*** Nugget 1 Humor Time
In Sunday school, after a lesson on Jesus’ many miracles, the teacher asked, “Is there anything God can’t do?”
There sure is, Miss James, one student said, “No matter what He does, He can’t please everybody.”
An 85-year old widow went on a blind date with a 90-year old man. When she returned to her daughter’s house later that night, she seemed upset. “What happened, Mother?” the daughter asked,
“I had to slap his face three times!”
“You mean he got fresh?”
“No,” she answered, “I thought he was dead!”
~Warren Holl
My mother taught me:
- WISDOM – “When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.”
- About JUSTICE – “One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you.”
- About TIME TRAVEL – “If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!”
*** Nugget 2 Get Ready, Get Set, (May 1st), GO
May is National Walking. Walking is an easy way to improve your health. It gets your heart pumping & keeps you active. It may reduce a number of preventable health conditions. This includes certain cancers, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. It provides physical as well as mental benefits. It increases blood flow to the brain, which in turn improves mood. It can help burn fat and keep us fit. The best thing is that it’s fun and it’s free!
Why not challenge your friends, neighbors, church members, family members, and/or co-workers to set a walking goal for the month of May? Start where you are comfortable and gradually increase. Remember that a goal has to be measurable. Don’t just say, “I’ll walk every day.” Will you count steps, count miles, or walk a specific number of minutes? Will you walk every day, every other day, or three days a week? If you need more help getting started, check out: https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/workplaces/try20-tips. There you will find a #Try20 checklist (20 tips to help you fit in walking) during National Walking Month. Get Ready, Get Set, (May 1st), GO! Happy Walking!
*** Nugget 3 Grow Baby, Grow
1 Corinthians 3:1-3
And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people but rather as fleshly, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, 3 for you are still fleshly. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not fleshly and behaving according to human inclinations?
Has someone said these words to you at some point of your life? “You haven’t changed a bit; you’re still crazy, pretty, funny, handsome, etc.” “You haven’t changed a bit; you look just like you did in high school, college, etc.” The compliments probably brought a smile to your face, whether they were true or not.
Paul had to address the Corinthians on the lowest possible spiritual level. They had not changed one bit since his last visit. Just as natural babies grow up to be men & women, spiritual babies are expected to do the same. They were divided among themselves. They quarreled about religion. They aligned themselves with personalities, resulting in competition, jealousy, envy and strife in the church. They acted like unsaved and untransformed people.
As a child, I couldn’t wait to grow up. I couldn’t wait to go from elementary school to middle school, to high school. I couldn’t wait to get my driver’s license, to graduate from college, to get my first apartment, to be able to make my own decisions. Then, time seemed to move too slowly. Now, it seems to move too fast.
It’s wonderful that we are Christians, but we are expected to grow spiritually. God calls us to work on maturing so that we can effectively accomplish His purpose and plan for our lives. He expects us to continue to grow until He calls us home. May spiritually, it never be said of us, “He or she hasn’t changed a bit.”
Daddy God, give us a desire to grow spiritually. Help us to want it more than anything: a house, a car, a spouse, that vacation, that promotion, etc. We praise you for doing it. In the matchless, mighty name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
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Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior? If you wait, it could be too late. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting live (John 3:16).
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Sources
https://tensionnot.com/jokes/one_liner_jokes/things_my_mother_taught_me
https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/national-walking-month
https://everybody.org.uk/2020/04/30/may-is-national-walking-month/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/684406474616278240/
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