Putting Out the Raging Fires of Life

Part 3 of my testimony will be posted tomorrow

Sometimes all we do in life is put out the small fires around us, while missing the bond fire that is growing out of control in our lives. Lately my manager at Kmart reminded me of an important point. Just, recently I have become the Lead in the Garden Dept at the Conover Kmart. This is a great opportunity with lots of challenges. Kmart is a very fast paced enviroment that demands a lot of productivity in a short amount of time. In the Garden dept, on top of doing customer service, watering is done at least two times a day, all plants have to be priced quickly, stock is bieng put on shevles, and plant trucks can be unloading at any given time. All of these task demand immediate attention. My Manager siad to me the other day you have to take care of the most important task first or else one thing will pill on top of the other and the most important task will never get done. This got me thinking about priority and how we spend time on seemly unimportant things (putting out small fires) and miss tackleing the most important issues of our lives. If we have unhealthy spiritual life and we neglect takeing care our need to connect with God, a raging bond fire will be created in our life. We will spend our days preoccupied with the daily choas that may come our way and never get around to spending time connecting with God. If we do not have the peace that comes with daily walking and talking with Christ, how will we have the peace and gudiance to tackle this roller coaster called life. Do not let anyone or anything distract you from connecting with your Savoir, you need clarity and a clear mind. If you do not have a relationship with Christ today please drop everthing that you are doing and do what ever it takes to concentrate on starting this relationship. Starting a personal relationship with Christ will put into perceptive all other aspects of life. You will be able to rest in the knowledge that you made the most important discision of your life and that you put out the bond fire enableing you to take care of the raging fires of life.

John 16:33“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world