Blessings In the Name of Change

Greetings my Northside Family:

“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.  But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.  Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.  Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest’” (Matthew 9:35-38, NKJV). Jesus is educating and directing His disciples on what they must do.  He also tells us today that we are to follow this same instruction.  Look out for one another and care for everyone with His love.  This harvest should be done daily, year-round and always in the name of Jesus.

I was led to this scripture after Lydia informed me this edition of the newsletter would feature the harvest.  As Christians, the most important harvest we have to tend is bringing those into His fold and caring for the ones already here.  The harvest is even more plentiful now than when Jesus walked the earth, the trouble is in finding those laborers!  If we truly love our Lord like we should, laborers should be lining up everywhere to do His service.  What a glorious sight this would be and what a much-needed change this would bring to our world.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful summer.  As always, it has gone by too fast for me.  I enjoy fall, it’s just the weather that comes after that I could do without.  Let’s keep the idea of harvest on our minds as we go through fall serving our Lord.  Look out for one another and allow His light to shine through us.  Be safe, and God bless.

Led by the Spirit,

Pastor Loren