Look at him go. I've bragged about Caleb riding a bike since last year, when at two, he learned to balance a two wheeled bicycle. I know that is superfluous, but many people think I mean a tricycle or a bike with training wheels. It is hard to believe he could do that. Now, at three, he is riding a regular bicycle with pedals. Since the day he learned, he has been in some bicycle races.
Not sure I can tie this in with the Bible verse sent to my email this morning that means a lot to me at this stage of my life. It never meant so much to me before, because as I grew up, it was the norm to read and follow God's will. However, these days there are many disparaging remarks about Christians. It was to be expected however. The Bible said there would come a time when what was bad would be called 'good', and what was good would be called 'bad'.
If you think about it, you would realize that time has come. So far we are still free to worship, but the time is coming, unless we stand up and let God lead us day by day, we will fall into the hands of those who will persecute us. But if we must suffer in this life, it is still worth allegiance to out father in heaven who will take us home to live with him forever.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
Also in my email this morning was this piece by Max Lucado:
Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. Faith is the belief that God will do what is right. My translation of the first few verses of Matthew, Chapter 5 say, “Blessed are the dirt-poor, nothing-to-give, trapped-in-a-corner, destitute, diseased,” and Jesus said, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
God says the more hopeless your circumstance, the more likely your salvation. The greater your cares, the more genuine your prayers. Healing begins when we depend on Him. God’s help is near and always available, but it’s only given to those who seek it. Compared to God’s part, our part is minuscule but necessary.
Ask forgiveness. Call a counselor. Confess. Call mom. Visit a doctor. Feed a hungry person. Pray. Teach. Go. Do something that demonstrates faith. For faith with no effort is no faith at all. God will respond. He has never rejected a genuine gesture of faith. Never!
Max Lucado
Sleep well in our father's arms.
Sleep well in our father's arms.
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