Brown's Daily Word 4-9-10

Good morning,


Praise the Lord for this season of Eastertide. Praise the Lord for the way He displays His splendor all over the world. We had a summer-like day yesterday. It was reported that the high temperature broke the record here in the Southern tier of New York. It was in the mid eighties. The forsythias and the daffodils are in full bloom. I drove into the downtown area, where the flowering trees are in full bloom. It is springtime in New York. It is brilliant and beautiful. Thank you Jesus. Best of all, He is beautiful beyond compare.

One of the most important of all battles was fought on June 8, 1815 in Belgium, at a place called Waterloo. England, under the command of General Wellington joined forces with the Dutch, Belgians, and Prussians to defeat a military genius, a madman by the name of Napoleon. If Napoleon could defeat Wellington and England then he would have most of Europe under his control, his lost empire would be rebuilt, and France would victorious.

The battle raged on and on, and all of England waited for word to come out of Belgium. There were no radios, no phones, and no telegraph. One ship would flash a message via light signals from the battle-front a signal-man who read the signals and then in turn would signal to England. On the final day the ship got as close as possible to the battle and the signal came back to England, where all wondered who was winning the war, as it was getting near the end. Then a dense fog set in just as the message was flashed, "Wellington Defeated". Due to the fog they could not make out the rest of it, so they went to bed that night convinced of defeat and wondering how soon it would be until the army of France would march into the streets of England. However, early the next morning the fog lifted and they could read the whole message, "Wellington defeated the enemy at Waterloo."

On that Judean hillside known as Golgotha or Calvary, Jesus was crucified and the fog was there on Good Friday, but it was clear on Sunday morning. The message was clear. Jesus Christ defeated the enemy at Calvary. He rose from the dead! He had conquered death, and he gives us reason to celebrate. The promise of Jesus is not to add years to our lives, but to add life to our years from our acceptance of Him and the resurrection event.

I am including the song "You Are Stronger" --by Hill Song). Our daughter, Laureen, sang this song during the Easter Morning Worship last Sunday. Indeed, our Lord is mighty. He is stronger.

In Him,

Brown
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