Spreads like peanut butter

Are you thinking what I'm thinking Pinky?

Do you remember that show? I used to love that cartoon when I was a kid, ok so I still do.

Well, I've been thinking lately too & not about taking over the universe, or, well, actually, I guess I have been thinking about taking over the universe; in a way.

I have recently been through one of those moments of life that is as painful as it is educating & growing. I'll spare you all the details but suffice to say it involved people hurting people. In the process I watched a lot of things happen but the thing that I found most interesting is the rapid pace at which fear & frustration spread.

I mean think about it, can you remember a time when you saw someone you knew get frustrated about something? How long did it take before everyone around them knew they were frustrated, as well as many of the details of why? Now, if your alive then you will have things & relationships that frustrate you, that's just part of being human. But, the speed at which we spread our frustrations often travels at the speed & with the same damaging effect of the crusades; almost religious like.

Hmmmm

Why is it that frustrations & fear spread like wild fire but the one thing that Jesus told us to spread (His Gospel) seems to spread more like peanut butter; slow, sticky & in patches??

Are you thinking what I'm thinking Pinky? Yes, Brain, but if we spread our faith like we do our frustrations the whole world could change overnight. Exactly Pinky, exactly!!!!

So, when was the last time you told someone about the amazing God who loves you whose name is Jesus? And, I don't mean you told someone you go to church or used His name after stubbing your toe. I mean when was the last time you told a person who does not know God that there is one & that they have been made to know Him & be loved by Him, when was the last time you invited them to your church? When was the last time you spread the Gospel; the good news that there is a God to whom we all matter and that He has made a way for us to know Him.

Likewise, when was the last time you told someone about a frustration you had and something or someone that you were upset about / with? Just between you, God & the invisible man in your room, ask yourself and answer it out loud, is there an imbalance?

We all want a better world to live in, work in & raise our families in, so, what will create it?

What does your life spread more of on this planet; the Gospel or your frustrations. Let me ask it this way, does your life spread more of Jesus on this planet or more or you?

May God heal where we hurt, empower where we are weak & comfort where we are afraid and may He fill our hearts with passion to spread the knowledge of the loving, gracious & forgiving Jesus like wild fire & everything else like peanut butter.