Live in Harmony with One Another.......

As a college basketball coach for 25 years, reporters would often ask me, "Coach, what is the secret of teams that win?"  Besides the obvious answer of recruiting highly skilled athletes, I would always tell them that the secret to getting ahead on the scoreboard is the same secret to getting ahead in life.....putting others ahead of yourself and serving each other.  To live in harmony with one another we have to be willing to be involved with everyone.  As Christians, we should not be conceited or have a higher opinion of ourselves than we should.  We need to be willing to include and care for those around us and not be snobbish toward one another.   Jesus told his disciples in Mark 9:35-37, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all."  Jesus then took a child in his arms and went on to explain to them, "Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me: and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me."  As we leave for Uganda, we desire to keep this eternal perspective in mind, enabling us to live in harmony with one another, rejoicing, mourning and caring for those needing wheelchairs and the Good News of Jesus Christ.  The Lord stands before us and we look to Him for all we need to carry out His purposes on this trip.