Next Network Night - Sat 1st March

Happy Valentine's Day!

I can never really decide if I like Valentine's day or not. I suppose if one day in the year actually stimulates some people to to actually open up and tell someone that they love them . . . it might just be worth it.

A lot of single people feel that their singleness is what makes them incomplete. I dont think so. God has a plan for us all and some will get married and some won't. I know that this can be hard for many people to come to terms with and maybe it is up to those of us who are married to actually try and help out a bit here. Do we make it easy or hard? How often do good friendships get wiped out because of relationships? How often do couples invite their single friends along to stuff? I know many people who are single and I do hope and pray that they get their desire . . . as long as it is in God's plan and will make them happy. How many people today are struggling to stay together?

So - my single friends - hang in there and wait for God to reveal his plan for you and to my married and coupled up friends - please be sensitive to your single friends and maybe this valentine day do something special for them as well as each other.

The cost of commitment . . . . .

Are you a do-er, a wait-er or a nev-er? Too many young christian adults today are wrapped up in their own lives, their own desires, their own job, their own family, that they find it hard to make time for God. It is a strange thing to think about. But the reality is that many of us see our busy lives as essential and God-related thinking gets relegated to the 'extra' time.

There is no doubt that following jesus has a cost. Maybe we dont get persecuted like those in other countries but we still struggle to meet that cost. Maybe God wants you to give him more time. Maybe he wants you more involved in his church. Maybe he wants you to actually DO something rather than just thinking about it and talking about it all the time. Myabe he wants us to stop with the criticism of the people who dare to take a risk and maybe jump off that cliff edge too.

Come on - do something . . . .