25 Years

Cornerstone Church is 25 years old. Twenty-five years goes so quickly. I start wondering, "What am I doing today that will make a difference 25 years from now?"

In 1983 these were popular songs: Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cindy Lauper, God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood, Jump by Van Halen, Mr. Roboto by Styx, Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top, She Works Hard for the Money by Donna Summer, and Thriller by Michael Jackson. These were popular movies: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Flashdance, The Right Stuff, and Scarface. Television was filled with these timeless classics? TJ Hooker, Cagney and Lacey, Mama’s Family, Dynasty, Fall Guy, Newhart, Knight Rider, and Hill Street Blues. What difference does it make?

The only thing that will make a difference 25 years from now will be what we do for people. We express our love for God by loving people. 1 John 4:7 - 11 (NKJV), "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."