I hope you're having an awesome week. I'm pumped about continuing the series on Esther this Sunday called "Finding Your Purpose." This week I'm going to be teaching on what it really means for us to be a part of what God is doing in the world as we look at a fascinating conversation between Esther and Mordecai in Esther, Chapter 4. See you there!
Also, we're sponsoring a golf team for the Family Promise Golf Tournament on Sept. 30. This is one of their biggest fundraisers of the year and has a direct impact on homeless families in our community. You can support Family Promise by giving on Sunday morning or follow this link to support our team. Just click one of the players and make a donation.
Here's the link: http://familypromise.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=5131
Thought for the Week
"Therefore don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34
I read bits of a great article by a journalist that was allowed inside access to football coaches at Texas A & M last week during their preparation for their "Game of the Century" versus Alabama. It had an interesting quote from their head coach, Kevin Sumlin, to his assistants on the Sunday night before their week of preparation: "Just know that whatever happens, we're gonna be sitting right here next Sunday trying to figure out how to beat SMU [their next opponent]." Isn't that life? We want to think that the world will end if a relationship doesn't work out, or that we've finally made it if we could just get THAT job. We want to think that there are these big moments in life that will define us. The truth is, there will always be another moment. Whether we are wildly successful or fall on our face failures in a particular moment won't stop the sun from rising the next morning. Jesus knew this. In the passage above, he's trying to teach us to do what we can do today. Today is in our control. Yesterday is done. Tomorrow has too many variables. But today? It's in our hands. Do what you can do today for God. This day has enough trouble of its own.
In Christ,
Carter
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