Thanks be to Jesus, the author of life and the
giver of all perfect and good gifts to His people. We are undeserving of
these blessings and gifts. They indeed are unmerited. We woke up
this morning to a wonderful new day. It is indeed one of the ten best
days of June. The unhurried Sun is playing hide and and seek amid glorious
clouds. Alice and I drove back to Marathon yesterday, We left
Boston around 9:30 AM and arrived in Marathon around 2.45 PM. The drive
on the Mass Pike and Interstate 88 was pleasant and beautiful. There were
flowering trees along the Highway all the way from Boston to Binghamton,
studded with brilliant flowers. The landscape along the median was lush with
spring and summer flowers. The mountains and hills were luscious
green. Praise the Lord for the way He decorates the endless mountains
with endless beauty. Praise the Lord He has blessed us with eyes to see
the beauty, hearts to love Him, and minds to ponder about His goodness and all
about His loving kindness. Soon after we arrived home Alice rushed to a
retirement gathering presented by the Marathon Teachers Association.
She returned blessed and honored. The Lord blessed our time in
Boston. He provided for every need and beyond. Janice, Jeremy Micah,
Simeon, and Ada went on their first summer camping adventure of the year to a
very rustic and wild campground.
This morning I needed tech support for my AOL. I
called the support line and connected to the tech support team in Romania
(Europe). They were competent, caring and brilliant. I told them
that that they had an accent.. They retorted back, "you have accent".
We got along well. Tech support got to the root of my problem and fixed
it with much grace.
A friend has ploughed and prepared a big garden
ares for us for the Summer of 2017. We are excited about the gardening season.
Praise the Lord for the good earth the Lord created for His people.
We are getting ready for worship services
tomorrow, Pentecost Sunday, the day that the Christian Church was first endued
with the Holy Spirit. They were emboldened, and propelled into the world
to turn the world right side up and upside down. The church of Jesus Christ was
a small "start up company" consisting of fishermen, recovered tax
collectors, and just common people like just like us. Jesus, the Lord of
the Church and the king of all nations, used this "start up company "
centered in Jerusalem to move into the low places and High places all over
the world to transform the world. Jesus promised, "Upon this
rock I will build my church and the gates of hell can not prevail against
it". It is this Promise of Jesus that propels and compels us to "preach
the Good News to the poor... to proclaim the release to the captives... to set
at liberty to those who are oppressed... and to proclaim the acceptable year of
the Lord". Luke 4. Let us all plan to be in the House of the
Lord wherever we might be tomorrow. We will meet for Sunday School at 9.30AM
and for worship at 10.30 AM. We will havea church wide fellowship
hour following the worship time.
We are at home now, gearing up for the big
event for July 1 - Alice's retirement party (and all other reasons we have for
celebrating). Praise the Lord for all of our friends and family who are
set to prepare foods, serve, and share. We will gather at the Marathon
Civic Center at 4:00 PM, with the buffet to be served at 5:00 PM. It is
going to be a beautiful day; the fellowship will be sweet, the food delicious,
and the dessert decadent. Thank you for making time to be there with us.
Jesus is Lord. He is the host at every banquet. He is the
Lord of all.
In Christ,
Brown
