Letter from Children

I have a new email address. jeffjordan.ntcc@gmail.com

Following are some funny letters and notes from children to their pastor that I found at http://home.flash.net/~go4crown/chhumor.htm

Letters to a pastor
Dear Pastor,I know God loves everybody but He never met my sister. Yours sincerely, Arnold. Age 8, Nashville.
Dear Pastor,Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been a good boy all week. I am Peter Peterson. Sincerely, Pete. Age 9, Phoenix
Dear Pastor, My father should be a minister. Every day he gives us a sermon about something. Robert, Page 11, Anderson
Dear Pastor, I’m sorry I can’t leave more money in the plate, but my father didn’t give me a raise in my allowance. Could you have a sermon about a raise in my allowance? Love, Patty. Age 10, New Haven
Dear Pastor, My mother is very religious. She goes to play bingo at church every week even if she has a cold. Yours truly, Annette. Age 9, Albany
Dear Pastor, I would like to go to heaven someday because I know my brother won’t be there. Stephen. Age 8, Chicago
Dear Pastor, I think a lot more people would come to your church if you moved it to Disneyland. Loreen. Age 9. Tacoma
Dear Pastor, I liked your sermon where you said that good health is more important than money but I still want a raise in my allowance. Sincerely, Eleanor. Age 12, Sarasota
Dear Pastor, Please pray for all the airline pilots. I am flying to California tomorrow. Laurie. Age 10, New York City
Dear Pastor, I hope to go to heaven some day but later than sooner. Love, Ellen, age 9. Athens
Dear Pastor, Please say a prayer for our Little League team. We need God’s help or a new pitcher. Thank you. Alexander. Age 10, Raleigh
Dear Pastor, My father says I should learn the Ten Commandments. But I don’t think I want to because we have enough rules already in my house. Joshua. Age 10, South Pasadena
Dear Pastor, Who does God pray to? Is there a God for God? Sincerely, Christopher. Age 9, Titusville
Dear Pastor, Are there any devils on earth? I think there may be one in my class. Carla. Age 10, Salina
Dear Pastor, I liked your sermon on Sunday. Especially when it was finished. Ralph, Age 11, Akron
Dear Pastor, How does God know the good people from the bad people? Do you tell Him or does He read about it in the newspapers? Sincerely, Marie. Age 9, Lewiston


Psalm 33:3 The best instrument you have is your heart!

What Am I Worth?

I'm at least 15 years behind my time. I began the course of self-discovery, not as a young teen, like many, but as a young adult, just a few months from marriage. I was employed by Coca-Cola as a route driver. My work began most mornings at 4 AM. Usually, I was in bed between 8 and 8:30, 9:00 at the latest. One night, my parents called, shortly after I had gone to sleep. I was really out of it. I thought it was odd that Mom and Dad were calling at 2:00 in the morning. It wasn't even 10:00. It was then that I realized, life goes on everywhere else, despite the fact that I am unaware of what is taking place, and that I am not there.

One episode of growing pains has Mike turning the TV on and off. Gilligan's Island is on and he is realizing that the show is on whether he is watching it or not. The self-realization blew his mind.

The world is not about me, its not about you, but we humans ignore the fact and when we learn it, we even forget the fact, that the world is not our play ground.

One author calls it, the search for significance. Who am I? What am I here for? Do I matter, at all?

The simple answer is the significant answer. We were all created in the image of God. We have the ability to share in a relationship with him. We are even invited to do so. In spite of the sin that separates, we are able to be restored through the power of forgiveness given through Jesus.

[Genesis 1:26-27; Psalm 8; Romans 3:23; Romans 1:18ff; Isaiah 59; Isaiah 53:6]

Psalm 33:3 The best instrument you have is your heart!

News! Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

I am sitting at McDonalds, my basic wifi connection, downloading the free antivirus, and updating other programs, and CNN is broadcasting the funeral procession of Anna Nicole Smith.

The more I think about it, the more angered and discouraged I am. Please know I am not upset it is Anna Nicole Smith, but because it is someone famous. If it were the President of the United States, I could understand because he has a major effect on our lives, whereas, people that are famous for whatever reason, may or may not have the same level of effect.

News is about what effects us. A tornado killed 18 school kids in Alalbama, but the live feed is showing them remove the casket, covered in pink, being removed from the hearse and carred into the church where her funeral will be.

The coverage of the fight for her body and eventually the fight for her money is news, just as if it were about me, even though I am not famous. If it happened to me, the local news might make a report and give whatever updates there maybe, but there is no reason to give 24.7 coverage of court antics, and funeral processions, etc.

I know that we are more interested in the misfortune of famous people than we are of whatever is going on with our neighbors. And I know that controversy of famous people makes money. But I don't like it. I want to hear about that which effects our lives. The war, the storms, tax breaks or increases, prison breaks, etc.

Please excuse my rantings, even if my attitude is not a good one, I needed to unload.
Psalm 33:3 The best instrument you have is your heart!