Praise the Lord for this Friday. It will be yet another like spring-like day today. I heard the birds singing yesterday morning and praising the Lord. Somebody said that he heard the robins sing. I was looking at some of the photographs of the President's Palace in New Delhi, India. It is a spectacular building designed and built by the Britsh. It has many spectacular gardens. The gardens are in full bloom. The Tulip gardens looked stunning with full bloom.
Our faithful choir sang a sweet song recently titled, "God Is So Good". One of God’s faithful missionaries, Allen Gardiner, experienced many physical difficulties and hardships throughout his service to the Savior. Despite his troubles, he said, "While God gives me strength, failure will not daunt me." In 1851, at the age of 57, he died of disease and starvation while serving on Picton Island at the southern tip of South America. When his body was found, his diary lay nearby. It bore the record of hunger, thirst, wounds, and loneliness. The last entry in his little book showed the struggle of his shaking hand as he tried to write legibly. It read, "I am overwhelmed with a sense of the goodness of God." Allen Gardiner.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy (Steadfast love and goodness) toward them that fear him Psalms 103:7 God is so good to us, but often Satan tries to cripple our witness in the work of God by attempting to get us to doubt God’s goodness.
A little boy told his grandma how "everything" in his life is going wrong. He told her about his problems with school, family, friends, etc. Meanwhile, Grandma was baking a cake. She asked her grandson if he would like a snack, which of course he did. "Here, have some cooking oil," grandma offers. "Yuck" said the boy. "How about a couple raw eggs?" Grandma asked him.
"That’s gross, Grandma!" he replied. "Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?" "Grandma, those things are all yucky!" the boy says. To which Grandma replied, "Yes, all these things seem bad by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But as we trust in Him despite the circumstances, eventually, together all things will make something wonderful!"
Every day the world around us changes, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad. But we serve an unchanging God that loves us and embraces us in all times. Jeremiah 31:3
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy (Steadfast love and goodness) toward them that fear him Psalms 103:7 God is so good to us, but often Satan tries to cripple our witness in the work of God by attempting to get us to doubt God’s goodness.
A little boy told his grandma how "everything" in his life is going wrong. He told her about his problems with school, family, friends, etc. Meanwhile, Grandma was baking a cake. She asked her grandson if he would like a snack, which of course he did. "Here, have some cooking oil," grandma offers. "Yuck" said the boy. "How about a couple raw eggs?" Grandma asked him.
"That’s gross, Grandma!" he replied. "Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?" "Grandma, those things are all yucky!" the boy says. To which Grandma replied, "Yes, all these things seem bad by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But as we trust in Him despite the circumstances, eventually, together all things will make something wonderful!"
Every day the world around us changes, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad. But we serve an unchanging God that loves us and embraces us in all times. Jeremiah 31:3
Nahum 1:7 “The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”
In Christ,
Brown
Friday , February 10, 2012
Time Warner Cable Ch 4
Join us at 7 PM.
On FEBRUARY 11, 2012 (Saturday), at First United Methodist Church, 53 McKinley Ave., Endicott, at 5:30 PM - There will be a Special Banquet prepared by Joe Walker, including a variety of international Cuisine. It will be a great celebration. At 6:30 PM there will be a Hymn Sing with Aric Phinney at the Grand Piano and Yancey Moore at the Organ. Dave Berry will lead the Hymn Sing.
Sponsored by The Union Center UMC.
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