Day of Praise

Th, 02/06/14, "Day of Praise"

Matthew 24:7-8 - [Jesus said,] "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains."

Huh! Jesus says that earthquakes and other calamities are the beginning of something new. It reminds me of a friend last week who was marveling at the way people helped each other during our little ice-and-snow event last week. The kindness people showed here reminded him of the stories out of Joplin, Missouri when their horrible tornado hit where people climbed out from the rubble and immediately began looking for other people instead of dwelling on the stuff they'd lost.

All of these are testimonies to the good that can come out of bad.

Today, something is going to go wrong. It might be small. It might be large. Either way, it will be an opportunity to testify with Jesus and many before us that nothing is more important than trusting God and loving the people in our lives.

As always, God is with us to be our help so we can have a great day. God bless y'all!

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