We sure could use some more...today is overcast, so I am hopeful that we will get some showers if not thunderstorms.

I was reading through The Voice of the Martyrs magazine for April of this year and Tom White the director of the organization had a concise picture of what I believe.

He and his cousin, Tom Lowe, were discussing theology...and his cousin said, "I didn't know any theology when I was saved.  I didn't even know what the word 'saved' mean.  But I knew I was lost."

They started comparing nail guns, his cousin is a contractor, who builds churches and fire stations, to Christian work.  " All nail guns must have oil.  All of them must be kept clean on the inside, or they won't produce nails.  They must also have a source of power.  There are several brands....a powered-up coil nailer can really shoot those things out.

We laughed at the ridiculous prospect of a group of roofers or carpenters stopping work to argue about their favorite brand of nail gun and nobody pulling their trigger to nail anything down.  I guess nothing would ever get built.  It is so easy to forget we are called to His kingdom as workers when we are side-tracked with our 'brand'  differences."

He then goes on to talk about Richard Wurmbrand, who was persecuted for his faith in Russia and then founded VOM.  Mr. Wurmbrand said, "Give us the tools, and we will pay the price."  Are we so soft and cushy here in the U.S. that our complacency keeps us from hearing God's voice and following Him wholehearedly....Tom White goes on to ask, "What is easier to find:  a motor, a boat, boxes of gospels or a Christian who is willing to leave their family to walk into the valley of the shadow of death?"

I am afraid that in America, the answer is all to easy to guess.....may God have mercy on our complacency and wake us up!  Some time the rug needs a good shaking to be cleaned and to remember, it is a rug.