01.15.08
The Call of Joy
Dear Friends:
Keeping warm? January makes us wonder doesn’t it? As I come to you, I’m making preparations for my time in Africa next month. I’m to be in Sierra Leone, West Africa. It is a country that the United Nations has called, by world standards, the most challenging country in which to live at this time.
In Sierra Leone, you will find poverty, hunger, and unemployment. But in the midst of it all, there will be joy. Joy is wherever Jesus is first, then others, and then yourself. You don’t need to be financially rich to be joyful. There’s a thought that states: “The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.” In Sierra Leone, many will state: “God is good all the time.” This is stated in spite of meals maybe once a day, in spite of severe hardship, in spite of severe poverty. Nevertheless, there is a joy that comes when Jesus comes first in our lives, and then others, and then ourselves. I wish you that joy!
Where is your joy? From where is it derived? Come on by. Let’s talk about it. The light is on and the coffee’s fresh.
Blessings to you, Pastor Don
