A Note from Pastor Jeff…
The watch word for Graceham Moravian Church during 2008 is:
"Jesus said, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it." Luke 8:21
We are beginning to see the many signs of spring. Spring is my favorite time of year. It is filled with new-ness. Trees are beginning to open their buds and little leaves are beginning to form. Some trees are flowering before they bear the leaves of summer. Our gardens begin to bloom in the full array of colors, as many colors as in the rainbow. The grass is getting green and soon there will be yellow flowers popping out all over. You know the kind of flower I am writing about? Those wonderful dandelions.
Have you ever picked a bouquet of dandelions for your mother? This time of year, it seems as though dandelions are all over the place. Some people try to get rid of them by digging them out. Others try to kill them by spraying. But you know what, those dandelions are really rather stubborn. They not only keep growing back in the same spot where you thought you eradicated them, but they grow in other places too.
We don't care for dandelions like we care for other flowers; in fact we often think of them as a nuisance. But they keep growing and they will grow just about anywhere. We see those little yellow happy flowers all over the place, in farmers' fields and in our own front lawns, and soon those little yellow flowers turn white and the wind blows their seeds all over the land only to produce more dandelions.
Maybe we as Christians should be more like dandelions, popping up here and there. We can pop up like dandelions in places where we can be of help, places where we can spread a little joy. Each time we are helpful towards others, or kind to one another, or care for one another, we are being Christian and we are in fact popping up just like a dandelion. Maybe we as Christians should be more like dandelions, persistent in prayer, persistent in witnessing to those who are searching for 'the truth.'
Why not try to find a place this month where you could be like a dandelion. Let the wind blow upon your life spreading the seed of the "Word of God" wherever the wind carries you. Pop into someone's life by stopping by their home for a brief visit, or send them a card, or make a phone call.
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 1:8