Sorry about that, I thought I posted yesterday. and just discovered that when I think it is dangerous. It would be great to hear from someone, lonesome here in this computer. I was thinking again about the Holy Spirit and the energy of the Web. Both are free flowing around us continually, the air is full of this energy that is filled with incredible information. Both have the ability to change our lives for the better. One little problem, still unique to both, you need a way to decode, receive, use, work with, all the stuff that is on the web is of no use without a way to access it.
We use a computer and it becomes the interface between us and the energy, the existence of the stream flowing out into the world. With this interface you have the ability to use and injoy all that stuff out there. Without the enterface you only hear about it, you only imagine what it can do.
It is the same with the HS, you need access to it and there is a way to do that also. All you need is a little faith that Jesus Christ is the risen Lord of your life, a little time to pray (you will make it) and wala! there it is. The HS is coursing through you, you become the interface, the receiver the way to apply it to the world. All of that energy and all of that power, it fills you and flows out into everyone and everything that gets close to you.
Gotta quit this I will go on and bore all of you before you get to the study. Lots to think about in this post. Enjoy.

The Reward of Joy
The card catalog in the library reveals an incredible number of books whose titles begin with "The Joy of...." Along with The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort, there is an avalanche of books on other kinds of joy:
The Joy of Beauty The Joy ofCBs The Joy of Cheesecake
The Joy of Chocolate The Joy of Cocktails The Joy of Competition
The Joy of Creative Cuisine The Joy of Chinese Cooking The Joy of Ice Cream
The Joy of French Food The Joy of Gardening The Joy of Cooking
The Joy of Living Salt-Free The Joy of Money The Joy of Pasta
The Joy of Photography The Joy of Quitting Smoking The Joy of Reading
The Joy of Stress The Joy of Snow The Joy of Working
Interesting, is it not, that we do not find the title "The Joy of Giving"? Perhaps that should not surprise us. We already have such a book, the Bible. And if you interview people who live this book, you discover that they all find great satisfaction in the experience. The joy of giving is more than a possibility; it is a certainty.
A man describing the hectic traffic during a trip he and his wife made to Yellowstone National Park one summer said, "The cars were bumper to bumper and going so slow that it was like being in a funeral procession." In one respect, he was accurate. Our entire life is a funeral procession. It may take more than seventy years to tour the park, but the final destination is always the same part of town. Why, then, would we not want to spend our energy and resources on something important while we are seeing the park? As John Claypool said. "All your gifts will be given away at the end of your life. Why not get in on the joy of giving them away before that?" A French criminologist of fifty years ago, Emile Locard, came up with something he called "Locard's Exchange Principle." It says that even if a person is only passing through a room, he or she will leave something and take something away. Robert Fulghum says that this principle extends to our passage through life. Much of this leaving and taking cannot be seen, heard, or counted in a census. Money is one of those ways that we leave something that makes a difference, and God rewards that with joy. Jesus was right. When we give something, we take joy away with us.
One night at dusk, a young Robert Louis Stevenson was standing at a window looking into the street. When his nurse called him for dinner, he did not move. His eyes were fixed on a lamplighter who was going down the street from one gaslight post to the next. Stevenson called to the nurse. "There's a man out there punching holes in the darkness." God calls each of us to be lamplighters, punching holes in the world's darkness of pain, hunger, and strife. Failing to answer that call steals much of life's joy away from us.
Investing Wisely?
An old story tells of the wealthy man, getting on in years, who called in a faithful employee who had been with him a long time. He gave the trusted employee some surprising instructions. "I am going on a world tour. I'll be gone for a year. While I'm gone, I want you to build me a house. I have already purchased the lot. Here is a check that will cover the entire cost. I want you to take this money and build a nice house. Draw up the plans yourself, and do it extremely well. I'll see you when I get back.
The old man departed and the employee went to work. With shrewd purchasing, he cut corners at several points in the construction process. He used inferior materials at every opportunity, especially at places where they would not be easily noticed. Finally, the house was completed. He had produced a beautiful exterior "shell" that covered a shoddy piece of workmanship. He had lined his own bank account with the several thousand dollars he had saved by cutting corners. After all, the old man would never know the difference, and he would never miss the money. So what if the house was not well constructed? The old man would not need it long anyway!
The first day back from his trip, the old man wanted to see the house, so they drove out to look at it. "You may have wondered why I wanted you to build this house," the old man said. "After all. I already have a nice house."
"Yes, I did," the employee admitted.
"Well," said the old man, beaming with pride, "You have been my faithful assistant for all these years, so I wanted to find a way to show you my appreciation. Here are the keys. The house is yours."
What kind of spiritual house are you building with the money God has entrusted to you?


Wow what a story, imagine what you might have done with the money given to build a house for the master. What do you think the moral of the story is??? We were set up from the beginning to give an answer that would mean something, think about it.
Pastor WaynO