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C.E.O.’s (of the Church)

 

            Two dates come to my mind when I think of my wife, Carol.  January 26 and January 10.  The two dates?  January 26 is my wife’s birthday, and January 10 is our wedding anniversary.  Two dates that I will never forget and I always make it a point to celebrate those two dates with Carol.  I will get back to those dates later in this writing.

            One of the richest passages in the Bible can be found in Psalm 121. In its short eight verses, we see God as our helper, keeper, protector and preserver as we read, “I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from where shall my help come? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. 6 The sun will not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. 8 The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forever.”  How can one who says he or she trusts in the Lord our God not want to worship Him for always being with him or her no matter what?  And the psalmist states in the very next chapter in the first verse, his gratitude in all God is to him by saying this, “I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

            Now back to Carol.  Can you imagine if I only wanted to celebrate, show appreciation and visit with my wife just two times a year, her birthday and our anniversary? I can tell you with all certainty, the marriage would not last long at all.  Yet, that is how the C.E.O.’s of the Church treat the God who is their helper, keeper, protector and preserver in all they do!  Oh, in case you have not caught the pun and acronym yet… “Christmas and Easter Only” attenders of the church.  Like the psalmist said in Psalm 122:1, we as Christians should be glad to be in the house of the Lord.  How about we change the meaning of the acronym of C.E.O.’s to “Church at Every Opportunity?”  Scripture also reminds us in Hebrews 10:24-25 “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”

            As a church marquis once said, “We are still open between Christmas and Easter!”

 

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Pastor Paul