Just another Starbucks Saturday...

It's Saturday - a hot, sunny day in the West - and I am sitting in Starbucks.  Now those of you who know me, know that Starbucks and I are not exactly an odd pair; however, Starbucks Saturday isn't the norm.  Sitting here waiting for my wife while she is at an appointment, I am drinking my dark roast coffee, checking email and Facebook, and writing this blog.  Doesn't sound particularly relaxing, but it is... really!  Well, mostly, seeing as my mind is racing with a quadrillion things that need to be done in the coming week or so, starting with this evening.  Fun times... and it all starts with coffee!

If you have been following this blog from the beginning, you know that I had invited you to grab a coffee and take some time to read, study, enjoy, etc.  I hope you have been as blessed by this as I have been.  God is so good, and He just keeps giving us things to say, things to read, things to do, etc., even if and when we think we don't need those things!  In the Bible, in the book of Psalms, David talked about being busy and what that brings:

READ:  Psalm 39

I love this Psalm - it reminds me that I can be running around like a chicken with its head cut off and actually be accomplishing nothing, or at least nothing of major importance. 

Psalm 39: 6-7
We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.  We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.  And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?  My only hope is in you.

I admit, I had never quite equated being busy with where I put my hope, but the Psalmist really makes this clear.  We move and work and do stuff - being busy - and yet what do we really accomplish?  We might actually finish something, but in the end, what does it mean?  We can relax at Starbucks (or Timmies, or wherever!), do our work (whatever that is), and yet we might never really focus on WHO we should be focusing on!  Seriously, sometimes we do just need to relax, chill, do nothing... but there are also times when we really need to realize- REALLY realize - that we are here to do something, and that something is important.  We are to tell others about Jesus - those who don't know Jesus as their Saviour should be able to hear about Him from us, those who DO know Him as Saviour.  And how might we do this?  Well, tell them!  How?  Um, talk to them!  You're reading this blog right now, so you are hearing about Him, and if you don't really know who He is or anything much about Him, then let me know by emailing me @ pastor@mckernanchurch.ca. 

Ultimately, I can do lots of stuff - running around, writing up a storm, etc. - and actually accomplish nothing if I am not letting people know about this great, big, wonderful, loving Jesus I know as my personal Lord and Saviour.  The One who changed me, who loves me, who works in my life and (hopefully!) makes me a bit of a better person than I used to be! 

• Do you know who Jesus is?
• Do you know Jesus as Saviour?
• Do you want to know Him?

I can sit in Starbucks, I can drink my awesome coffee, I can check emails and FB, and I can write this blog - yet at the end of the day, what have I accomplished?  Today, I hope I have given you an opportunity - to ask about Jesus, to find out about Jesus, to get to know Jesus.  He is my hope, and He can be yours too!  Don't ever be so busy, too busy, to live life with Him, 'cause without Him, I have no hope, we have no hope.  It's true... if you don't believe me, ask me, I'll tell you! 

This may be Saturday, and this may be Starbucks, but it's not really just another Starbucks Saturday - because now you have heard about Jesus, and I hope you want to find out more!

PRAYER
God, I want to know more about Jesus.  I want to find out who He is, what He's all about.  Help me to do this, because I really don't know where to begin.  I just need hope, and in the Bible, it says you are my only hope, so... Thank you, God, for listening. 
Amen.