Good day dear friends.
Please keep in prayer Viola Kinsey, Dianne Kimmel's mother, who is under hospice care and may not have long to live. Please pray for Viola's comfort and that of the family during this difficult time.
Please remember that this Sunday we're having a sending off lasagna luncheon for Sherry DeMarcay immediately after the ll o'clock worship service. Everyone is welcome and invited.
Here is our study guide for today:Thursday: Joshua 22, 23, 24Why did Joshua have so much easier a time than Moses in leading Israel?
The end of a destination is always easier than the start or middle of one. If you've ever taken a long vacation by car, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Nellie and I took several trips by car with our tribe from the Valley to Orlando, Florida. The start of the journey was fun, the excitement of knowing we were going someplace was great. It was towards the end of the first day that one of the four would inevitably ask, "Are we there yet?" Most times we would spend the night in Houston with grandma and grandpa. The next morning the girls were not so sure they wanted to leave the grandparents' house so soon, but as we explained where we were going they were fine with leaving. It was towards the end of Louisana or the start of Mississippi that the questions again came, "Are we there yet?" Moses had to put up with those questions as well but on a grander 40 year scale. It's a question of what was harder, the walking and forming of a nation or finally getting to the destination and receiving what had been promised. Both were difficult, yet when the end was in sight with its reward of their new home, I think for that reason Joshua had a little bit easier time.
What are you seeing on your life's journey? Is it easier for you today than it was five years ago? Or have it become more difficult for you to journey on this trip called life? If you're walking with Christ and seeing His presence with you at every turn and challenge, then the journey is not that difficult. If you love Jesus and see His loving face, then you know the rewards are already with you and the end will be wonderful.
PRAYER: Loving God of all journeys, walk with me today. Let me hold on to You in all things. Help me see Christ and He walking lovingly beside me as we face all that may come our way. I pray this in Jesus' name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
Please keep in prayer Viola Kinsey, Dianne Kimmel's mother, who is under hospice care and may not have long to live. Please pray for Viola's comfort and that of the family during this difficult time.
Please remember that this Sunday we're having a sending off lasagna luncheon for Sherry DeMarcay immediately after the ll o'clock worship service. Everyone is welcome and invited.
Here is our study guide for today:Thursday: Joshua 22, 23, 24Why did Joshua have so much easier a time than Moses in leading Israel?
The end of a destination is always easier than the start or middle of one. If you've ever taken a long vacation by car, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Nellie and I took several trips by car with our tribe from the Valley to Orlando, Florida. The start of the journey was fun, the excitement of knowing we were going someplace was great. It was towards the end of the first day that one of the four would inevitably ask, "Are we there yet?" Most times we would spend the night in Houston with grandma and grandpa. The next morning the girls were not so sure they wanted to leave the grandparents' house so soon, but as we explained where we were going they were fine with leaving. It was towards the end of Louisana or the start of Mississippi that the questions again came, "Are we there yet?" Moses had to put up with those questions as well but on a grander 40 year scale. It's a question of what was harder, the walking and forming of a nation or finally getting to the destination and receiving what had been promised. Both were difficult, yet when the end was in sight with its reward of their new home, I think for that reason Joshua had a little bit easier time.
What are you seeing on your life's journey? Is it easier for you today than it was five years ago? Or have it become more difficult for you to journey on this trip called life? If you're walking with Christ and seeing His presence with you at every turn and challenge, then the journey is not that difficult. If you love Jesus and see His loving face, then you know the rewards are already with you and the end will be wonderful.
PRAYER: Loving God of all journeys, walk with me today. Let me hold on to You in all things. Help me see Christ and He walking lovingly beside me as we face all that may come our way. I pray this in Jesus' name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
