This Week's WOW 10/20

Here is a brief story to bless and challenge you this week.       

Pastor Rick

During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz.  I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one; “What is the name of the women who cleans the school?”

            Surely this was some kind of joke.  I had seen the cleaning women several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her late 50s, but how would I know her name?

            I handed in the paper, leaving the last question blank. Before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade.  Absolutely, said the professor. “In your careers you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello.”

            I’ve never forgotten that lesson.  I also learned her name was Dorothy.

This Week's WOW 10/13

Are We There Yet?

By Pastor Donnie

Any parent or youth worker who has taken a road trip has heard the question, “Are we there yet?”  It can be a ten minute drive or a ten hour drive but the question always seems to come.  The answer seems pretty simple – “No”  The reasoning is pretty iron clad – if you are still moving in the vehicle then you obliviously haven’t arrived at your destination.  It’s a pretty silly question that is answered the first time asked, laughed at the second time, and scolded the third, fourth, and fifth time.  We laugh at it but we often ask our heavenly Father the same question about life – “Are we there yet?”  Have we finished our mission in life yet?  Have we finished Your will for our life?  Here’s a quote that has a pretty simple answer:

 

"Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't."
-- Richard Bach

 

If you’re alive, God still has a job for you to do so don’t just sit around waiting for God to come by and tell you “Job Well Done.”  We are put on this earth for a purpose and it doesn’t matter what age you are – God is wanting to work in and through you.