"Trey Tuesday" - January 28, 2020

Kobe and You

You matter just as much as Kobe Bryant does.  Your spouse.  Your children.  Your family and loved ones matter!

Can we treat each other with the same esteem and respect and admiration as those in the public eye?  Can we pause to remember alllllll those who have an impact on our lives?

And not just when they have died.  Let's celebrate each other while we are living!  :)

Go ahead: Have that big birthday bash! Meet for lunch! Have coffee! Fist bump! Smile!
Whatever your level of comfort is....push a little further....love a little deeper.  Hey - let's even like each other a little better!  :)
"Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor."  Romans 12:10

"Trey Tuesday" - January 21, 2020

Weighted Blankets

My mom gave me a weighted blanket today.  No, not a commercially produced therapy tool, but an old-fashioned, hand-crocheted heirloom afghan.  A heavy yarn coupled with an extra large size provides a blanket of comfort and warmth that will keep me comforted for a longggggg time!  (even if I want to get up - I might not be able to!)  :)

But it's not just the yarn that provides the comfort.  It's the journey.  My mom gave the blanket to me after many years of using it at her house.  My mom's friend originally gave it to her.  Her friend had made it many years before that.  We are woven together, supported, comforted.  Sharing.  Together.

Too many people today are desperate for comfort.

Many look in dangerous places.  Many never find it. 

Team Mitlo One was created to be a source of comfort for Trey and his family.  How/where do you find comfort?  How/where can you share the comfort God has provided to you with others still searching?

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God."  2 Corinthians 1:3,4

"Trey Tuesday" - January 14, 2020

Says Who?!

Falling temps!
Wind Warnings!
SNOW!!!!

The forecasters have our attention!  The kid in each one of us is giddy with excitement!  Or the grumpy old soul in us is bothered by the thought of the return of winter weather.

Whyyyyyy are we stilllll thinking, talking, and changing plans according to radar that has misled us time and time again!?  Whyyyyy do we put our faith (and hope!) in forecasters who make declarations of a coating to an inch or two....or so?

I laugh every time I read God's reply to our human tendencies. Our feeble attempts at controlling our lives simply reveal our human weakness and our need for God-sized power and unfailing reliability!

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding"  Job 38:4  "Does the clay say to the potter, 'What are you making?'
Does your work say, 'The potter has no hands'?"  Isaiah 45:9

Instead of staying glued to your weather app or channel at storm time, or any app or person at personal storm time, listen for God's voice so we may know HIS work!

"God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways;
He does great things beyond our understanding.
He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’
and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’
So that everyone He has made may know His work"  Job 37:5-7

"Trey Tuesday" - January 7, 2020

Delivery

The U.S. Postal Service expected to deliver nearly 15 billion pieces of mail and 900 million packages this December....On average, Amazon ships more than 1,600,000 packages a DAY!  Pizza, flowers, groceries....our delivery options are endless these days!  We take delivery for granted!  And how exciting is it to see the delivery arrive!?!

Imagine for a moment, those trapped in bondage....the bondage of oppression, loneliness, depression, injustice, fear, addiction, bitterness, sickness, sadness, etc.

People.  In need of Delivery.  FAR outweigh packages.

"The LORD is my Rock and my Fortress and my Deliverer, my God, my Rock, in Whom I take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my Stronghold and my Refuge, my Savior;"

2 Samuel 22:1-3