Big Stuff

Do you remember a wrestler by the name of Dusty Rhodes? Well Dusty Rhodes had a famous hold called the chokehold and this move usually came out of nowhere. Dusty and his opponent would be about even, blow for blow, and then the next thing you know Dusty had applied the chokehold and rendered his opponent seemingly lifeless. Match over! As you well may know the recipient of the chokehold was not really lifeless! It was all about the dramatics. Even so wrestling was a big event that drew many to watch as one opponent beat, jumped on top of and slapped the other. There are some big things in life that get over looked. Birth is a big event and without it you wouldn’t be reading this now. For nine months the set day is thought about, dreamed about and looked forward too. There are times when something goes wrong like it did this past weekend as our first great grand baby was born. Excitement filled the room and then something is wrong another hospital is called a decision is made to air flight the baby to another hospital. It’s time to pray; I mean really time to pray, the long awaited child is in real danger. A group is sent from the other hospital and they work with the baby and then they decide to take the baby by emergency vehicle. Some 24-hours later all is much better thanks to all who prayed on the child’s behalf. I am talking about big stuff that many just think will always be. Parenting doesn’t come naturally but few spend much time in training how to be a great parent. What about marriage? Now that’s big stuff and they say over half the marriages will end in divorce? Half is a lot don’t you think? What if you worked all week and only got half pay wouldn’t you want to get it corrected? I would think so; marriage is a big step and time and energy should be placed into it long after the I do’s are said. Death is big stuff and we all know that our day is approaching too fast yet we stick our heads in the sand and hope it’s not today. My phone rang last Tuesday morning with such a case of one dying in their sleep; we don’t know but we can be ready.  Then there is salvation and we all know we need it but we put it off until tomorrow and some put it off until it’s too late like King Agrippa  

Act 26:28  Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. We need to take time with the big stuff; work at being the best parent we can and still we’ll make mistakes but if we do nothing that’s all we’ll make. Not having our salvation in order because you almost became a Christian is too late when the death angel comes to your home. I am glad to report that the man’s home I went to on Tuesday morning wasn’t  too late his life said just the opposite. I am glad to report that the new life that came into this world on Saturday night is doing much better and in both cases something had to done to be done to make both a good report. A man’s wife and children will miss their husband and dad but they know they’ll see him again. The young parents tonight can look forward to raising their son; all will turn out fine if we don’t forget the big stuff. Have a blessed week and please don’t forget the big stuff!