So Now What?

So Now What?

The lights all over my neighborhood are no longer lit up. The garlands and mistletoe have disappeared, and all the santa's, snowmen and glitter are gone!

So Now What?

                                                        

A new resolve to live a little different, take off a few pounds, or maybe a fresh commitment to God, prayer, and to put away focussing on me, my life and all the I have before me? 

I heard a speaker/Pastor say last night that we need to STOP trying to carry what God says is His, or something like that. And in order to actually push the wheelbarrow without it tipping over we need to not fill it so full! 

Life is better when balanced!

He also said we have to keep moving and actually got on a bicycle and demonstrated how hard it was to balance oneself without peddling and moving forward. We were not designed to NOT move, to do NOTHING. 

God knows where each one of His children are in their life and no matter where I am on this road, until I reach that beautiful gate in Heaven I will find a place to serve and love and tell others how wonderful my God is.

I live on a street in the middle of my town and I am placing a claim to every household on my street, that this will be the year that 100% will know Him, Jesus! So if you see me on a bicycle say a prayer that whomever I talk to will open their heart to Him!

I have a feeling the lights are coming back on all around me even though Chrismas has long since passed! And who knows I may even take off those few inches!!!

Blessings, and prayers to keep on a moving!

Terry

After listening to the song by clicking on the arrow please find and read the scripture passage bellow that tells the most endearing story of Jesus with His beloved disciple, Peter.

Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish

21 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.[a] It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus[b]), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.

5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”

“No,” they answered.

6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. 8 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.[c] 9 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.

10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” 11 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Jesus Reinstates Peter

15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”

16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”

17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. 18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”