Day of Praise

We, 01/29/14, "Day of Praise"

Isaiah 55:10-11 - "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it."

So, God sends snow with a purpose, eh?

I believe it. God accomplished a lot with a rare snow and ice storm here in central Alabama.

Let's see. There were the families and students who teamed up to get kids home from school and many teachers who spent the night at schools with stranded students. There were 100 stranded people who stayed overnight at our church, along with other churches and businesses that opened their doors to stranded travellers. There were people who together walked miles to their homes once their cars got stuck in a ditch, stuck in the middle of a road, or stuck in a tangle of cars and trucks. There were the neighbors with trucks who hauled walkers to various places and the neighbors who welcomed weary travellers home with some warm soup. There were the homes that took in stranded friends, acquaintances and total strangers to spend the night.

My son and I experienced every one of these as even now there are people sleeping in every section of our home. For us it's a Hobbit-like adventure where God has accomplished the purpose of showing us again that there's rich treasure in loving your neighbor (whether next door, down the street, friend, acquaintance, or stranger) as yourself.

Truly, God sends snow, ice, and every breath to accomplish a purpose. Yes, He does, eh?

Praise God!


Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson