It is once again time for our weekly visit. After being home for a week, we are contemplating another camping adventure. I don’t suppose we’ll go any great distance from home, since any trip that takes much over an hour seems to turn into an unforgettable experience. Maybe it is our age?
We were blessed with more rain in the past week. This is good for the flowers and lawn, and my wife’s little garden is doing great. We have been almost overrun with green onions, and beans and cucumbers are showing signs of a bumper crop. The tomatoes are blooming, and I suspect there will soon be BLT sandwiches, although we usually forego the lettuce and have just B&T sandwiches.
I will share some thoughts this week that I have had filed away for later use. Some are observations I have made; others will be from outside sources. My hope is that we will seriously consider some of the questions raised, and seek answers in God’s word.
Here we go: If I feel like doing something God does not approve, does that mean he made a mistake? His truth is not based on my feelings or preferences. To those who feel they want to be something other than the way he created them, God does not make mistakes!
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening and morning—the sixth day (Genesis 1:31).
Seen on Facebook: Worship is not a twenty-minute period during a church service, it is a lifestyle!
“Millions of Americans see no need to reject Christianity. They simply have no experience of it. (Dr. Albert Mohler).
Ephesians 2:8-10 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Think about this: We cannot earn our salvation, but we should be able to prove it.
Are we placing limits on God’s power if we insist He needed more than 6 literal 24 hour days to complete creation?
One more thought: “It is a sad contentment to be content without Jesus” (Pastor Mark Dever).
Have a blessed week,
Pastor Jerry
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