Little Red Thread

On Sunday, December 5, we handed out pieces of red thread, encouraging people to tie one around their wrist for these next three weeks of December. This is crunch time with all the travel, cooking, shopping, decorating and gatherings. To prevent us from just going through the motions or struggling with stress or worrying about expenses, the red thread serves as a reminder for our hearts to be still. We are still going to be doing all of those things these next three weeks but we don't have to do them with a frantic heart.

So I was wondering if you have any stories about your red thread. Did someone comment on it? Did you have to check it while battling traffic? Did it remind you to still your heart when the "to do" list began to grow? Tell me about your stories about your little red thread.

This morning I heard one. A family waited in line at the mall for Santa--for two hours! As they slowly inched their way forward, the person in front of them evidently had been saving a place in line for 3-4 other families. So as they neared Santa, suddenly these families appeared out of no where and joined their friend in line, thus extending the wait that much longer.

She had a choice. She could call security and have them arrested and thrown into an icy prison in the North Pole. Instead, she looked at her children, glanced at her little red thread, breathed, and stilled her heart.

A better choice--even in the face of rude people!

What's your story about your little red thread?

Peace,
Pastor Scott