The story...
More than 50 years later, I still have a coloring project that I made in third grade. I colored, many colors, all over a piece of crepe paper and covered the whole thing in black - I scraped off the black to expose an image of a horse. I've also kept a few pieces of clothing that I owned before I was married. The house that I grew up in still exists even though it's eroded to a shadow of what I once believed it to be. I worked at a manufacturing organization for over 20 years and must've created and signed thousands of documents - It's likely that those document are all either replaced, deleted, or at best archived. It's true that nothing stays the same and that there'll likely be little evidence that we ever existed in the not too distant future.
Martin Luther has a famous quote that I value: "I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess." My hands are touching a keyboard as I type - it's a helpful tool that allows me to create, understand, be, and communicate; yet, that too will go away some day.
He's got the whole world in His hands. He will work His will out with our without you. Why not trust Him and bear the fruit that only He can give - it's the stuff that'll lasts and multiplies.
The only church in town will teach about: how to trust God's revealed truth; our relationship as Creator and creature; our relationship potential; and future events that'll impact us and our world too. We can trust our good Father with our: problems; concerns; people whom we love; and all eternity too.
Just for today...
"My parents are due to visit. Nothing promotes my relapse into compulsive, controlling behavior better than the anticipation of their judgement . . . Each time I doubt that my God knows the way, I'll remember how chaotic and complicated my life becomes when I try to take control." Hope for Today (p. 269)
"Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Psalm 23:6
"Friends listen; Neighbors see - Spirit of Christ; Abides in thee." Am I a Poet?
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