Your calling is?

FAITH:

Life is tough enough as it is. It's even tougher when we're headed in the wrong direction.

One of the incredible abilities of Jesus was to stay on target. His life never got off track. Not once do we find him walking down the wrong side of the fairway. He had no money, no computers, no jets, no administrative assistants or staff; yet Jesus did what many of us fail to do. He kept his life on course.

As Jesus looked across the horizon of his future, he could see many targets. Many flags were flapping in the wind, each of which he could have pursued. He could have been a political revolutionary. He could have been a national leader. He could have been content to be a teacher and educate minds or to be a physician and heal bodies. But in the end he chose to be a Savior and save souls.

Anyone near Christ for any length of time heard it from Jesus himself. "The Son of Man came to find lost people and save them" (Luke 19:10). "The Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many people" (Mark 10:45).

The heart of Christ was relentlessly focused on one task. The day he left the carpentry shop of Nazareth he had one ultimate aim--the cross of Calvary. He was so focused that his final words were, "It is finished" (John 19:30).

How could Jesus say he was finished? There were still the hungry to feed, the sick to heal, the untaught to instruct, and the unloved to love. How could he say he was finished? Simple. He had completed his designated task. His commission was fulfilled. The painter could set aside his brush, the sculptor lay down his chisel, the writer put away his pen. The job was done.

Wouldn't you love to be able to say the same? Wouldn't you love to look back on your life and know you had done what you were called to do?
by Max Lucado

FRIENDS:

Father, I pray for true repentance, the repentance that occurs when we begin to see our sin from Your point of view, when we see how our sin has broken Your heart. We want to have victory over our sins and we are asking You to show us what our sin does to You so we may really understand how important it is for us to turn away from that sin and no longer grieve Your heart. This will be the test of our sincerity and of the level of our desperation to be right with You. In Jesus' name, Amen

10 Things To Be Thankful For
1. The smell of the beach when the tide comes in
2. Camping
3. Completing a large scrapbook project
4. The sound of the woods in the morning
5. Having a snooze before dinner
6. Fresh shelled peas
7. Listening for that still small silent voice inside you
8. Living each day for itself
9. A secret smile that passes between friends
10. Sunsets

FOOD:

Chocolate Cappuccino Coffee Mix
1 cup powdered coffee creamer
1 cup powdered chocolate milk drink mix (NESTLE QUIK)
2/3 cup instant coffee
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Mix all ingredients together. Store in airtight container. Use 1 heaping tablespoons per cup of boiling water.

FUN:

THE STUFF WE LOVE ABOUT ARIZONA

You notice your car overheating before you drive it.

You no longer associate bridges or rivers with water.

You can hear the weather forecast of 115 degrees without flinching.

You discover, in July it only takes two fingers to drive your car, because your steering wheel is so hot.

The best parking is determined by shade.....not distance.

It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation and yet all the streets are totally empty of both cars and people.

You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

Sunscreen is sold year round and kept right at the checkout counter.

You put on fresh sunscreen just to go check the mail box.

Some fools will market mini-misters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them. Worse.....some fools actually try to jog.

You can pronounce Saguaro, Tempe, San Xavier, Canyon de Chelly, Mogollon Rim, Cholla, Gila and Tucson.

You can fry an egg on the hood of a car in the morning..

You can say "Hohokam" and people don't think you're laughing funny.

You hear people say "but it's a dry heat!"

Your Christmas decorations include sand and l00 paper bags.

You think a red light is merely a suggestion.

All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April.

You think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever.

Most of the restaurants in town have the first name "El" or "Los."

You think 60 tons of crushed red rock makes a beautiful yard.

Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.

Most homes have more firearms than people.

Kids ask, "What's a mosquito?"

People who have black cars or black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out of-state or nuts.

You know better than to get into a car with leather seats if you're wearing shorts.

You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds.

When a rainy day puts you in a good mood.

You "hug" a cactus only once in your lifetime.

When you have to look up "mass transit" in the dictionary.

A hundred ten in the shade is sorta hot, but you don't have to shovel it off your driveway.

Petrified doesn't mean scared.

The temperature drops below 95, you feel a bit chilly.

You've lived in AZ your whole life and have never been to the Grand Canyon

You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.

You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.

You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.

You realize that snowbirds aren't really birds at all, but just really bad out of state drivers that you learn to hate

Even thinking about not having air conditioning makes you sweat

You travel out of state and any sort of humidity nearly kills you

You have no idea why 48 other states (Hawaii doesn't do it either) insist on changing their clocks twice a year for this thing called "daylight savings time"