PASTOR BLAINE'S WEEKLY COLUMN

by Rev. Blaine R. WengeR

04-25-2024

"DO SOMETHING!"


Weeks ago, when the weather was still cold, around the time when the groundhog was teasing us, Bonnie and I did what many others did. We got some pansies; hoping that they would make it because we were anxious for some color. We didn’t go crazy, just a few. We filled a planter box by the basement door, and a pot on the deck. Both had a chance to catch the afternoon sun.  We planted, watered, watched a little and got busy. Then, one day we noticed that the pot on the deck was looking really sad. I think the other one got better protection from the house and it didn’t look as sad. So, we brought the ailing pot from the deck into the house. Over the course of a couple of days, they got a chance to warm up and be happy. Meanwhile, the weather outside got a bit better. So, we put the pot back on the deck. Low and behold, now, it thrived. When I look at it today, it looks great; better than the one that stayed outside the whole time. If we would have given up on that pot on the deck, if we left it alone, it would have withered and died. But we saw something and did something.

I think that there is a lesson here. Everyone one of us connects with many different people; chooses to connect, to invest in many different people in the course of a month, a week, a day. But you know and I know that we treat them differently. Some, we believe, have a lot to offer and we pay close attention. Some, we decide are fine as they are, and we don’t bother too much. Some, we decide are beyond hope and we leave them as they are, and we don’t bother too much. Some, we see struggling, but something compels us, and we get involved and do what we can. There is no guarantee that we will be able to “fix” what is wrong; but doing nothing is a great way of watching failure unfold before our eyes. Why wouldn’t we help when we can? There are a number of reasons. Sometimes we are selfish, or scared. Sometimes we cannot see the upside, the potential; all we see is negative, so why bother? While we cannot fix or save everyone and everything connected,  with the Father, full of the Holy Spirit, anything is possible. What has been staring you in the face recently; that you need to see the potential; and do something?

12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 7:12)

9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. (Galatians 6:9-10)

Grace, Mercy and Peace,
Pastor Blaine