Better and Better

When I preached in Nashville, a former preacher was known for saying, "Things are getting better and better all the time."  That is the way I have felt since I arrived in Vero.  We have literally seen improvements to our building over the last several weeks.  The new roof looks amazing and the new paint job is going to give our building a nice clean look... "better and better".  Last week we had a group of happy teenagers work all week at our facilities and in our community.  And yes, I used the word happy, teenagers, and work in the same sentence... "better and better".  We are also having some great visitors every week.  I began a study with one family last week and will begin a second one after this week... "better and better".  Let's keep the momentum going!

One person who has made things "better and better" is our youth intern Molly.  As mentioned yesterday, she has done a great job all summer.  Molly always had a smile on her face, worked hard, took initiative, handled responsibility, and came up with some great ideas for the youth.  On top of that she took care of putting together the Sunday morning PowerPoint slides for worship.  She was also willing to do whatever had to be done without complaining.  Most importantly she exemplified a Christian example to our young people.  We all hate to see her go in the office.  Joel needs credit for sifting through several resumes and coming out with Molly.  He also did a great job coming up with a plan for our intern this summer.  The only thing in my report that isn't "better and better" is the fact Molly will be leaving Thursday, but she sure made things better that will last a while.

Speaking of "better and better", the 4th kingdom in our study of Daniel was the biggest and best so far.  I'm not speaking about the presentation of the lesson but the material provided in this great book.  But guess what?  That's right, this weeks lesson on the 5th kingdom is "better and better" than all the ones before it.  We are getting close to the end of Daniel.  After this week we will do a study of the work of angels in this book and one more to close everything out.  If you have some ideas of a new sermon series let me know (tracylmoore@msn.com).  It can be a book of the Bible, a topic, or even a current event.  Help me feed you.  I may not be able to get to some of these suggestions immediately, but I will put it on a list of lessons I want to preach.

The only thing left to make this Monday Morning Report "better and better" is to bring it to an end.  Go out this week and be a blessing to someone.  Do something for a co-worker that isn't expected of you.  Put a smile on your face.  Call someone who has been sick or visit a shut-in.  Do the little things that matters in people's lives.  Be Jesus to the world.  Find ways to be "better and better" in your Christian faith.