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Unknown's avatar Rev. David J. Schreffler 11:44 am on July 1, 2015  

There is No — Now! — Rev. David J. Schreffler

Where is the Moment
We like to call Now?
Here it is…ooops, Here it is…oops
N…O…W… — WOW!

By the time we admit
That we have reached it somehow;
It has already passed
No more is it Now!

The Brain wants time
Fixed to a certain place;
But still it’s behind
In the Time Capturing Race!

Yesterday has teeth
I can chew on its pieces;
I can raise it — praise it
Re-fold its creases.

Tomorrow is a place
Of comfort or dread;
I’ll see it when it comes
Or, I might just be dead.

Now I have courage
But no, it has passed;
Why must the now
Pass by so fast?

When someone beckons You
“Come Here — Come Here Now”;
Have no fear — It’s slipped by
Like a carnival-greased sow.

Time is elusive
Be it Man-made or G*d-sent;
Better to enjoy, “Now”
Every G*d-given Moment.

Unknown's avatar Rev. David J. Schreffler 4:44 am on July 1, 2015
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But As For Me and My House — Rev. David J. Schreffler

July 1, 2015

“And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the river, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15

Years ago my wife bought one of those needle point canvas sayings with this verse: “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”. It hangs in our living room as a reminder to all that we are a house that is to serve the Lord in all we do. Now, those who know my family and my children may raise an eyebrow at this saying, knowing that my children have not always represented the Kingdom of G*d very well, yet we are a house that serves the Lord. And our house is not a showpiece, you know, a place where there is a place for everything and everything has its place — and yet we are a house that serves the Lord. And I do not know all of my neighbors and they all do not know me; and sometimes they get mad at me and my children because we park too close to the mailboxes, yet we are a house that serves the Lord. And my family has strong opinions about my decisions, and the actions of my children, and yet we are a house that serves the Lord. You see, you do not need to be perfect to be a house that serves the Lord. You just need to love G*d and love your neighbor and be willing to live out that reality each and every day.

Pastor Dave