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Planters, Waterers, Harvesters—Trusting God’s Plan

Posted
June 23, 2015
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Spiritual Insights

As I mentioned in a recent post, I (Mike) have an opportunity to share devotions where I work—the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. Good Sam is a Christian organization that provides senior living across the U.S., and it’s a blessing to be able to safely share my faith at work.

One of my recent devotions relied on one of our favorite experiences from our walk and the lesson learned from that experience. It’s a story we shared a handful of times during our journey, and it was fun to be able to connect it with the message of my devotion.

If you want to watch the video, I’ll include it below (or you can click this link to watch it on YouTube). The main point of the message is simple. Sometimes God uses us to plant the seed of Christ’s love in another’s heart. Other times, our job is to water and nurture a seed that someone else has planted, helping it to grow in exciting ways. Still other times, our job is to harvest the seed, leading someone to accept Christ as our Savior.

The hard part is that we don’t always know which job we have. Sometimes we want to see the harvest and all we’re able to do is plant the seed. Other times, we enjoy the excitement of the harvest because of the labor of others who faithfully planted and watered. The important thing is that, through our actions, our words, and our trust in God’s plan for our lives, we have the ability to make an impact for God’s kingdom. Kind of puts an exciting twist on farming, doesn’t it?

Here’s the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hXj01MogTg&feature=youtu.be

Do you have any experiences with planting, watering and/or harvesting? What do you find are the challenges and joys of the labor?

Thanks for reading, and we’ll be posting again soon.

-Mike, Lindsie, Jack and Jaeda

A Devotion on Being Bold for Christ

Posted
May 24, 2015
Categories
Spiritual Insights

Jack half-birthdayHey friends,

For those of you who didn’t know, life has been a little crazy for us lately. Our 6-month-old, Jack, has officially started crawling, which means we ourselves spend a good chunk of time on the floor both playing with him and doing our best to corral him when he breaks for the stairs. We’re also doing a basement renovation (although, if we’re being honest, Lindsie is doing most of the renovation, as painting tends to be a passion project of hers…I just had the fun job of tearing out all of our carpet down there). Needless to say, there’s a lot happening in the Billeter household.

That being said, we wanted to share some important stuff happening in our spiritual lives. One of the biggest blessings for us since completing our walk and settling back down in South Dakota has been my job at the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. Good Sam is the nation’s largest non-profit senior living provider in the United States. But even cooler than that is the fact that it’s a Christian organization, which isn’t always easy to find these days.

For me, that means working at a place that opens every meeting in prayer, allows us to have faith-driven conversations at work, and, one of my favorite things, gives us a chance to attend (and, if desired, lead) devotions five days a week at 10 AM.

While I haven’t led a ton of devotions in the past year, I have led a handful, and I wanted to share some of those on here in case they can either encourage people in their own walks with Christ, or at least lead to a deeper discussion.

We’re also hoping to start writing here on the blog on a more regular basis again. Jack (our son) is consistently sleeping through the night now, so it feels a little easier to crank away on a computer after he goes to bed than it did a few months ago, when I’d fall asleep with my hand on the keyboard and leave a long trail of jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj’s before realizing I had dozed off.

Hope you enjoy the devotion, and please don’t hesitate to drop us a line if you want to talk more. We can be reached by email at stormingjericho (at) gmail (dot) com, or you can leave a comment on the post. We’re just thankful to have an opportunity to share the Word and continue serving this glorious Lord of ours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxHR5GcMoWA

Thanks for continuing to check in on the site, and we’ll be back with more soon!

-Mike (and Lindsie)