Pastor John Built Relationships

We all did more than build a home.  Pastor John took building relationships to a whole different level of beautiful.  Each day the team would take breaks under some beautiful mango trees.  Rodolfo and Solina have a parakeet in a cage who actually was very social little thing.  Pastor John began slowly getting know his new friend Paco.  Paco became quickly attached to Pastor John.  He would follow Pastor John wherever he walked from one side of the cage to the other side of the cage watching Pastor John's every move.  Pastor John did an unique task this week, he took time out of building a home to build a relationship with one of God's very own creations.  Paco was a very smart parakeet and it was obvious he was loved a lot.  He was picky about what he wanted to eat, he wanted cheese not tortillas as several folks kept giving him tortillas and then someone gave him cheese.  Paco loves him some cheese.  

We can all learned a lot from this sweet little story.  It takes time to build a relationship with someone. It is an investment of your time and theirs as well.  If you are a believer in Jesus Christ and live your life out daily for Him, this takes time.  He needs you to spend time with Him on a daily basis.  We all as believers need to spend time with our Heavenly Father.  Time being still time praying, time reading His Word so we can know who He is.  This is crucial in our relationship with Jesus Christ to spend time with HIM.  As we grow in our personal relationship with Christ we will see the need as Pastor John did to take the time to build relationships with others.  I do not mean texting someone I mean actually talking to them and maybe even hugging them and telling them you are grateful for this relationship.  There are so many folks out there who simply want someone to spend time with them, talk with them and yes even pray with them.  I challenge myself along with whoever is reading this today, reach out to someone and get to know them, especially get to know our Lord and Savior.  This is the sweetest relationship of all, the one you have with your Lord and Savior.

If today you have not a clue what I am saying about Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and a personal relationship please find a pastor or someone who is a believer and ask about the most amazing gift of your lifetime, Jesus Christ.