PEOPLE FIRST!

The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabath. - Luke 6:5

READ LUKE 6:1-11 TODAY

     Today, Jesus reminds us that people are more important than rules.  Folks are hungry - give them some food.  You can help a sick man - do it!  Sounds pretty simple right?  People are what matter!  Easy one, click the red X, done for the day!

     Hold on a second!  It's your daughter's birthday and you've used all your sick days, what do you do?  There's a big event at school, but your work is having a huge deal with some bigwig clients, what do you do?  It's 9 a.m., time for church, and you see a single mom on the side of the road having car trouble, what do you do?  Your daily schedule says "Get up and exercise" but when you get up your daughter is already awake, what do you do?  You have had this conert planned for months and then you get a phone call from your friend about a break-up, what do you do?  Even better, your family is hungry and you have no money.  You are walking around Jewel and see an opportunity to put some food in a bag and keep walking, what do you do?

     I think it's not so easy!  In life, living people first can be a challenge.  There are a lot of rules - some written, some unwritten, that make us do stuff that we normally wouldn't even consider.  I think I speak for everyone when I say, if we were really going to put people in front of everything else, we'd have a lot of tough decisions to make.

Peace Out!

AND NOW TIME FOR A COMMERCIAL BREAK....

And no one after drinking ld wine wants the new for he says, "The old is better." - Luke 5:39

READ LUKE 5:36-39 TODAY

     OK, so we're supposed to be looking at how to treat people - forget that (at least for a day!).  This bible verse always bugs me.  Old wine, new wine, patches, "the old is better."  What the?

     So, I busted out the iPAD today and did some research.  And I think I've come up with a meaning that I like.  The Pharisees are really getting their undies in a bunch over who Jesus picked as his disciples (read a little before this parable).  Jesus justifies his choice by using this.  You can't teach someone who's already learned the wrong way.  You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

      See, the Pharisee's disciples were trained in the way of the Pharisees.  If Jesus would have chose those guys for His disciples they would have said, "Jesus, you're crazy!"  But, Jesus went to the fisherman and tax collectors - people who had no religious training so that they would not have any bad habits.

     I was talking to a Quarterbacks coach this week.  He said that his ten year-old daughter was easier to teach than his high school players.  She had never developed "wrong ways" to throw a football.  She was COACHABLE!

     That's the take home - ARE WE COACHABLE or have we learned so much of the wrong stuff that we are like the guy who says, "I'm good - I've got it down!"  Because no one after drinking the old wine wants the new.  They say the old is better.

  

     That's my take, what's yours?  Read this passage and let me know!

Booooyahh!