Plans

Hi there,
Well it's another week, and we're one step closer to the end of the year.
The shops have got their Christmas things out already selling, some as early as September.
The adds are playing on the radio station to consider a Christmas gift to a poor country.
And we are thinking about what will happen next year.
For me Christmas is a time to remember Christ, and what he did.
As I was hanging out the wet washing in the garage, I listened to one of those adds about giving money or a goat to a poor person, and I thought yes, this year I will.
Because Christ didn't just come for the Christians.
In the bible when Jesus walked on the earth and around his place, he stopped and asked his disciples  because they were wondering who he was.
He asked them, ''who do you think I am?"
I want to pause there for a moment, take a short break, and think.
Who do you think Jesus is?
Someone we just pray to, and get answers back?
Or someone to hear our side of the story, and hope that it will change our outcome?
So no matter if you're making plans for today, if you're at a loose end, and you think what about me?
God doesn't have a one size fits all package, because if we were all walking down the same road, and doing the same plan, how would that make us effective in our faith?
So make plans, stretch out your ropes, strengthen your posts, and plan big for your tent.
It might just be a small yes to something, but it will grow.
Plants need water to make them strong, you can put a bulb in the ground, with some plant food, and hope for the best, but without water, it will die.
So without plan or vission, we will grow stagnant and not be effective in our walk with Christ.
So take sometime, go back to God, and ask him ''Lord who do you think I am'' and he'll tell you.
Chloe