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January 17, 2020

Happy Friday. It’s the end of another week and we have had more opportunities to share the love of Christ with those around us and sometimes that takes quite a bit of effort. I don’t know about you, but I’m not always anxious to embrace others and really listen to them or share with them (especially those who I don’t know well). Sometimes, I just look at them and think “Are you for real?” I don’t always agree with people over politics, sports or of course, religion. And let’s face it, we’d rather spend time with people we like and mostly agree.  And then I read my Bible. God hasn’t called us to sit in our little groups with only those we naturally gravitate towards, but to love people—all people, even those who aren’t necessarily loveable. In this passage, Paul writing to the people of Colosse remarks on how wonderful it is that they truly love others. That love must have really been something over and above the normal and he tells them that it is evident that it comes from the Holy Sp
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January 16, 2020

Happy Thursday. Is your week going well? I have a good friend who has been trying to get enough money saved up for her retirement. She jokingly says “If I just knew how long I am going to live, I could plan so much better!” And all of us over 50 certainly understand that dilemma. But alas none of us, regardless of our age, really know for sure when the last day will be. What we can know is that even if we live a long life, it’s but a vapor.  “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” ‭‭James‬ ‭4:14‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Our lives go quickly and the further we go in this journey, the more clear it becomes to us just how quick that quickly comes.  “Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure...But now, Lord, what do I
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January 15, 2020

Happy Wednesday to you. I hope your week is going well. Yesterday, I went to Sams. I was out of things like trash bags, toilet paper, and chicken, so off I went. I like going to Sams because there is always lots to look at and the isles are nice and wide. Everytime I’m there, I am amazed at how much stuff and everything from diapers to TVs to mangos to beds. It just seems incredible that so many things in such quantities are all under one roof.  King David never saw a store with as much stuff aa Sams of course, but he did see countless miracles and understand that God has plans. He knew from creation and history that he was serving a God of miracles and he know that God loved him and his people and would take care of them. He was amazed and awe-struck by the fact that a God who had done such great and mighty things not only cared about his people but that He loved them with such a great love.  “Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can co
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January 14, 2020

Happy Tuesday. Did you watch the big game last night? This year, LSU was the national football champions. So that question is settled, until next August and it all starts again. Who is the best? Isn’t is great that as a child of God, we never have to ask that question? We know who reigns and we know who conquered death and the grave. There is only one who reigns supreme and only one who should take first place in our lives.  “For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings? In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him. Who is like you, Lord God Almighty? You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you...The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭89:6-8, 11‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I love this Psalm singing to the glories of God! Those above who can clearly see Him and his majesty praise His glory and we below who are aware
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January 13, 2020

Happy Monday to you. Did you have a good weekend and a blessed time of worship with other believers?  This weekend through the Midwest were storms that were all around us from heavy rains to sleet to snow and even tornados. Four people died. And yesterday, a rather small, nondescript volcano in the Philippines near the capital city of Manilla erupted. And did so in a show of power and force. The volcano Taal, sent pieces of rock, steam and ash 9 miles up into the sky! The seismologists are warning that the next eruption will be soon and even more powerful—Tsunami causing powerful. When the ash started to fall, the air turned muddy and smelled like gun smoke.  We know that all of creation is under the control of the Father, “who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭65:6-7 ‭NIV‬‬  We also know that “For in him all things were created: things in
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January 10, 2020

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January 9, 2020

It’s Thursday and I woke up to the blowing wind! Lots of it—I’m dreading Boomer waking up and having to go outside with him. That harsh, bitter wind seems cruel and almost evil. But I’ll wrap myself up with a fe layers and boots and brave it all.  Sometimes I think we try to do that with things we know aren’t right—things that are evil. We try to wrap ourselves up and just wade into it, but Paul tells us we should reject it—stay away from it. “Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.” ‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:20-24‬ NIV When he wrote this he’d been in Berea and the Christians there diligently searched the scriptures to make sure everything Paul said was in line. Paul here is encouraging the Thessalonians to
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