Get well and stay well in every way my friends!!

Hello from Jeffersontown, Kentucky, the Watterson Trail Church of Christ, and your friend and minister, Mickey Burleson.  We’re having a good week in J’town.  It certainly is cold.  I guess winter in Kentucky has finally arrived.  Some who have been sick are now well and able to be here for worship.  I am so very thankful for answered prayers.  We still have many who are sick with the various illnesses that accompany winter weather.  Let us keep praying for those who are sick, hoping that with rest, proper care, and time they will soon be in good health.  Also, let’s remember to give those we love a call, text, and a card to encourage them. 

My grandmothers (Loie Avery and Tennie Burleson) lived into their 90’s, took very little medication, were seldom sick, especially when they were my age, and always gave me sound advice on how to remain healthy.  When I think about it, I can still hear them say, “Son, are you getting enough rest?  Now you know when you don’t get enough rest, your immune system will be weak and you’ll end up getting sick!” and “Son, did you eat breakfast?  You know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day!” and “Son, did you wash your hands before and after…” and “Son, make sure you drink some hot tea and honey ever so often or you’ll get sick during these cold winter days.”  I am really trying to follow their instructions as much as possible.  Sometimes I push too hard and don’t rest when I should.  Sometimes I skip meals.  Not good.  I do wash my hands before and after.  And I purchased a jar of honey from one of our American Heritage Girl’s dad who is a bee keeper right after our move to Louisville.  I do drink a cup of hot tea with a teaspoon of honey just about every day.  I don’t know if this helps me stay healthy or not, but I enjoy it and well, so far, so good.  Another quote from my grandmothers; “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”  True.

What about our spiritual health?  The old adage, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is true when it comes to our spiritual health too.  Think about what God has told us in the Bible.  In 1 John 2:1 we read; “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin.  And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”  The last part of this verse gives us the cure for sin, Jesus Christ.  Sin is terrible.  Only Jesus can set us free from sin.  The first part of the verse gives us the way to prevent sin in our lives; reading, study, remembrance, and application of God’s word, the Bible as we live in and for Christ Jesus every day.  Think.  Wouldn’t it be better, easier on us and everyone around us, and wise to apply the “ounce of prevention” every day to our thoughts, words, and decisions?  We can do this.  Will we?

The church of Christ at 9607 Watterson Trail in Louisville meets for study, fellowship, and worship every Sunday at 9:30, 10:30, and 1:30.  We meet for Bible study every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.  The men meet for Men’s Fellowship every Tuesday (second Tuesday excepted) at Frisch’s Big Boy Restaurant on Bardstown Road.  Every Wednesday we have an afterschool program called “Trail” for our children and teens.  On Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. the area “American Heritage Girls” have their meeting and activities at our facilities.  The women have a Ladies’ Devotional at the building every 2^nd Friday in the month.  We have a birthday and anniversary get-together at 3:00 p.m. on the 4^th Sunday in the month for those who have a birthday and/or an anniversary in the month.  Our Annual Ladies’ Day is just around the corner, scheduled for Saturday, March 21^st.  I could go on and on, but I hope you get the picture.  We love to get together and to be together as Christians.  Come on over.  You would love it.