GO STEELERS!

Another bright and beautiful MONDAY morning! I hope you were safe on the roads yesterday. Our turnout in church was a little low--but I was still pleasantly surprised how many people made the effort to come!

PS GO STEELERS!
(Sorry, had to get that out of my system.)

Here's yesterday's question and answer:
Sun, Jan. 18 Psalm 9:2 “2 I will be glad and rejoice in You”. . .
Name 10 things that you thank God for (No right or wrong answer for that!)

And here's today's question of the day:
Mon, Jan. 19 Joseph found favor in one of the Pharaoh’s official’s eyes. What was his name and what did he put Joseph in charge of? (Gen 39)


And here's the reflection of the day:
Invite Jesus In
In Matthew 14 we read about the storm overtaking the disciples in the boat. In the midst of the crashing waves and darkness, the disciples see Jesus walking toward them on the water. High-spirited Peter (the one who always says and does what other people only THINK about doing and saying) wants to be like Jesus: "Lord, if it's you, tell me to come to you on the water."

And Jesus says, "Come." The winds keep blowing, the waves keep crashing, and Peter wants to walk on water. Instead of thinking of their safety, about the storm--he has eyes only for Jesus. Peter is brave at first, then reality sinks in. And then Peter beings to sink.

How often has that happened to us? How often do we walk without fear along the right path toward Jesus only to let ourselves get distracted by the reality of the situation aournd us? Instead of keeping his eyes on Jesus, Peter loses focus. Does that mean we should never step out in faith? Does that mean Peter doesn't have enough faith?

Not so much. If this is a "pop quiz" of faith (like we talked about in yesterday's post which was the sermon from Sunday morning), the disciples passed. In the end, they invited Jesus INTO the boat with them instead off all trooping out onto the water. Once they invited Jesus into the boat, the winds die down. Once they invited Jesus into the boat, the waves stopped crashing.

How much trouble would we save ourselves if we would just invite Jesus INTO our boats in the first place?

Allison