Good Morning, Japan.

Monday, August 29, 2011
Good Morning, Japan. I have an app on my iPhone that gives me Fox News Breaking News Updates. Sometimes this news ranges anywhere from financial news to high profile sports news. Basically anything worth sharing is sent as a “Breaking News Alert” to my cell phone. This morning when I woke up I had one waiting to inform me that Japan had a new leader.
Maybe my mind works differently than it should, but that news update made me begin to think. All the way around the world, the people of Japan are experiencing change. I have no idea how this new man will change the course of that nation, but no doubt most of the people of that nation do. I don’t know what he stands for or what his agenda is, yet the people who he will now lead most assuredly know much of that. Just because it’s not news to me doesn’t mean it isn’t news to someone else.
Today we will all walk past people who have some major breaking news in their own lives. That woman you meet walking into Wal-Mart may be dealing with the news that her husband is leaving her today. That man who opened the door for you at McDonald’s may have just found out he has cancer. That teenager walking down the sidewalk that you pass may feel so hopeless and numb that they inflict pain upon their self just to feel something. That elderly man driving in front of you may feel so alone since his wife passed away that he’s decided to take his own life. News is happening in their world.
And we have a choice to make. We can see these people and treat them as if they’re in our way, only slowing us down and keeping us behind schedule in our busy lives. Or we can think outside our own little box of personal news and try to show them Jesus. The choice is up to you.
We all have our own issues and news that’s breaking in our lives. The truth is, however, that just because your news is good today doesn’t mean everyone else’s is.
So look around and take notice today. You may very well be the person that actually cares enough to save a life today. Now, where was I? Oh yes, good morning Japan.
PS: Please continue to pray for Marty, Jordan, and baby Morgan Summers. Some tests will be run today and apparently some decisions will have to be made. Pray for strength, guidance, wisdom and most of all a measure of faith to be poured out on these two incredible young parents as we pray for God’s healing to be poured out on precious baby Morgan.



That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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