Getting started

As promised previously, here is the 2nd installment of dealing with your troubles. These excerpts come from a little book (pamphlet, really) that I picked up at Wal-Mart. I really believe that God placed this little book in my path. It has been such encouragement to me. The title of the booklet is Comfort for Troubled Christians by J.C. Brumfield. It is published by Moody Publishers and distributed by Choice Books (info@choicebooks.org). I believe this was an ordained encounter, because I rarely ever take time to browse for things like this at Wal-Mart. I generally know exactly what I am going for and I get in and get out. There just happened to be a small display directly in my path and this little book just happened to be at eye level and there just happened to be only one copy!!

Gordon says I just love to read…to him!! At the risk of doing the same thing to those of you who are accessing my blog, I hope you will indulge me and that some of these gems of wisdom will encourage you as they have me.

Yesterday I shared a segment titled “What to do with your troubles,” Today I would like to share “Getting started.”

Acts 27:2 says, “We launched.”
“Paul’s consuming passion for years had been to preach the gospel in Rome. Under the providence of God he was arrested, tried and convicted and appealed to Caesar.

It was not a mistake Paul was on his way to Rome with Caesar paying the fare. The centurion, Julius was given charge of the prisoners.

‘We launched’ meant that they committed themselves unto the sea. First, ‘It was determined that we should sail,’ verse 1. They made up their minds to go, then started. They would not have arrived in Rome if they had not ‘launched.’ Dreams, visions, desires, and resolutions have their place, but what we need is faith to launch.

Some people never accomplish anything because they never start. Others are so afraid of making a mistake they never do anything. I would rather do something wrong than to do nothing; I could at least learn something from the mistake.

There are thousands of Christians who honestly desire to do something for Christ, but they never accomplish it because they never get started. Good intentions are not enough. Begin—launch—start!”