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As I sit here in my office, the door closed and the air conditioner on high.  I wonder if there is enough time in the day for everything to get done.  I wonder how a mother of three children on her own has the time to work, do the dishes, clean the cloths and then at the end of the day read to her children.

As we go through our days, I wonder how many of us, including me, forget about how close God really is.  God has promised to be with us always, he said that he would never leave or forsake us. But how often do we look around the corner and say, God you are there?

I would like to challenge you today to stop what ever you are doing, just stop.  Look around at the crazy people trying to get everything done at one time.  Then look up at Him and say thank you for being with me today.  Speak to God as though you are walking hand in hand, because you are.    Col. 4:2 say that we need to commit ourselves to prayer and be alert to the thanksgiving we need to give Him.

How many times do we go to bed after a long day of work, cleaning the cloths, and finally saying  good night to our children, only to lay our head down and not thank the Lord for his guidence that day?  Tonight, after all the busyness is gone, after you have folded the last towel or finished reading the last chapter of a book to your children. Say thank you the the Man up stairs, because he was beside you the entire day.

From the Barry Patch

There are two ways of looking at this.. Either you are willing to jump in and find out what flavor it is, or you won’t even try a piece. Life is the same way, either you are willing to jump in and experience it or your not. Make it a good day and smile as you experience life, enjoy the flavors that come your way!

I know this has been out for a while, but close your eyes as you listen and see if man is able to recreate what God has made so perfect.  The next time a storm comes, close your eyes and listen again. Remember that no earthly hands made that sound.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ZVpZqistk

God Bless

Barry

While I am very hesitant to suggest a movie for people to see, I must break out of my comfort zone and suggest one.  Mary and I went on a date last Saturday night  and for the first time in a long time saw a movie that was worth the money.  I must admit that there are very few movies out there where swearing and indecency are left out of movies.

However if you can look past just a little bit of swearing, The Blind Side is a movie that will make you wonder why we are not more like this family and leave you with a wonderful feeling while exiting the movie.

Although throughly enjoying the movie, I must say that I am humbled by the love and caring of this family. Why hasn’t my family ever acted this way? For that matter, why do we not see more Christians act the way this family does in the movie?  We call our selves Christians and yet we do not follow the simple rule, “Love thy neighbor as “….who?

Go and see the movie, and then let me know what you think.

It was based on a TRUE story.

God Bless

Barry

Have you ever fasted?  What about denying yourself that special TV show so that you can sit in silence and just be with God?   Do you take a moment each day and stop what you are doing to just be in solitude?  More times than not we go about our busy lives and never think about a simple thing called discipline.  I must admit that the discipline of prayer has always plagued me.  I work so hard to stay in touch with the Lord and then whoosh .. I forgot to pray.  This challenge that we all face comes from a life of busy work, busy life, busy sports or what ever takes you away from that special time.  How much time do we spend each week in study of Gods word?  Study is a discipline, so is worship!  Dare I ask how much fellowship we have had this week, or am I stepping  on toes?   As I sit here watching the snow fall, I can help  but wonder how great our God really is.  Lets take time and spend a little of it for Him.

God Bless

Barry

What have you always wanted?  A car, a house?  The new year brought new wishes and new resolutions to many of us. For my family and myself, we are wishing for Gods guidence in making it through the rest of my time here at Harding.  We are praying for Gods guidance in finding a new work to go to, and we are hoping for a loving congregation that we can work with (not for).  The new year  will bring new and exciting events to all of our lives, lets live for the entire week, not just the weekend! This way we will live every moment that God has given us.

God Bless

Barry

Loosing my dad this month has made me realize that your dash will come before you are ready. This has only reinforced the belief that we need to be aware of everyday, every action and every moment.  How do we live those moments between our birth date and our death? Do we skip over the little things and only concentrate on the big ones?  My challenge for those who may read this, is to live each moment… one at a time.  Someone once said that our life happens while we are making plans for the future.  While I agree that we need to make plans for the future, I would like to suggest that we  slow down and take time to enjoy the moments in between.

As we enter the new year, lets live one moment at a time.

God Bless all

With the new year coming quickly, we all face the challenge of what will happen next year. We ask ourselves, what good or bad will effect me next year.  For our family we face so many changes in the next 12 months that we only have one choice, we must put it in Gods hands.  We have officially started our search for a congregation to work with. While some may say that this may be to early, we have been advised to start now so that we will have the best opportunity to find the church that God wants us to work at.

With all the changes that we face, I pray that my family will handle the changes as well as they did when we arrived in Searcy a short year and a half ago.

The Chaffin family would like to ask for your prayers to not only help us find a place to work at, but that we will trust God to show us the correct path to follow.

God Bless

Barry

Practical Ministry-integrity from Barry Chaffin on Vimeo.

How many days in the week are there? How many of them  do we really enjoy?  I find it interesting that we are always looking for the weekend, why is this? Is it because the rest of the week  isn’t good enough for us? How many days did it take for God to create the earth? Did He look for the Weekend or did He look at each day and decide that each one was as good as the next? I would like to suggest that we look at each day and answer the way that God did.. “it was Good”  When we change our view of the day, we have the ability to change the week and then the month.

All it takes is one statement… it was a good day.