Becoming a better online communicator...

One of my weaknesses is communication. This is especially true of online communicaton. I found these helpful articles (here & here) that express good tips when sending out emails. If your like me, then they are worth checking out.

Comfort and the fish...

"You should always take steps out of your comfort zone from time to time; for if you do, you are bound to come across something beautiful. Sometimes greatness waits just beyond the mysterious door that we never choose to journey through." A friend of mine wrote this, and I see its truth in my own life. Many of the times I've witnessed God work involved me stepping out out of my comfort. In fact, this serves as a reminder, since I've not done that lately. I remember back during my undergraduate days at something I had witnessed in my own life & upbringing... that comfort can kill Christians. If we become complacent, we can die. Harsh maybe, but the same is true of the salmon who swims up stream. If he lets the river win, then he dies. Our struggle in this world is quite similar only the life that we save is spiritual, and surviving may cost us our life- at least the one we want.

Have I lost a heart for the lost?

Today's reading in Oswald Chambers My Utmost for His Highest was quite convicting. He states "God continually introduces us to people in whom we have no interest, and unless we are worshiping God the natural tendency is to be heartless toward them." Chambers then asks if our daily activities are pushing out our time for Worshiping God. He ends with the question "Are our lives in the proper place so that we may participate in the intercession of our Lord and the Holy Spirit?"

This is especially convicting because the last six months I have not truly thought much about the salvation and restoration of my colleague. Just yesterday a colleague whose office is next to mine indicated that both she and Clark had been praying whenever she heard me talk to my office mate about God. It then dawned on me that the 3 Christians I know in my company of 400,000 (granted I've not even met .01% of them) have their offices next to mine. Could it be a coincidence that these two believers are only a ear shot away? Of course... but then coincidences are Gods way of remaining anonymous.