"Trey Tuesday" - October 30, 2018

<insert name here>

Online and paper forms always ask you to insert your name for accurate information.  At the doctor's office there is a mountain of paperwork which requires you to insert your name for proper identification.  Rarely, however, do you insert your name for inspiration.

The other day, though, I was reading a Bible study that asked me to insert my name in to Scripture.  For every, 'you', 'he', 'she', etc. I was to write my own name as I copied the Bible verse.   That inspiration brought God's Word to life right out loud!  It's as if I was eavesdropping on God telling someone about me!  Try it!  

Here are a few verses to get you started.  Imagine the comfort this first verse would bring to Jay and Rachel:
Isaiah 43:1 - "I have called Trey by name; Trey is Mine."

Now it's your turn!  :)

Hebrews 13:5 - "Never will I leave (insert name here); nor forsake (insert name here)

I John 3:1 - "How great is the love the Father has lavished on (insert name here), that (insert name here) should be called a child of God!"

Isaiah 43:4 - (Insert name here) is precious and honored in God's sight....I love (insert name here)

"Trey Tuesday" - October 23, 2018

Stop Trying So Hard!

What are you working on these days?
Finding a new job?
Finishing your degree?
Improving your health?

Getting your house organized?

Stopping a bad habit?

Trey and his family fought cancer.  Trey won!  He is in Heaven!  :)

How do Jay and Rachel and Joe and Bella survive the loss of their little boy? They don't even try to manage this great grief on their own.

How hard have you tried with your burden?  As hard as you can?  Even harder than that?  How is that working for you?

I have an idea!  Actually, the idea is from God.  He doesn't want us to try harder.  He doesn't want us work at it more.  He doesn't even want us to hire someone to do it for us!

"Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty." 

Zechariah 4:6

"Trey Tuesday" - October 16, 2018

Cold and Cranky?

Has the weather changed where you live?  Have you exchanged flip flops and shorts for jeans and a hoodie all in one week?!?

The effects of Hurricane Michael blew our way last week.  It was a dark and dreary rainy day....again.  One afternoon I stopped by our local Wawa - similar to Scheetz for all you Wawa deprived readers! :)  Many other people were after the same coffee pick-me-up!  The front door was bustling!  However, instead of crowds of people grumbling their way in and out, everyone was so friendly!  "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" as people held the door for each other.  "Hello!"  "Hi!"  "Have a great day!" as shoppers smiled and walked past each other!

What a breath of fresh air!  The kinds words helped me to forgot that the weather was so dismal!

In order to reflect the light and love of Jesus, how can you share a warm welcome wherever you go this week?

"Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."  Proverbs 16:24

"Trey Tuesday" - October 9, 2018

Noise!

We live in a very noisy world!  Weather reports, political ads, flu shot warnings, and much, much more bombard our senses all day long!

More importantly though, what kind of noise are you making?  Do you know that God call us to make noise?  He wants to hear from you!  :)

Check out Psalm 100. Whether you are at school or at work or at home, start your day making some noise!  A joyful noise for the Lord!  :)

Psalm 100

"Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into His presence with singing!

Know that the Lord, He is God!
It is He who made us, and we are His;
we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving,
and His courts with praise!
Give thanks to Him; bless His name!

For the Lord is good;
His steadfast love endures forever,
and His faithfulness to all generations."

"Trey Tuesday" - October 2, 2018

Survey Says...

Last week we did a quiz quick about preferences:

Dog or cat...summer or fall....coffee or tea.

There are no tallies or totals or prizes.  It was simply a social experiment.

How did you feel when "your favorite" showed up in the thread of comments?  Did you feel like your team, "won"?  Did you think, "Haha! Nobody likes the other choice"? Or maybe you realized how different you are and you didn't fit in to either category....but yet others replied the same way so, in essence, you are not alone?

Companionship....Togetherness....Similarities...Differences...What a beautiful world we live in!  Let's tolerate - and even celebrate! - God's unique creation found in each and every person!

Trey could not have been more different than 99% of the people he encountered in his life.  He was a young boy with a deadly disease.  That could have been a very lonely place to be, but Trey didn't know.  He didn't care!  He loved, and teased, and laughed with everyone!  :)

How can you extend the gift of companionship to those around you this week?

"Above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony."  Colossians 3:14