Who Then Should Go?

In the past 2 days I have heard 3 sermons that pretty much say the same thing and has spoken directly to me. That's not to say that I am doing what was therein, but it is to say that it is imperative and commanded by God in His Word. The Word is this:

"But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?"- Romans 10:14 NLT

Actually I got the text from Pastor Greg Laurie this morning and in each message the word was the same and that is to tell others about Jesus! Whether at work or play, in the marketplace or the home place, day or night, in the mood to or not but we are to share Jesus wherever we go.

Pastor Greg also shared a story that hit really close to me as well! 'What if we knew of an absolute cure for cancer and all we had to do was to tell someone about it. And we even knew someone who had cancer and was needing that cure. Whether we felt that we could speak the cure correctly or not, wouldn't we feel compelled to share the cure with this person? How much more so should we share Jesus with a lost and dying world???'

"What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building."

-1 Corinthians 3:5-9

Which is more important, a person's physical well-being or a person's eternal soul?

It's Been A Interesting Month!

It was an interesting month of August to be sure! I've written about my Dad and his struggles with esophagas cancer. But some neat stuff has happened as well, or at least I think it was pretty cool! Last April I entered some pictures into the "Our State" magazine's yearly photo contest which is published in August. I sent pictures in all of the categories in hopes of at least getting an 'honorable mention' in one of them and my pic published, but in the last part of July I received a letter from them stating that I had won THIRD place in the black and white entry that I sent in, which was taken in Dobson, NC at 'The Depot' restaurant last November! I was shocked to say the least!

They sent me a copy of 'Our State' and a gold ornament of the State Seal of North Carolina. And about a week later, I got a call from the Statesville Record & Landmark and they wanted to do an interview and story about the picture. They had received a press release of the photo and my name but no details on how to contact me. I went on a Wednesday afternoon for the interview with Jim McNally (who is a really nice guy there at the paper) and my story was in the Thursday paper on the FRONT page!!! You can imagine my surprise when I saw that and since then a lot of people, even people that I don't know(!) have spoken to me about the article!

I write about this NOT for self-glory but just to proclaim the goodness and love of God! He knew even then that my world was getting ready to be turned upside down with the news about my Dad and our Father showed kindness to me by having this neat thing come along first, which He knew was pretty important to me!

I have been wonderfully Blessed in recent months with my layoff and subsequent ability to draw unemployment and have this 'window of time' to get to spent some time with my Dad and Uncle Glenn as well. Uncle Glenn is 88 years old and his time may be short as well and with my storied past (http://www.worldofdanny.com/ 'My Journey: The Antics of A Pilgrim') growing up not knowing one side of my family, it has been a real delight to have this second chance at restoration with my Dad and that side of the family! Actually, I hope in the near future to be able to have the time to add a chapter to my attempt at writting an autobiography of sorts.

And now for the rest of the story...I am going to enter some pictures into the Iredell County fair and also maybe some in a contest in the 'Wildlife In North Carolina' magazine as well, if I can make the deadline, which is the 15th! I seem to have a growing number of pictures in my 'library of pics' and maybe it's not too self-promoting to put some of my stuff 'out there' for some other folks to enjoy too! I really do enjoy taking pictures, am I a 'photographer'??? I would need to hone my skills quite a bit before taking on that sort of title, but I do have one award for such!