Top of the morning from Pilgrim Presbyterian Church, located in the heart of Vinita, Oklahoma.
Our Pearl of Value this week comes from Shakespeare:
"There is no time for all things."
Precisely for that reason we need a sense of discrimination!
"Discrimination?!" That's a fighting word, a dirty word, in today's world. Of course, it can be a dangerous social disease, yet we need a sense of discrimination if we are going to invest our time and thoughts and activities wisely..
The capacity to discriminate, to distinguish, is a precious gift. We have to discriminate in our choices or we'll clutter our lives with prejudice, jealousy, greed and hatred.
Take great care in cultivating your fine art of discrimination.
All the best,
Richard
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
2009.09.21 Monday Morning!
Greetings and best wishes from Pilgrim Presbyterian Church, still going strong at the corner of Thompson and Illinois, in the heart of Vinita, Oklahoma. Our Sunday worship service begins at 10 a.m. You'll be welcome if you can attend. If you can't be with us, please say a little prayer for us. We do remember you, our MONDAY MORNING FAMILY in our thoughts and prayers.
If you want to add the name and email address of a friend or family member to our growing family, please send the information to Donna, our friendly, able editor of these messages. You have our Church office email address.
Our PEARL OF VALUE this week comes from one of our church members:
"Knowledge is not likely to enter the head when the mouth is open!"
God endowed us with two ears but only one mouth. Yet, for most of us the ears are in semi-retirement while the mouth is overworked. There is a great deal of talking, even shouting, but very little listening.
Listening is not easy. Listening with the whole person requires discipline, patience and caring.
When God appeared to King Solomon in a vision, and offered him any gift he wished, Solomon asked for a "listening heart." Listening is not done alone with ears, it is also done with the heart!
Fond regards,
Richard
If you want to add the name and email address of a friend or family member to our growing family, please send the information to Donna, our friendly, able editor of these messages. You have our Church office email address.
Our PEARL OF VALUE this week comes from one of our church members:
"Knowledge is not likely to enter the head when the mouth is open!"
God endowed us with two ears but only one mouth. Yet, for most of us the ears are in semi-retirement while the mouth is overworked. There is a great deal of talking, even shouting, but very little listening.
Listening is not easy. Listening with the whole person requires discipline, patience and caring.
When God appeared to King Solomon in a vision, and offered him any gift he wished, Solomon asked for a "listening heart." Listening is not done alone with ears, it is also done with the heart!
Fond regards,
Richard
Monday, September 14, 2009
2009.09.14 Monday Morning!
Greetings from Pilgrim Presbyterian Church in Vinita, Oklahoma.
As you begin your work week, I ask that you remember that the Church is a fellowship in which we belong to each other by authentic Christ-like living...
What disturbs me more than the increasing loss of Church membership is the increase of people who say they are Christians but who admit they take little or no time to pray. Many are unable to speak confidently of the worth and power of prayer.
This is a serious condition to be in. "To forget God is more fatal than to deny God" (Maude Petre). Not to pray is to live as if God did not exist.
Our faith is as real or unreal, as strong or weak as our praying is.
Commitment to prayer is a part of our commitment to God.
"Take Ten" daily in your own "upper room" for conversation with God. You'll find that
god will infuse you with new energy!
With blessings and all good wishes,
Richard
As you begin your work week, I ask that you remember that the Church is a fellowship in which we belong to each other by authentic Christ-like living...
What disturbs me more than the increasing loss of Church membership is the increase of people who say they are Christians but who admit they take little or no time to pray. Many are unable to speak confidently of the worth and power of prayer.
This is a serious condition to be in. "To forget God is more fatal than to deny God" (Maude Petre). Not to pray is to live as if God did not exist.
Our faith is as real or unreal, as strong or weak as our praying is.
Commitment to prayer is a part of our commitment to God.
"Take Ten" daily in your own "upper room" for conversation with God. You'll find that
god will infuse you with new energy!
With blessings and all good wishes,
Richard
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
2009.09.08 Monday Morning!
Top of the morning, on this Labor Day and best wishes from Pilgrim Presbyterian Church, still going strong in the heart of Vinita, Oklahoma. I hope you have enjoyed your summer and that you made time for some "R & R". All work and no play makes John/Jane a dull person.
On this Labor Day my question is not "What is your work?", but "How do you do it?" Whatever our task, God needs it and God needs us. The point of life is not the work, but how the work is done.
The world needs, God needs, people who do ordinary things extraordinarily well. Everyone has certain gifts, and the duty of life is to use those gifts to make this world a better place.
Take pride in what you do!
Jesus said: "You have been faithful over a few things, I will make you master over many." (Matthew 25:21, 23)
Love, peace,
Richard
On this Labor Day my question is not "What is your work?", but "How do you do it?" Whatever our task, God needs it and God needs us. The point of life is not the work, but how the work is done.
The world needs, God needs, people who do ordinary things extraordinarily well. Everyone has certain gifts, and the duty of life is to use those gifts to make this world a better place.
Take pride in what you do!
Jesus said: "You have been faithful over a few things, I will make you master over many." (Matthew 25:21, 23)
Love, peace,
Richard
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