happenings

i've been feeling a bit anxious about something lately
and this scripture i read today encouraged me.

Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. —Psalm 56:3

oh and by the way, it's only 9 days now before christmas!

i was also encouraged by this email i got from mitch today.

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WHY GO TO CHURCH?

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of
the newspaper and complained
that it made no sense to go to church every
Sunday. "I've gone for 30
years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have
heard something like 3,000
sermons. But for the life of me, I cannot
remember a single one of them.
So, I think I am wasting my time and the
Pastors are wasting theirs by
giving sermons at all. "

This started a real controversy in the "Letters
to the Editor" column,
much to the delight of the editor. It went on
for weeks until someone
wrote this clincher: "I've been married for 30
years now. In that time my
wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But for the
life of me, I cannot recall
the entire menu for a single one of those
meals. But I do know this: They
all nourished me and gave me the strength I
needed to do my work. If my
wife had not given me these meals, I would be
physically dead today.
Likewise, if I had not gone to church for
nourishment, I would be
spiritually dead today!"

When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to
something! Faith sees the
invisible, Believes the incredible, and
Receives the impossible! Thank God
for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

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Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.