Hello Folks,
     Sometimes I wonder if we as Christians reveal to the world around us that the message of Christ is important.  Maybe it would be more appropriate to ask that question of myself rather than you.  You see it appears to me that it is very easy to go through life just doing the things we do that are normal for us without ever giving any indication that God or His Word have any real impact on how we do anything.  Now, I know that life is busy and, sometimes, difficult and we do not have to stand on a street corner and shout to those around us that Jesus is Lord.  But it would seem to me that Jesus would mean more to us than a mere Sunday excursion to a building somewhere to sing songs and hear a sermon.  It also seems to me that if he does mean more to us in our lives then it would be revealed by our words and our actions.
     This world that we live in is filled with all kinds of things that people can give their lives to and if we are not careful we can be so caught up in those things that we fail to raise Jesus for others to see.  Or, more importantly, we can be so caught up in everything we do that Jesus just becomes another thing that is added to our lives.  Can it be that we make Jesus a small segment of our life and not the central person of our lives? 
     I am not sure that everyone struggles with this question and maybe it is more of a "pastor" question.  You realize that we see people who proclaim Christ as their Savior but they are so sporadic in anything that is common to being a Christian that it makes pastor's wonder about them.  But then I ask if maybe we as pastors are not doing the same things.  While we may go to church all the services, of course we have to be there as the pastor, are we living the message in our daily lives? 
     Just some questions that I have.

Have a great one,

HGRudd