This article is very late in getting out, in fact I was thinking that since I am on holidays, I was going to take this week off from writing. This would have been the first time in nine and a half years with Main Avenue Fellowship that I did not write. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to chat with friends over lunch and we started talking about the future. We did reminisce about the past for a short time, it was a bit of a rough season for both our families, but the conversation quickly turned to the future. We walked around the back yard and I was taken aback at the changes there. New buildings that were, at one time, only a dream, now a reality, and there were four. There was now a garden that was much larger than the one I remember from the last visit. We walked around the property and he shared the dream of a fruit garden and some additional expansions and that would be there before we returned in a couple years. So many changes, and yet the foundation to the relationship has never changed for us.
When the disciples chose to follow Jesus, they did not fully understand what was going to
change for them in the future. Thinking about tomorrow meant what will we have to eat and
where will we be sleeping. They did not think that the hard times were going to truly test them, but Jesus knew. When He sent them out, they were paired up so they would not be alone. There is comfort in going out into the unknown with a buddy who will support you and help you up when you fall down. Better yet, there is even more comfort in knowing that, together, friends can overcome a great many things, but with Jesus at their sides, there is an endless hope for a great tomorrow.
“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What
will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly
Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live
righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:31-33 NLT
While we both have those needs that only God can address, we also have those needs that a
friend, a brother or sister in Christ, can help with and I truly believe God brings people together not only for great relationships but also for support in those times of need. We may look at tomorrow with a sense of trepidation and some fear, but with good friends and a mighty Saviour, there is nothing we cannot overcome.
This week, Pastor Todd and Natalie return from Nova Scotia with fresh hearts and a tan. Please plan to join us either in person or online at 10:30 AM this Sunday. The service will be broadcast online on our website (https://www.mainavefellowship.ca/socialplatforms), or you are more than welcome to join us in person at 402 Main Ave. W in Sundre, AB.
Blessings,
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