Grabbing opportunity?

Grabbing opportunity? (01-27-22)– -Lifting Each Other Up!---1 Thessalonians 5:11)

My friend, may I ask you a question? "Strike while the iron is hot." Did you ever wonder what that means?

My friend, Life’s a story, welcome to This Passing Day.

I'm M. Clifford Brunner.

"Strike while the iron is hot." Did you ever wonder what that means? The blacksmith heats his iron, red-hot, in the fiery forge. It requires time to heat the iron up and time for it to cool down once it is plunged into the cooling water. But, in between, is the single moment when the iron is perfectly ready, flexible enough, to be struck and pounded into the desired shape the blacksmith had in mind. "Striking while the iron" is hot means that opportunity is fleeting and we are only given a few moments in time to effect changes in others that could last a lifetime. One fleeting moment and the opportunity has past.

Here's a story: There was a man who, ousted from his profession for an indiscretion, took work as a hod carrier simply to put bread on the table. Near the end of the third week, he felt that he could take no more. "I'll work till break time this morning," he told himself, "and then that's it. I'm going home. I just can't handle any more of this." A while later, he decided to finish out the morning and then leave at lunchtime.

Shortly before noon, the foreman came around with paychecks. As he handed the man his envelope, he told him. "Hey, there's a woman working in the front office who says she knows you. Says she takes care of your kids at church some- times." When the hod carrier opened his envelope, he found, along with his check, a handwritten note: "When one part of the body of Christ suffers, we all suffer with it. Just wanted you to know that I'm praying for you these days." He stared at the note, astonished at God's timing. He hadn't even known the woman worked for this company. Here at his lowest hour, she had given him the courage to go on, to push another wheelbarrow of mortar up that ramp. (Dean Merrill, Another Chance, Zondervan, 1981, p. 138.)

Opportunity can only be grabbed from the front before it has past. Once it has past there is nothing to hold onto; it is lost. The Apostle Paul tells us, therefore, that we ought to "encourage one another and build each other up" (1 Thessalonians 5:11). When we see an opportunity to cheer someone up who is sad or lonely, we ought never to pass by and think that it might be better for someone else to do it. If we see it, it's our job to hold. These opportunities become our responsibilities, not just possibilities. By the time we circle back to check the situation out, it may be too late. So, strike while the iron is hot. Don't put off a deed of kindness or caring until tomorrow. Tomorrow is often too late to deal with the problems of the day. Don't let opportunities of kindness pass you by. Grab on and hold on for the ride. Two people are thus blessed.

We pray. Heavenly Father, When we see an opportunity to cheer someone up who is sad or lonely, we ought never to pass by and think that it might be better for someone else to do it. If we see it, it's our job to hold. Forgive us when we don’t. These opportunities become our responsibilities, not just possibilities. By the time we circle back to check the situation out, it may be too late. We need to strike while the iron is hot. and not put off a deed of kindness or caring until tomorrow. Tomorrow is often too late to deal with the problems of the day. Help us Dear Lord to grab on and hold on for the ride. Two people are thus blessed. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Therefore my friend, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry for itself; each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matt 6:34) This Passing Day. May this passing day honor our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and be a blessing to you and everyone you meet. Find a stranger and say hello. Don't let another day pass without your day blessing someone else.

If you have a special prayer request, please send your request to ”This Passing Day!”

<thispassingday@gmail.com> From Beech Springs, God bless you for Jesus sake.

Grabbing opportunity?

Grabbing opportunity? (01-27-22)– -Lifting Each Other Up!---1 Thessalonians 5:11)

My friend, may I ask you a question? "Strike while the iron is hot." Did you ever wonder what that means?

My friend, Life’s a story, welcome to This Passing Day.

I'm M. Clifford Brunner.

"Strike while the iron is hot." Did you ever wonder what that means? The blacksmith heats his iron, red-hot, in the fiery forge. It requires time to heat the iron up and time for it to cool down once it is plunged into the cooling water. But, in between, is the single moment when the iron is perfectly ready, flexible enough, to be struck and pounded into the desired shape the blacksmith had in mind. "Striking while the iron" is hot means that opportunity is fleeting and we are only given a few moments in time to effect changes in others that could last a lifetime. One fleeting moment and the opportunity has past.

Here's a story: There was a man who, ousted from his profession for an indiscretion, took work as a hod carrier simply to put bread on the table. Near the end of the third week, he felt that he could take no more. "I'll work till break time this morning," he told himself, "and then that's it. I'm going home. I just can't handle any more of this." A while later, he decided to finish out the morning and then leave at lunchtime.

Shortly before noon, the foreman came around with paychecks. As he handed the man his envelope, he told him. "Hey, there's a woman working in the front office who says she knows you. Says she takes care of your kids at church some- times." When the hod carrier opened his envelope, he found, along with his check, a handwritten note: "When one part of the body of Christ suffers, we all suffer with it. Just wanted you to know that I'm praying for you these days." He stared at the note, astonished at God's timing. He hadn't even known the woman worked for this company. Here at his lowest hour, she had given him the courage to go on, to push another wheelbarrow of mortar up that ramp. (Dean Merrill, Another Chance, Zondervan, 1981, p. 138.)

Opportunity can only be grabbed from the front before it has past. Once it has past there is nothing to hold onto; it is lost. The Apostle Paul tells us, therefore, that we ought to "encourage one another and build each other up" (1 Thessalonians 5:11). When we see an opportunity to cheer someone up who is sad or lonely, we ought never to pass by and think that it might be better for someone else to do it. If we see it, it's our job to hold. These opportunities become our responsibilities, not just possibilities. By the time we circle back to check the situation out, it may be too late. So, strike while the iron is hot. Don't put off a deed of kindness or caring until tomorrow. Tomorrow is often too late to deal with the problems of the day. Don't let opportunities of kindness pass you by. Grab on and hold on for the ride. Two people are thus blessed.

We pray. Heavenly Father, When we see an opportunity to cheer someone up who is sad or lonely, we ought never to pass by and think that it might be better for someone else to do it. If we see it, it's our job to hold. Forgive us when we don’t. These opportunities become our responsibilities, not just possibilities. By the time we circle back to check the situation out, it may be too late. We need to strike while the iron is hot. and not put off a deed of kindness or caring until tomorrow. Tomorrow is often too late to deal with the problems of the day. Help us Dear Lord to grab on and hold on for the ride. Two people are thus blessed. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Therefore my friend, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry for itself; each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matt 6:34) This Passing Day. May this passing day honor our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and be a blessing to you and everyone you meet. Find a stranger and say hello. Don't let another day pass without your day blessing someone else.

If you have a special prayer request, please send your request to ”This Passing Day!”

<thispassingday@gmail.com> From Beech Springs, God bless you for Jesus sake.