Thankful Thursday 3/21/19
It’s the first full day of spring! The day is wrought with possibility and hope. Spring also shares a rise in energy levels giving us the fuel to tackle the tasks before us.
Spring cleaning of our rooms clears the dust, dirt, and debris to make space to move, rest, and be. It also takes some mental work to decide what we allow in each space (and what we keep out of each space)! Doing the mental work frees us to have a quick response when we decide in-the-moment if a particular item will “make the cut” to be a part of the space or not.
As we stand before the task of spring clean our spirit, Paul shares: “If we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:25) This thought follows a list of the fruits of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control) which have no law against them. To gain these fruits, we must clear practices from our lives that oppose these fruits (sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing – Gal. 5:19-21).
Each of us has work ahead. All at various stages in the physical, mental, and spiritual realms we are to encourage each other. Pursue the fruits of the Spirit and the “grace space” in your rooms. Tackling these tasks is hard work and sometimes daunting, but as Timothy reminds us “God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgement.” (2 Tim 1:7)
I thank God for the encouragement He provides us through the Bible, the possibilities of where He can take my life when I turn to Him, and the ability one day to be in eternity with Him. These “grace space” moments are lights in my life for which I am so grateful. Before you spring clean your space, take 5 minutes to find encouragement, direction, or hope in God’s word. It will fuel you like no other.
Blessings to you!
Experience Opportunities:
All are invited to worship this Sunday at 8:00, 9:15 or 10:30 AM. If you would like to know more about these services, click here. Can’t make it to worship? Or want to revisit a message that really spoke to you? Check out our Sunday Sermons.
One purchase, double the fuel: you & the Caring Cupboard! Tomorrow only (3/22): Swing by 3J’s Coffee Shop in Palmyra and support the Caring Cupboard. Purchase a coffee drink, mention the Gravel Hill Spring Trail Run, and $1 of your purchase goes to the Caring Cupboard!  Thank you 3 J’s!
Gravel Hill Spring 5K is a walk/run this Saturday, March 23rd. Learn more:Â click here. Packet Pick up in Holy Grounds beginning @ 9 AM on Friday, March 22 or 7:30 AM Sat, Mar. 23.
Saturday, March 23rd is also the date for the 8th annual Pot Pie Dinner! Sign up to eat in (4 PM – 7 PM in Fellowship Hall) or order take out.
