every person that once made a commitment to follow Him and has walked away. It isn't too late, He is waiting for you to come back. "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart." "What profit is it to a man if he gain the whole world, and loses his own soul?"