One of my friends is an
avid cyclist. He was born and raised on a farm and, best of all, he was raised
in a Christian home. His life was shaped and molded through the ministry of the
church. He loves the Lord. He loves the church. He and his wife are deeply
involved in the ministry of the church. He has retired from his career as a
banker. He rode his bike from the west coast to the east coast of America the
Beautiful. He has ridden around the finger lakes several times. At present he
is riding on the Pacific Coast of the USA, and he posts some of beautiful
pictures. He praises the Lord for the ability the Lord has given him that in
his retirement he can ride bike across America. He also has traveled by bike
across Europe. He has passion and determination. In his travels he praises the
Lord who gives him strength. He witnesses to friends about Jesus who makes all
things possible.
During our Wednesday
Evening Bible study we have been studying the Gospel according to John. One of
my friends led a study on this book a few years ago. It took him many weeks,
even months to finish the study. Yesterday we focused on one of the most
pivotal and salient verses in John. "The Word became flesh and dwelt amongst
us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld His glory, the glory as of the only
Son from the Father....and from His fullness we have received grace upon
grace... blessings upon blessings." Jesus our Lord is with us. We are never
alone.
I love the story of Robinson
Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe was in that shipwreck. Robinson Crusoe was all alone,
stranded on that island. He wandered all around the island and there was no one
there. He wandered around that island for days, weeks, months and he knew he was
alone on that island. But one day, he noticed a footprint in the sand and that
footprint was not his own. Immediately, Robinson Crusoe knew instantly that he
was not alone. Someone else was on that island. The story of Robinson Crusoe is
the discovery that he was not alone on that island but that someone else was
with him.
Similarly Good News of
Christ is a story of how God left a sign that we are not alone on this island
called Earth, that God has left his footprint in the sands of time. He is
invisible yet He is with us every moment of our lives with power, love and
mercy. Life is worth living , because we are not alone. Jesus makes all
things colourful and beautiful in His time.
In Christ,
Brown
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