November 26, 2017 Sunday

5“Look among the nations and watch— Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days Which you would not believe, though it were told you. Habakkuk 1:5 NKJV

            This is the day we celebrate the Resurrection Jesus and the hope of our new Life, “let us rejoice and be glad in it!” 

            This is also Christ the King Sunday and we REMEMBER that Jesus is not only King of Kings but is also our King and Lord!  During our devotion from Near to the Heart of God we read this hymn by William Cowper.  The author said that Cowper had written this hymn after being saved from a suicide attempt!

God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; 

He plants His footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm.

 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; The clouds ye so much dread 

Are big with mercy and shall break In blessings on your head.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; 

Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.

 Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; 

God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.

            One of the hardest and most important things I learned in my time as a pastoral minister is to distinguish that are my things and what are what I call God things.  Then I could realize what I was called to do and what I must trust in God to do.

           

            Today was a bad day and I couldn’t stay for the entire service.  The pain was terrible and I rested all day while Sarah, Levi, Rebecca and Bonnie went to a movie together.  That night all the family ate together but I was not able to go.