What Matters?

   When we come right down to it, what really matters?

   God matters

   People matter

   I matter (not in an egotistical way, but I matter to God, and the things that I do are a matter, to Him, to others, and they should be to me.)

   Last week I got off on music in the church in a blog. The very next day, I had to confess that a lot of my rant was out of line as God showed me that this was not the big deal that I thought it was, that other things were much more important. Then yesterday, and this morning, I realized the further evidence that I needed to get back on base.

   Yesterday was youth Sunday in church, and featured testimonies by 4 young people, testimonies of what God is has done and is doing in their lives. Now I did not even know personally, these 4, but they had been impacted by God, and they shared their joys, struggles and victories. As I listened I thought:

   This is what I would like to hear from my own kids and grandkids.

   This is what church and youth ministry is all about.

   I'll bet their music preferences are not similar to mine either.

   So I am reminded, by God again, that my personal preferences are not that important. He is, and those youth are, and I am privileged to be in on it.

   This morning I saw three members of the bird flock. An osprey on the lookout for his morning repast, a heron enjoying his on the bank, and a cardinal, seeming to be well satisfied on a branch near the path. What do they have to do with all of this?

   I remember those verses about God taking care of his birds of the air and flowers of the field, and I see the evidence, right before me, of how much God cares.

   I pray that God will help me to stay awake to Him first, and to those others out there that He puts on my path..

   Just as He continues to do with these white herons I photographed the other morning.