Stupid People & A Brush Fire

So unless you've been living under rock, or you don't live in Bay Area, you may not have heard about the Lick Wildfire that is going on in Henry Coe Park. Basically it started Monday, September 3 and is still going. I live in Gilroy, which is just miles from the start of the fire, no homes are threatened, but it's big. The fire is in Henry Coe Park which is basically a lot of brush and weed, with the occasional grove of trees. This fire is crazy, last time I heard the fire was about 25% contained, but that was yesterday, so hopefully it's more contained today.

Anyways, the air has been really smoky and muggy which has sucked but the thing that is most annoying is that the start of the fire was a guy who was illegally burning trash in a barrel. Apparently it's legal to burn trash in barrels in rural areas, but it's illegal in parks like Henry Coe.

So, the stupid person award goes to this guy along with the bill for the millions of dollars that has been spent to put out the fire that he started. Good job guy.

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When, Then, Now

James 4:13-16
 13 Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” 14 How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. 15 What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” 16 Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil.

So I was listening to Craig Groeschel at www.lifechurch.tv this morning. He was beginning a sermon series called 30 Days To Live. The name of the sermon was Living In The Moment. One of the main things he talked about was using "When, Then" statements. For example, when I have enough money, then I'll give to the poor. When I'm less busy at work, then I'll invest in my marriage. He asked what your "When, Then" statement was. I'm still not sure, but I'm thinking about it. It probably has to do something with ministry and my personal life, since those two things are always in a battle with each other.

Whats you "When, Then" statement? What are we waiting for later to do, that we can't do now. The reality of life is that it's not gauranteed. Craig said that he went to deathclock.com to find out when his day to die was. I did the same, and apparently I'm going to die on Friday, December 16, 2064. I'll be 83 years old. But when it really comes down to it, we have no idea when we will die. The book of James says, "How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog - it's here a little while, then it's gone." Who know what tomorrow will bring, the important thing is that I"m living my life, glofiying Christ in all that I do now. Accomplish what I want now, live for the moment now. Because whens and thens may not come.