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Sunday, November 1, 2020 - Wanting More The world today is an unsatisfying place where we always want more. Nothing is ever good enough because a lot of the time there is a hole inside and we search for anything and everything but Jesus to fill it. I’m guilty of this in my daily life. I will be mentally exhausted because I don’t have time to rest. I say I’m going to rest and then end up sitting and scrolling through social media during all of my free time. I do this instead ...of taking the time to reflect on my life and where I can better myself. I think that resting while on my phone will reboot my mind when in reality it makes it more cluttered. The world wants peace but it rejects the prince of peace. The world wants love, but rejects the author of love. The world wants life, but rejects the One who gave His to save theirs. The world desperately wants Jesus, but they’re to busy rejecting him to realize he is the answer.- Ally Yarid Carly Krause

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Saturday, October 31, 2020 - Belonging In a class we were asked about our idea of belonging and where we feel like we belong. This made me think, Do I ever truly feel like I belong anywhere 100%? I think it’s hard to find a place or a group that I can fully belong to because I am constantly changing so that would mean I could not belong in the same place forever. The only place where I feel like I can always belong is church even if I don’t always experience it. The church... that we belong to is welcoming to anybody so no matter how much I change or feel like I don’t fit in, I know I will be accepted there. Having a place with people I can turn to and who will be there for me at any moment is something that everyone should be able to have. I am lucky enough to have that at church. No matter how much I change in life, I will always belong in the church. ‘’There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.’’ Galatians 3:28 Carly Krause

Friday, October 30, 2020 - Intimidation One of the enemies of faith is intimidation. Intimidation is something that can come in a way that feels like bullying from the devil. This enemy can never prevent God from blessing us because God is more powerful then the devil. This feeling can however prevent me from receiving God’s blessing. It can convince me that I am unworthy and not deserving of God. When I believe this, I run from God and the battles he is prepared to walk wit...h me through. But God has already won these battles for me and I choose not to receive it when and if I don’t even show up for the battle. Not showing up to the battle immediately lets the enemy win. No matter how weak or unprepared I am for Gods calling, I can’t this happen because that means I let the devil into my life. When I let him into my life that leaves no room for God to continue his works in my life. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.’’ 1 Peter 5:8 Carly Krause See more

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Thursday, October 29,2020 - Seeing in the Clear I was flying back to Kansas City from LA on a very foggy morning. The whole city was covered in a haze. As my plane took off, we were in the clouds for about 30 seconds then finally rose above them. A few moments later I could see the Hollywood sign peaking out on the tip of a mountain that was surrounded by fog. No one on the ground was able to see the Hollywood sign that morning because there was too much grey covering it. I k...new that in a couple of hours that morning fog would be gone and the sign would be visible from the ground. But what if I never knew that the fog would go away? This is like God with us. We can be going through something terrible in life and because we can’t see the end of it, believe that there is no end to it.. But God can see the end clearly with blue skies from up above just as if he were in the plane watching over us. It is hard to trust God while in the fog but he sees clearly and knows what he is doing. ‘’And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 Carly Krause

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - Fresh Start Starting a new life in a new city has been so amazing. I was able to move somewhere where I knew absolutely no one and start new. No one knew anything about my past, the place I grew up, or the people I was friends with back home. Sometimes it’s nice to start new but it is difficult to drop everything to do it. At times I get so tired with how I am living my life and a clean slate is ideal. But God offers us a new start whenever we ...want it. If I did not like the way I was living my life, I could have turned to God to start anew no matter where I was. It is freeing to begin something new and I always thought I had to wait for some big event in my life to happen to start new. In reality that’s not the case because with Jesus, you can start a new life whenever. Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19 Carly Krause

Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - Finding God I have been trying to find God in my life in ways I never saw him before. I started to see God show up while playing golf. In tournaments we can’t have our phones, so we have no distractions except for our thoughts. I was playing in my second college golf tournament and not doing so well but I was having a lot of fun. Sometimes while playing my thoughts would distract me and that would mess with my game, so I turned these thoughts into... prayer. It was a perfect day out and while I was walking to each shot, I talked to God because I realized how beautiful it was. I did not want my thoughts to discourage me so I simply had a conversation with Jesus. In my daily life I don’t talk to God that much because I have distractions that I choose not to put down. Choosing to put those distractions away during the tournaments and setting aside that time to spend with Jesus created a huge difference in my relationship with him. That they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us’’ Acts 17:27 Carly Krause

Monday, October 26, 2020 - Secrecy vs Privacy In my business class at school we are learning the difference between secrecy and privacy in business. This had me thinking about these two things in my faith life because the desire for these things exists there also. I do not really have any privacy when it comes to what God knows about me because he knows everything. There is no privacy from him even if I choose not to share something with him, which is where secrecy comes in. ...When I try to hold secrets from God, my relationship with him struggles. It’s like that feeling when you know someone is lying to you and they continue to do it but you never say anything. God knows that we are trying to hide things from him, but he will never force us to open up to him. God does this so we can freely come to him and he gives us the option to open up and have a real relationship with him that is a two way deal and not a one way transaction. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32 Carly Krause

Sunday, October 25, 2020 - What have I done? I try to meet the reading requirements of my career field even in retirement. I came across an article whose conclusion made me think about my role in our current social unrest. This incapsulated what I suspect may be a sense of disquiet a good Christian is feeling. In my life time there has been strife and great strides in the treatment of women, people of color, the LGBTQ community and immigrants. When strife resolves, with... changes to law, I take a deep breath and get on with my life, especially if the apparent outcome is what I desired. I do not consider myself biased or to have benefited at the expense of my neighbor. Life for me returns to normal, the law changed for the better. I paraphrase the article I read which said: Medical personnel saw a problem with communication and adopted an improved method. This greatly increased effective communication and everyone involved assumed it improved patient outcomes, but no one looked to see if it actually did improve outcomes. Paradoxically, the adoption of this technique may limit improvements in healthcare because once a problem appears to be solved, less effort is made on it. The passage of laws may limit improvement in peoples’ lives because once a problem appears to be solved, less effort is made on it. I can be self-congratulatory that I supported the changes in law which should improve my neighbors’ lives, when in fact, I needed to ask the next question: Did it make any difference? Ray Frink

Saturday, October 24, 2020 - Stoop to Lift Sometimes the words of a message are heard many times until the conditions are just right for the meaning to be received in the heart. I heard such an expression recently, a variation of one attributed to Abraham Lincoln. Perhaps the meaning struck me now as I struggle with how to serve the world during the pandemic. Perhaps the meaning struck me because I am 6 ft 3 inches and stooping is not always easy. Perhaps the meaning stru...ck me because it reminds me of an action I take out of respect: I put myself at eye level when I speak to the young, the disabled, and the seated elderly. The expression is: No one stands so tall as when they stoop to help the least of these. These words are simple and direct. They are the Christian message of how I am to treat others. The meaning and action are not complicated by the trappings of ancient words or texts. They are intended for everyone. The meaning and the action are not limited to power, wealth, education, skill, or physical prowess. These attributes can obscure the richness and the grace of bending oneself, figuratively and literally, to stoop to help the least of God’s creations. When I go to sleep tonight, I will remember these words. I will stretch out my long frame and be reminded that when, during the course of the day I made myself smaller in the service of others, I made my heart bigger and my soul richer. Ray Frink

Friday, October 23, 2020 - Mission Impossible I consider myself good with my hands and able to come up with creative solutions to mechanical problems around the house. Recently my wife asked me to solve a problem and after only a brief consideration I said that can’t be done, it’s impossible. Almost immediately, I reflected and said, 100% of the things that are said to be impossible won’t get done. I will give it a try. Whether I succeed or fail, there is value in the ...attempt. For the apostles and the disciples, when Jesus spoke of suffering, dying, and rising from the dead, they were aghast. When Jesus said the temple would be destroyed and raised in 3 days, they were incredulous. In the fulfillment of the Scriptures, Jesus instructed us to love our neighbors and our enemies. The reaction of those hearing this was likely: That is not going to happen! When Jesus told Peter that a lowly fisherman from the banks of the Jordon would be the rock upon which the Church would be built, most listeners reaction was: Impossible! In the back of my mind, I hear Jesus asking, What is impossible? Every day I am asked to do what much of the world says is impossible. I am asked to pray and give of my time and talents. I am asked to remember the love of God made real through Jesus’ sacrifice. I am asked to be Peter and be a rock upon which the Church will stand. My mission is not impossible and Jesus proved it. Ray Frink