16 days before Christmas Eve

Yesterday I started my countdown to Christmas. Why I started then? I'm not sure. I just started thinking about the messages I am sharing with my congregation on being "Prepared", and here I am writing to you about the same. Are you prepared? Not just prepared for Christmas, but prepared for whatever life may hold. Are you prepared to share Jesus with others? We don't have to have someone telling us what to do to prepare for the future. The greatest preparation we can make is to be ready ourselves to meet Jesus, and then help prepare others as well. Let me share this scripture with you:

Proverbs 6:6 (ISV) "Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise."

The Lord could have told us to look at anything and He chose an ant. Don't you think that is a little weird? I do. But, one time I saw a bunch of ants carrying an entire paper plate. Alone the ant could have never attempted such a feat, and succeeded, but together they did it. However, each ant had to carry his own weight.

​One of us may not be able to carry the message of Christmas--but together we can do this! Anyone of us can give someone a drink of water. Could it be that simple?

Action Step: No one knows when you or I are thirsty, yet when someone comes into our home we offer them a drink or water, or tea or whatever we think they may like. Could it be as simple as asking those we love, those we come in contact with, if they would like for us to share a moment about Jesus with them? I think more people are thirsty than we may believe. After all isn't Christmas all about believing?