FINAL BLOG

CHANGE.....Yes it is a time of change in lots of things. Personally with us, Don's mother is soon to make a change from the nursing/rehab center she has been in for 3 months to home again! That is a wonderful change! And that will begin another phase of our lives,(Don & I). CHANGE IS GOOD!

A pond or body of water must have a stream flowing in and a way for the water to flow out. Otherwise, the pond will become stagnant...unable to sustain life! Recently we discovered we may have this problem with our "Big Pond" down by the river on our property here in Union, SC. Something will have to be done, CHANGE, to unstop the "flow" that is coming in and out of that body of water!
We will do whatever it takes to "revive" this beautiful place that God has given us....right now we don't know the exact problem...but we KNOW there is a problem at both ends and something Must be done and SOON if that body of water, "Our Pond" is to have a "normal flow" again!!! There are a lot of "fish" in that pond and have been for many, many, years. They will die if the pond does not begin to "Flow Properly" again. FISH reminds me of what we are told/called in the Bible...FISHERS OF MEN! COULD GOD BE SHOWING ME A PARALLEL BETWEEN THAT POND AND THE "FISH" IN IT AND THE "CHURCH-BODY OF CHRIST" at large???? Are we becoming "stagnant" or "have" we already become stagnant because of a "blockage" that we were not aware of until now? That "FLOW" of the Spirit of the Living God from Deep Within Us that is to Flow Out to others around us to help them....save them from "death?" (John3:16)

Are you a Flowing Life Giving Stream...(out of the innermost beings of your heart shall flow rivers of living water)...A VIBRANT STREAM..A BEAUTIFUL POND WHERE FISH LIVE AND GROW? (and are caught!) We must check ourselves out as Believers in Jesus Christ NOW...Are we Living and Walking and Moving and Breathing in HIM? (Jesus}...HIS WORD...THE BIBLE? ARE WE GIVERS OF LIFE TO THOSE WE COME IN CONTACT WITH AT CHURCH, THE STORE, ANYWHERE WE GO??? Are we "LIFE GIVERS" TO OTHERS WHO DON'T KNOW JESUS? IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAY WE LIVE AND OTHERS...ARE WE LOOKED UPON AS SOMEONE THAT A LOST PERSON WOULD LIKE TO BE LIKE? (Do they see something in us they desire and want?) DO THEY SEE JESUS IN US...ARE WE LETTING OUR LIGHT SHINE SO THAT OTHERS MAY SEE THE GLORY OF GOD AND BE SAVED?

As I come to the end of this blog, I leave you with that question, whever you are...Union,SC and all over the world. OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD AND HE CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE...JUST WAIT AND SEE...YOU WILL SEE IT AND SOON!

GOODBYE FOR NOW!

Don & Carol Kingsmore