Galatians 5

Galatians 5:13-15  For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.  ¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."  ¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

I’m super excited!  Today is officially the first day of my new schedule.  Monday and Tuesday I get to focus on the church and Wednesday and Thursday I will head to my “other ministry” job.  Part of me feels as if I only have to work two days a week.  My “work” for the church includes Bible study, prayer, planning, administration, and being with people.  For some, I suppose this would be boring or tedious, but I’m overjoyed!

Now, it would be easy to “hole up” and busy myself with the administrative side of my work and lose sight of the most important side – you.  This new found freedom of time is a big responsibility and I need to remember to “serve one another” in my time.  So – I need your help!  Give me a call or shoot me a text or an email…let me take you to lunch or coffee (I’m doing better at this “early in the morning thing” so if breakfast would be better, I can do that too!)

I want to hear from you, learn about you, and support you in any way I can.  Maybe you’re looking to start a new chapter in life, maybe you just need someone to talk with, or maybe we can spend some time in prayer.  (and if I don’t hear from you – I will be in touch) ;-)

And with this in mind – maybe we all need to be better about being relational.  Be intentional about taking a lunch break and spending time with a coworker instead of working through.  Take time to talk with a neighbor when you get home from work instead of rushing inside.  Give a relative a call and chat a while instead of crashing in front of the television.  We are called to love one another – let’s get out there and do just that!

I’m praying for you!

Pastor Amy