Good morning,
Praise the Lord for this beautiful day. The colors of Fall are brilliant and beautiful. They remind me of the way the Lord makes our lives beautiful and bountiful. As we walk the Pilgrims way we are called to trust the Lord and trust in His unseen hand. In May 1995, Randy Reid, a 34-year-old construction worker, was welding on top of a nearly completed water tower outside Chicago. According to writer Melissa Ramsdell, Reid unhooked his safety gear to reach for some pipes when a metal cage slipped and bumped the scaffolding he stood on. The scaffolding tipped, and Reid lost his balance. He fell 110 feet, landing face down on a pile of dirt, just missing rocks and construction debris. A fellow worker called 911. When paramedics arrived, they found Reid conscious, moving, and complaining of a sore back. Apparently the fall didn’t cost Reid his sense of humor. As paramedics carried him on a backboard to the ambulance, Reid had one request: "Don’t drop me." (Doctors later said Reid came away from the accident with just a bruised lung.)
Who do we trust? We have trusted many people and many things:
What do all of these things have in common? Sometimes they fail our trust.
We have all felt the disastrous results of failed trust within our families and by our friends. Confidences are shattered, tears are shed, feelings are hurt, trust is damaged and bitterness often grows.
We have witnessed the devastating results of national failures. Security was breached, planes were hijacked and used like missiles, lives were lost in the thousands, our nation is shaken and stunned, insecurity rises and fear grows.
Far too often in life we become completely focused on the trials and difficulties of life and we lose our focus on Christ. When Peter walked on the water with Jesus he was doing well until he took his eyes off of Jesus and looked at the waves. The same is true of us today. God can get us through the most impossible situations but we must keep our focus and trust on Him. How can we ever expect to find help and healing when we are still focused on our difficulties and not our deliverance
Trust is found in our unswerving belief that the God of Heaven will indeed work on our behalf to bring His perfect will for our lives into being.
We need to place our trust in something or someone and we do it every day. We trust our cars to get us to our destination. We trust our employers to deliver paychecks. We trust our doctors top heals our illnesses. How much more should we trust God? God blesses those who trust Him. Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Life, sometimes, is beyond us. Disasters strike and tragedies happen in our lives. Life can indeed be hard. Life can be uncertain. Life is beyond our control. In times like this, life is beyond our understanding. We are left with raw emotions and tough questions. Answers are beyond us as we grapple with the question of why.
In times like these, who do you trust? The Good News we have, Life is never beyond our God. Nothing and I mean nothing that we go through in life is beyond Him. The truth is that we can and must rely on God in every situation in life. Times that just don’t make any sense in human terms; we need to trust in God. The more senseless life becomes the greater our need to trust in God. The writer of Proverbs states it simply and clearly that God wants your full and complete trust. Trust God with all of your heart. We must hold nothing back and surrender to Him all that we are, all that we have, all that we may become because without the presence and guidance of God we will go nowhere. This is trust in all situations
God wants you to trust even when we don’t understand. When life just doesn’t make sense. God wants us to follow Him when the future seems uncertain. It is only when we completely trust God that He'll give us the power of His direction and the power of His presence. God is worthy of trust. He is completely trustworthy. The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:9-10. God is our source of strength. When we feel weak, God is our strength. When we are pressured by life, God is our relief. When we need security, God is our refuge. The full resources of God are at our disposal when we place our trust in Him. If we do not place our trust in Him, there is no access to His power, His mercy or His love. When trials arise and we go through difficulty; it is then that we must place our trust in God. Without trust in God there is no comfort, no peace, no strength and no relief. Our Lord God has made a promise that He will never forsake those who seek Him. The promise that God made so long ago is still valid today because God has never broken a promise yet. He is true and faithful to His people. Amen.
Please keep the following in prayer:
Sunita who is flying to Rwanda this coming Sunday.
Continue to pray for Dr. Doug Kerr and team who are in Kenya.
Pray for Dave and Linda Barton in Uruguay.
Pray for Linda Allen, Linda Ayer, George Carmon.
Continue to pray for Jack Hoppes, Jack Black, Danielle DeGaramo, Patsy Carmon, Prudence Wesner, Eloise Tewksbury and Andy Morse.
Happy birthday to Debbie Haines.
Congratulations to Howard and Emily Seymour on the birth of their granddaughter, Jenna. Proud parents are Christine and Jim.
Congratulations to Dave and Linda Barton on the birth of their granddaughter, Louisa. Proud parents are Becky and Shawn.
The Continentals are coming this coming Sunday, they will be in concert at the Union Center UMC at 6:30 p.m.
Those who live around here come and join us for a time of worship and celebration.
The Russians are coming, they will be in concert Saturday, November 10 at the Memorial Baptist church in Vestal, they will be in concert at Union Center UMC on Sunday, November 11 at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. and at 7:00 p.m.
Have a wonderful day, Lord bless.
Brown
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God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies grey and threatening; when our lives have no music in them, and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage. Flood the path with light, run our eyes to where the skies are full of promise; tune our hearts to brave music; give us the sense of comradeship with heroes and saints of every age; and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage the souls of all who journey with us on the road of life, to Your honour and glory. " Augustine
Flight Delays
There was a blonde sitting next to a man on an airplane.
About 1 hour into the flight the pilot comes on and says over the intercom, "One of our four engines is out, we will be about fifteen minutes late arriving."
About 30 min. later the pilot comes on the intercom again and say "There is a second engine out, we will be about 30 min. late."
Fifteen minutes after that the pilot comes on again and says "I'm sorry to say that there is a third engine out, we'll be about 1 hr. late arriving at our destination."
The blonde turns to the man and says "Man if that forth engine goes out, we'll be up here all day."
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