"How can it go from Winter to Summer in one day?"

If you attend GCC this past weekend (2-7/8-09) you may have heard Rob Wegner open the service with this question that one of his daughters asked him Saturday.

Here we have had 32+ days with snow on the ground and many days in the single digit temperatures. Then - walla- come Feb. 6th the temperature begin to rise. On the 7th (Saturday) the temperature rises to the low 50's and the ground changes from white to green. It does seem to have gone from winter to summer in one day. I must say that I am definitely enjoying the sunshine and warmer temps.

I can't help to think that Christ can make such a change in our lives if we only let Him. We can become cold and hide under the covers (snow) and not let our life impact others. How often do we tend to dwell or only see the things that affect us but do not see the hurt in the people around us? The song Does Anybody Hear Her, by Casting Crowns, has really made it come clear to me how I tend to not really 'hear' the hurt and pain of others. (By the way, Trace Rorie did a great job on this song this weekend.) Maybe we (I) need to be more sensitive and really hear what people around us are saying. Maybe we (I) need to keep our mind and eyes upon Jesus more so that He can show us when people are crying out to us for help. Maybe when people are speaking to us we are not really listening with our heart so we miss what is being said without words. Does this make sense to you? Let God change you (me) so that we can be there for others.

Get out from under the covers and the cold and let the light and warmth of Jesus shine through you to impact others. Isn't this what followers of Christ should be doing? I sure could use more help on fine tuning my heart and mind to really 'hearing' others. How about you?