MY PASSIONS

What is it is life that you are passionate about? If you knew you could never fail and you had all the resources you ever needed, what passion would you pursue?

I’ve heard those questions for many years. And I have had a lot of things that I have been passionate about. However there are a couple of areas I just can’t get past that generate great passion and excitement in my life.  Both allow me to serve others and meet their needs! Both allow me to help people experience life-change and that excites me more than anything!

First and foremost, I have discovered that we all desire life-change. The single greatest resource for a changed life is God’s Word. I love to preach/teach/speak God’s Word! It is an awesome and humbling experience to stand before people and proclaim the Word of God. People are so hungry to know what the Bible has to say about whatever it is they are dealing with. They want to know how to live out this Christian life that they have surrendered to. They don’t want to be yelled at! They want to be fed, led and cared for! That’s what we preacher types (under shepherds) do – lead the sheep (people), feed the sheep and tend the sheep! It’s humbling to hear, from those who heard you speak/preach/teach, how God used that message to help them! All thanks and praise goes to the Father who brings people and preacher together as He does His work in all of us leading us to experience life-change!

My other great passion that gives me opportunity to serve people and help generate life-change is in the area of health and nutrition. I love talking to people about products that have impacted my life physically. I get real excited hearing great results from others who have also seen great changes take place in their bodies – from Olympic athletes to ordinary folks like you and me.  I highly recommend you take a look at the wonderful products created by the Shaklee Corporation. Their purity, potency and performance cannot be beat. They are the number one natural nutrition company in the world.

I must say that these products have changed my life! For instance, I’m 60 years old working at a Chick-fil-A trying to keep up with 20 year olds. The physical demands of my job are huge. I need strength, stamina and recovery. Check! I’m exposed to numerous people each day who are sick, so I need to stay immune. Check! Shaklee gives me what I need. And it has now for 24 years and I’m so thankful to God that I found this company.

If I can serve you by recommending to you products that can possibly generate the change you have been looking for in your life and health, then I hope you will allow me to do so. We can talk by email, FB, messaging, etc. I post a lot of things on an FB page and you can click here for a link. Please “LIKE” my page for updates, news and life-changing stories. And by all means please SHARE this page with your friends.

Passions… We all have them. Maybe you will share some of yours with me! I hope so.  Thanks for taking the time to read.  More to come!

BLESSINGS

It has been an interesting two weeks for us. We had been smelling antifreeze in the duct work of the Toyota Highlander (Lana's car) and knew something was up...and you guessed it - Heater Core! And we thought that was an expensive car repair ($800 but we decided to bypass it for now) until this past week when I blew a head gasket in the Ford Taurus (my car) and now $1500 later, I have my car back from the shop! It only has 207,000 miles on it so I guess the inevitable was going to happen.  Good news is I now have new heads, new tune up, new antifreeze and a fresh oil change!

I bought that 2001 Taurus when it had only 12,000 miles on it and we have been blessed with how it has performed! And I am so thankful to the Lord Jesus for keeping it running. And the 2003 Highlander has also been a good car full of the Lord's blessings. We were also blessed by not being stranded on some dark lonely highway. And we were blessed to have good friends to help get us where we needed to be until arrangements could be made for alternate transportation while the cars were in the shop!

Besides the cars, I started Physical Therapy on my left shoulder which had been strained. I have a good Therapist and some good meds to help with the pain! I'm blessed to get the help I need for healing and strength!

Speaking of blessings, the Lord has once again opened the door for me to preach more! I am filling the pulpit for a church for the next 2 months.  It's always good to pray for the Lord to prepare my heart and the heart of the church where I have the blessing to preach. It's amazing what God does when I ask for that preparation to happen.  When I arrive at the church I know with confidence that God has been working on all our hearts and when I hear the comments after the service I am humbled that God would still use me! All the praise goes to Him for His incredible blessings!

How have you been blessed by the Lord? Pause right now and thank Him for His blessings in your life.  I bet you won't have to look far to see them.

Joel

So it's been a while since I posted anything on this blog so I decided to finally get back into it once again! 

I am still working full-time at Chick-fil-A on Wynnton Road in Columbus, GA. Just celebrated my 4th year at this location and am presently serving as Director of Hospitality. And when I get the opportunity, I still preach the Word in various churches. It is good to utilize my experience to help other congregations at their point of need. Lana is serving as a church secretary in a local church and we have 3 awesome grandkids! 

This is just a quick update and I'll share more soon!  Thanks for checking in one me! 

Joel