August 6, 2025
Wednesday Blessings,
Take a look around your home? Do you have too much 'stuff'? Do you work on cleaning drawers, closets, garages, or rooms but you still have a lot of stuff? Have you ever considered rending a storage container to house your excess stuff until you can manage it? Hold that thought.
Have you ever had an earworm? Someone says something and it tickles your memory. It might even bring you back to a certain time in your life: a dance with your father, making a meal with your grandmother, your first date, your high school prom, the first dance at your wedding. Well, last week as I was preparing to preach on the gospel from Luke 12: 13-21, an earworm nestled inside and I haven't been able to get rid of it. The song is Ironic by Alanis Morissette (came out 18 years ago!).
To refresh your memory, the text was about a landowner whose yield from the harvest was so large he and himself decided that to manage the challenge, he would tear down his small barn and build bigger ones.
Here's the irony... there is property on Route 202, adjacent to Living Waters that is being planned for development. You guessed it! They're planning on building a storage facility! Now isn't that ironic!
We think that by filling our spaces with 'stuff' we'll fill our hearts. Jesus is telling us that we must not fool ourselves with this notion. Jesus encourages us to fill our hearts with his grace and God's love. Our hearts are where we store God's treasure and we don't need to rent a storage container.
If you'd like to learn more about spiritual inventory and minimalization let me know. Last spring I completed a course on Christian Minimalism. It was fascinating!
BTW... let me know if you know can't stop hearing Ironic in your ear ;-)
Peace to you as you journey through the summer.
Take a look around your home? Do you have too much 'stuff'? Do you work on cleaning drawers, closets, garages, or rooms but you still have a lot of stuff? Have you ever considered rending a storage container to house your excess stuff until you can manage it? Hold that thought.
Have you ever had an earworm? Someone says something and it tickles your memory. It might even bring you back to a certain time in your life: a dance with your father, making a meal with your grandmother, your first date, your high school prom, the first dance at your wedding. Well, last week as I was preparing to preach on the gospel from Luke 12: 13-21, an earworm nestled inside and I haven't been able to get rid of it. The song is Ironic by Alanis Morissette (came out 18 years ago!).
To refresh your memory, the text was about a landowner whose yield from the harvest was so large he and himself decided that to manage the challenge, he would tear down his small barn and build bigger ones.
Here's the irony... there is property on Route 202, adjacent to Living Waters that is being planned for development. You guessed it! They're planning on building a storage facility! Now isn't that ironic!
We think that by filling our spaces with 'stuff' we'll fill our hearts. Jesus is telling us that we must not fool ourselves with this notion. Jesus encourages us to fill our hearts with his grace and God's love. Our hearts are where we store God's treasure and we don't need to rent a storage container.
If you'd like to learn more about spiritual inventory and minimalization let me know. Last spring I completed a course on Christian Minimalism. It was fascinating!
BTW... let me know if you know can't stop hearing Ironic in your ear ;-)
Peace to you as you journey through the summer.
Pastor JJ
