Time Traps
By Jeff Weaver, with FCA Endurance
"Back in '82, I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile. How much you want to make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains? Yeah. If coach would've put me in fourth quarter... We'd have been state champions, no doubt. No doubt in my mind. You better believe things would have been different. I'd have gone pro...in a heartbeat. I'd be makin' millions of dollars and...livin' in a... big ol' mansion somewhere" (Uncle Rico, "Napoleon Dynamite").
The tragic thing about Uncle Rico from the movie "Napoleon Dynamite" is that he's stuck in the past. He's caught playing the "what if" game. By dwelling on his past, he's wasting his present. If we're honest with ourselves, we've all struggled with this at one point or another. Most of us have been Uncle Rico. And maybe we still act like that on occasion only we sound more like this: "I can't believe I dropped that pass. What if I would have caught it?" "If only I wouldn't have dropped the baton. We would have easily won that race." For us, instead of being stuck in 1982 like Uncle Rico, we get stuck in a previous play, game or season.
On the flip side, the other mental time-trap we fall into is living in the future. "When I get my chance to go in, I'll…" The problem here is that if we keep thinking about tomorrow, we'll miss the opportunities we have today. The most important time is now! It is important to learn from the past and to consider the future, but we can't live there... we must trust the Lord with our past and our future. Next time you are tempted to focus on either what is behind or before you, remember these two things: You can't change the past; your present determines your future. Today, live the life you have now. Honor the Lord by serving Him where you are and let Him take care of where you are going.
Prayer Requests
Ongoing needs for prayer:
Roger Hatzenbuehler, Mary McBee, Jim Keck, David Portenier, Michelle Blaser, Mark Warren, Mary Winslow, Mary Latshaw, Quincy Newman, Jim West's parents, military personnel (Justin Chitwood, Todd Merrill, Kyle Ellison, Zach Davidson, Ty Davidson, Aaron Sturm, Mike Gillott, Mary Campbell, Kevin Campbell)
People dealing with ongoing cancer concerns: Louise Field, Lois Bernadt, Leila Jenkins, Norma Mittan, Marlene Kruse, Dot Brownie, Ron Brockman, Lucille Salts, Don Leseberg, Linda Woolsey, Steve Percival, Brenda Moss, Elsie Watson, Tom Bartels, Beverly Habrich
New prayer requests: Harry Kruse (in Vet's Hospital); Virg and Marilyn Marshall's newborn great-grandson (Nolan Nicholson - born prematurely); Diana Meyer's dad and mom (Boyd and Arlene Smith)
Our sympathy and prayers for comfort are extended to Jim and Marsha Barr and family. Marsha's sister-in-law, Julie Lichty, passed away last week.
Coming Up....
July 18-23: Blast 2 (Camp for 7-9th grades)
July 23: Elmo Lloyd's 90th birthday -- Card shower (402 N. 7th St., Wymore, NE 68466)
SUNDAY
..... 8 a.m.: Early worship service
..... 9:15 a.m.: Fellowship time, followed by Sunday School classes for all ages
..... 10:30 a.m.: Worship service
..... Noon: Last week's message on KWBE
TUESDAY, 9 a.m.: Ladies' Bible study
July 25-29: Sports Camp (5-8th grades)
July 30, 31: Family Camp at Camp Cornhusker near Humboldt
FRIDAY, August 6, 6 - 10:45 p.m.: "Men at the Cross" at the Berean Church in Lincoln (Cost is $29.00. For each paid adult registration, you may receive one free registration for your high school son to attend "Men at the Cross - Crossbow.")
SATURDAY, August 7, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Laverne Marshall's 100th birthday celebration at St. Paul School, 930 Prairie Lane, Beatrice (Home address: 105 East D, Wymore, NE 68466)
SUNDAY, August 8, 3 to 5 p.m.: Ruth Mallam's 100th birthday celebration in the fellowship hall of the church (Home address: 218 N. 11th, Wymore, NE 68466.)
SATURDAY, August 14: Eula Stolldorf's 90th birthday celebration at the church with a light lunch served at 4:30 p.m. and a program at 6 p.m. (Please RSVP to Joanie Evans by calling her at 402-680-4493 or you may email her at evansjke48@aol.com. Eula's address is 300 N. 7th, #20, Wymore, NE 68466).
Thank You!
Thanks to everyone for their prayers, visits, phone calls, and all the beautiful cards. Your prayers are surely helping 'cause I feel great! And Chet is improving every day.
Love you all,
Chet and Leila Jenkins
Ladies, Please Note....
There are many cake pans and a variety of serving dishes in the church kitchen. If you have brought food for some occasion recently, you should check to see if any of these left belong to you.
Getting Along with People...
1. Keep skids on your tongue. Always say less than you think. Cultivate a low, calm voice. How you say something often counts more than what you say.
2. Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully.
3. Never let an opportunity pass to say a kind or encouraging thing to or about someone.
4. Be interested in others. Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who mourn.
5. Be cheerful. Hide your pains, worries and disappointments under a smile.
6. Preserve an open mind for all debatable questions. It is a mark of a superior mind to disagree and yet be friendly.
7. Let your virtues speak for themselves.
8. Be careful of another's feelings. Humor at the other fellow's expense is rarely worth the effort.
9. Pay no attention to ill-natured remarks about yourself. Simply live so that no one will believe them.
10. Don't be anxious about getting any rewards you might deserve. Do your work, be patient, and keep your disposition sweet; forget self, and you will be rewarded.
(From The Visitor, June 1, 1965)
Serving Sunday
July 25, 2010
ELDERS: Virg Marshall, Scott Fitzwater
COMMUNION MEDITATION: Virg Marshall
SHUT-INS: Ron Spitsnogle, Keith Oltmans
SERVERS: Jeff Van Winkle, Rod Warford, Clay Scott, Lynn Carr, Gary Ames, Mark Chaplin
USHER: Chuck Zimmerman
GREETERS: M/M George Gallisath
SLIDES AND SOUND SYSTEM: Gloria Portenier, Daniel Barr
WEE WORSHIP: Judy Hartgrave
JUNIOR WORSHIP: also Judy Hartgrave
NURSERY: Barb Smith
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COUNTING THE CONCERNED
Sunday School.............................107
Sunday Worship..........................181
Regular Offering.........................$2,592.00
Weekly Budget............................$3,050.00
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Received to date for tuition
(Bible College Scholarship)...$2,121.29
Still needed for fall semester.........$378.71
The World Is Ready....
What we seek was best said a few years ago, not by a churchman, but by a secular magazine:
In the search for peace throughout generations, humankind has turned to the Bible. For the things that we all need to live by are found in this Book which is the Word of God. In its pages men and women have found help for their deepest needs, comfort for their shattered spirits, light for their darkest hour. Always, the Bible has inspired the noblest courage and the most sublime actions of man. Heroes have dedicated their lives to its principles. Martyrs have died with its words on their lips.
Now, an anguished world turns to this book that has molded the lives of human- kind -- for its lessons of mercy, humanity, tolerance, and charity; for a restoration of the spirit torn with grief, for a return of hope and faith. And here, in its pages, to seek the flame that lifts men's souls; the courage to face tomorrow, the faith that men shall learn to live together in brotherhood and peace.
(from The Visitor , April 26, 1965), |
