What size is your world? (Pastor Carl's Email)

A long time ago one of my mentors taught me a very prodigious truth. “If you allow someone else to create your world for you they will always create it too small.” Each of us constructs the world we live in by the choices we make and the words we speak. Solomon said, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21), and Joshua said, “Choose YOU this day…” (Joshua 24:15).

Unwittingly, people allow others to construct their world by permitting them to make choices for them and then shape their conversations around those choices.

You are not who others say you are. You are not who you say you are. But you are who God says you are. Wise men and women make God-informed choices about their life and future based on God’s Word and then carefully align their beliefs, practices and conversations around those choices.

Oh, by the way, God’s created world hasn’t stop expanding at the speed of light since He first spoke, “Let there be light…”

Just a thought,

Carl Toti
Senior Pastor
Trinity Church

CWCJ - Forgiveness - Class Perspective

Forgiveness frees the soul. It is a route to healing. Forgiveness is a release of pain and hurt. It brings you to acceptance. When you forgive, it’s like a smile that says you’re going to be alright.

Forgiveness is God’s way of showing us how much He loves us. It is like a big hug and you feel a tear that flows down to a river. It is a touch of giving.

Forgiveness is a choice. We have to choose to forgive – over and over and over again. We can’t go by feelings. Because it is a choice that we may have to do many times – forgiveness becomes a process. It is a process to wholeness.