JULY 14TH., 2013 ON THE MICHIGAN PENINSULA. WHEN MORNING GILDS THE SKIES, MY HEART AWAKING CRIES, MAY JESUS CHRIST BE PRAISED. ALIKE AT WORK AND PRAYER TO JESUS I REPAIR MAY JESUS CHRIST BE PRAISED. GOOD MORNING, AND A PLEASANT SUNDAY MORNING TO ALL CHRISTIANS WHO WORSHIP ON THIS DAY. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME IN CHURCH, AND HEAR A SERMON BASED ON THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. HOPE YOU WILL FEEL AS HAPPY AND SATISFIED AS I DID YESTERDAY, ON MY DAY OF REST IN COMMUNION WITH MY LORD AND SAVIOR. IT IS A VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY MORNING IN MY BELOVED CITY, BUT IT IS VERY DANGEROUSLY QUIET, WITH NO LEAVES FLUTTERING IN THE WIND, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WIND. LOOKING THROUGH MY WINDOW FROM THE COMPUTER ROOM, I CAN SEE BETWEEN THE BRANCHES OF THE TREES, A BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY. IT WOULD MAKE A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE WERE I TO TAKE ONE, WHICH I HOPE TO DO WITH MY CAMERA AND NOT MY CELLULAR. IT IS NERVOUSLY QUIET.....IT MAKES ME NERVOUS BECAUSE IT IS A QUIETNESS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE NORMAL ONES. AT 10:43 A.M, WE ARE ALREADY AT 81 DEGREES, SWIFTLY CREEPING UP TO 87, AND PERHAPS BEYOND. THE HUMIDITY IS HIGH, WHICH MAKES IT FEEL HOTTER THAN IT REALLY IS. YES...IT IS A DANGEROUSLY AND NERVE RATTLING QUIET SUNDAY. REALLY HOPE THAT ALL ARE GOING TO ENJOY THE CHURCH SERVICES, WHETHER YOU ARE IN A PROTESTANT CONGREGATION WHERE SERMONS ARE PREACHED, OR IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE MASS IS HEARD. GOD WILL HEAR AND BLESS THE SINCERITY OF EACH GROUP. I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU FEEL THE SAME JOY THAT I FEEL AS I TRY TO WALK WITH GOD EACH DAY; I HOPE YOU WILL NOT BE TIRED OF ME SPEAKING ABOUT GOD, BUT YOU SEE....IF I AM ASHAMED OF SPEAKING ABOUT HIM, HE WILL BE ASHAMED OF ME, WHEN I STAND BEFORE HIM IN JUDGMENT. MANY OF US ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE INCLINED TO KEEP GOD OUT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE OF WHAT OUR FRIENDS MIGHT SAY....BUT IF THEY WILL CRITICIZE US, THEN THEY ARE NOT OUR FRIENDS.. I CAN SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT, THAT IT IS HARDER TO BE A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST THAN A PROTESTANT OR A CATHOLIC, BECAUSE WE ARE CONSIDERED "OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE TRUTH"......WHEN IN REALITY WE HEAR THE TRUTH FROM OUR PASTORS AND LEADERS; NOTHING IS SPOKEN FROM THE PULPITS OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, IF IT CANNOT BE BACKED UP BY THE BIBLE. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE IS A BOOK OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS....THE BIBLE IS THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD, AND IF YOU CANNOT FIND IT IN THE BIBLE, THEN IT IS NOT THE TRUTH. REMEMBER WHEN PILATE ASKED THE SUFFERING LORD "WHAT IS TRUTH?" HE DID NOT WAIT FOR AN ANSWER, BUT WE DO HAVE THE ANSWER TO WHAT IS TRUTH IN THE FOUR SHORT WORDS FROM THE BIBLE: "THY WORD IS TRUTH". NO, I AM NOT PREACHING TO YOU, JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE BIBLE AS A BOOK OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS, BUT THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD. GOD BLESS YOU ALL ON THIS LOVELY SUNDAY MORNING HERE IN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN. THERE IS A HYMN IN THE MORAVIAN HYMNAL THAT ENDS LIKE THIS: FROM THY HOUSE, WHEN I RETURN, MAY MY HEART WITHIN ME BURN; AND AT EVEN LET ME SAY, "I HAVE WALKED WITH GOD TODAY." P.S. IT IS NOW 84 DEGREES, UP FROM 81 A FEW MINUTES AGO. YES INDEED...IT IS DANGEROUSLY TOO QUIET FOR ME.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:21:18 +0000
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