May 13, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Monday, May 13.
On May 13, 1767, the composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, wrote his first opera. He was eleven years old. He began writing music at the age of four. At four, I was learning to tie my shoes. When he was eight, Mozart finished his first symphony. I was doing a serious study of Saturday morning cartoons.
We mere mortals can't hope to accomplish what geniuses do. But we, like young Mozart, can make a start. You've heard the old saying, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step". And I'm reminded of the famous speech President John F. Kennedy gave at his inauguration in January 1961. After listing a series of lofty goals, he famously said, "All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even, perhaps, in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
Is there something that God wants you to begin? Maybe He's leading you to reach out to mend a broken relationship. Perhaps He's placed it in your heart to start a daily quiet time of Bible study and prayer. Maybe there's a particular ministry that He's pointing you towards. Whatever it is, there's no time like the present.
Let us begin.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
