Month: June 2008

Sunday

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,

where moth and rust destroy

and where thieves break in and steal.”

~Matthew 6:19, NKJV~

The California Baptist University team is all packed up and ready for their 3 week trip to Romania!
Please pray for them as they get ready to get on a plane this afternoon. Pray that all of their flights will be on time so that they can make all of their connections and also pray that all of their luggage will make it here at the same time as them!
Pray for them as a team will they are here. Pray that they will be flexible and open to learning what the Lord wants to teach them during this time. Pray for us as we travel around the city and outside the city. Especially be praying for the team for the few days they will be here on their own and their time at camp when they will be away from every kind of modern convenience and technology!
Pray for us as we continue to plan on this side of things and that everything will come together and that glory will be brought to His name through everything that we do. Pray for my neighbors as the 7 girls will be staying with me in my apartment. Overall I’ve gotten along well with them, but we’ve had our moments.

Thank you so much!
aura

A HEAVENLY PERSPECTIVE

It is reported that the German controllers at Frankfurt Airport expect pilots to know their gate location and how to get there without any assistance from them. This conversation is said to have taken place between the control tower in Frankfurt and a British Airways 747 (radio call Speedbird 206) after landing:

Speedbird 206: “Good morning Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of the runway.”

Ground: “Guten morgan, taxi to your gate.”

The British Airways 747 pulls onto the main taxiway and stops.

Ground: “Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?”

Speedbird 206: “Stand by, ground, I’m looking up the gate location now.”

Ground (with impatience): “Speedbird 206, have you never flown to Frankfurt before?”

Speedbird 206 (coolly): “Yes, in 1944. But I didn’t stop.”

Things look different from the ground than they do in the air! (especially when the view from the air has crosshairs that get in the way šŸ™‚ Our perspective makes all the difference in the world.

Which raises an interesting question — what is our perspective? Do we tend to look at things from an earthly point of view or from a heavenly point of view?

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.” (Colossians 3:1-2)

Erwin W. Lutzer once said that, “Worldliness is excluding God from our lives and, therefore, consciously or unconsciously accepting the values of a man-centered society.” If things in your life aren’t looking so good from “ground level”, perhaps it will help to take a look at things from a heavenly perspective.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

There will be no activities or services at FBC, Kentwood tonight.

There will be a bridal shower for K.K. Womack, bride-elect of Job Hulkaby, this afternoon at FBC, Kentwood.

Keep the Lord in the Lord’s Day.

Anna Lee

Saturday Afternoon

An American Hero in Life and in Death

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Spc. Justin R. Mixon, 22, of Bogalusa, La., died June 1 in Baghdad Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Stryker soldier’s courage, outlook recalled

at Vilseck memorial service


By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, June 7, 2008

Seth Robson / S&S

A memorial ceremony was held Friday at Vilseck’s Rose Barracks Chapel for Company C, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment soldier Cpl. Justin R. Mixon, 22, of Bogalusa, La., who died June 1 in Baghdad Iraq.
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VILSECK, Germany – For almost 10 months, Cpl. Justin Ray Mixon climbed into the forward compartment in a Stryker armored personnel carrier each day and drove his comrades through Baghdad’s dangerous streets.

On Sunday, during a patrol on the outskirts of Sadr City, a roadside bomb blasted through his vehicle, killing the 22-year-old soldier and injuring another.

Lt. Col. Daniel Barnett, commander of the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, paid tribute to his young soldier’s courage during a memorial ceremony Friday at Vilseck’s Rose Barracks Chapel.

“He did his job without fear. He sat in the face of an extremist enemy day in and day out. Every day he climbed into the driver’s compartment of (Stryker) C 3-3, Barnett said.

“It is a restricted space. You can’t see anyone. His friends riding just feet behind him in the troop compartment relied on him to get them from point A to point B,” said Barnett, who was in Vilseck on mid-tour leave on the day of the ceremony.

In Iraq, Mixon, of Bogalusa, La., had a reputation as someone with a positive outlook.

“He never had a bad day. He always had a smile on his face and he was always positive. I and everyone who served with Cpl. Mixon will be a better person for having shared life with him,” he said.

Soldiers’ families rarely get a glimpse of the people they become when they walk out of their homes and deploy to places like Iraq, Barnett said.

When he was downrange Mixon talked lovingly about his wife, Tia Marie, and son, Tony Ray. Platoon-mates also found out a lot about Mixon’s home state of Louisiana, Barnett said.

It was fitting that Mixon was honored on the anniversary of D-Day, he said.

“Cpl. Mixon is also part of a great generation of American soldiers.”

Mixon enlisted in the Army in May 2005 and trained as an infantryman.

“It takes a special kind of courage to serve our nation in uniform. It takes even more courage to enlist knowing the Army is committed in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq,” 2nd Cav Rear Detachment commander Lt. Col. Thomas Rickard said at the ceremony.

Rickard also talked about the courage of Army spouses while Tia Mixon and other soldiers’ wives sat weeping quietly at the front of a packed chapel.

“It takes a big heart and true grit to marry a soldier and support that soldier during deployment. Thank you, Tia, for your courage and support for your husband,” he said.

Americans are the victors, not the victims in the fight against an enemy that kills children and wants only suffering instead of suffrage, he said.

“Because of Cpl. Mixon and others like him, Iraqi women cast ballots in an election, a dictator was overthrown, and thousands of Iraqis will soon vote in free provincial elections,” Rickard said.


Thank God young people like Justin continue to volunteer to protect our great country and all of us. Pray for those who continue to serve around the world so the rest of us can have freedom like people in other nations have never imagined.

Justin’s dad is pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, east of Amite. Please be in prayer for Justim’s family, friends, and fellow soldiers.

Saturday

Surely your goodness and unfailing love

will pursue me all the days of my life,

and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

~Psalm 23:6 (NLT)~

VBS at FBC, Kentwood begins Monday at 8:30. Children who are four through those who just completed sixth grade are invited to attend. If you have not already registered you child or grandchild, please do so Sunday.

KOMpray

Kids on Mission Pray

May 23, 2008

“Let the little children come to Me,

and don’t stop them,

because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these,”

~Luke 18:16b~

SHE NEEDED JESUS

On a bright sunny day, a missionary in Paraguay met a little girl on the street. She was standing at a table with her mom. The girl is a 6-year-old with a sad smile, long black hair, and a very thin body. The table and a chair is the mom’s office-no walls or bookcases or cash register-just a table and chair. The little girl smiled at Iracema Kunkel, the missionary, when she stopped to talk to her mother. The little girl usually stayed beside her mother for 12 long hours, playing with some ragged and dirty dolls. Iracema Kunkel talked with her mother and just knew she needed Jesus.

The missionary told her about the love of Jesus and the mother asked Jesus to be her Savior! Now this little girl spends half a day in school and the other half at her mother’s ā€˜office.’ But now she has a beautiful smile (and her mother does too) because she is learning about Jesus. They keep a Bible on the table where everyone can see. They go to a Baptist church near where they live. Please pray for this little girl and this mother that they will keep on studying God’s Word and trust God to take care of them every day.

MORE PRAYER REQUESTS FROM MISSIONARY KIDS

Please pray for my sister who is going to university. I am homeschooled, please pray for my grades. MATTHEW, age 13 (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

Pray that more college students come to our summer program, SA101, and lots of people come to know Christ in India. ALLAN, age 13 (South Asia)

TR is my friend who lives in Japan. He has a younger sister and a younger brother. Please pray for them. He goes to my Japanese school and is in my class in 3rd grade. He’s funny. He loves nature and always talks about bugs and plants. We have a job in our classroom of taking care of all the nature stuff, like feeding the fish. I have been telling TR about Jesus, but he’s not interested in getting baptized. He doesn’t want to get baptized, because he doesn’t want to go under the water. I don’t know if he’s a Christian or not. I want him to be a Christian. Please pray for TR. RICKIE, age 8 (Pacific Rim)

My mom teaches my three brothers and me. Please pray for us and our homeschool. Pray for my dad. He is the Logistics Coordinator for Malawi-that means he helps other people who come to work in our country and he is really busy. ANNA, age 13 (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

Our next door neighbors have a daughter, AI, about fifteen years old. She and her family are Muslims and she goes to a school where she learns about the Koran. People have told AI and her family about Jesus, but they are still Muslims. Please pray that AI and her family will understand what they have heard about Jesus and that they would choose to believe in Him. ELIZABETH, age 17 (West Africa)

Please pray for me to learn more Thai and for me to read my Bible more. Ask God to help me to find a good friend. MORIAH, age 10 Ā½ (Pacific Rim)


Correction:

Thanks to those of you who let me know about the mistake I made in Wednesday’s TFTD (you get brownie points for your Bible knowledge and skills of observation). I made reference to a question brought to Jesus by the Sadducees. I mentioned that the question involved one man married to seven women. The question, of course, actually involved one woman married to seven men (Matthew 22:23-33).

Thanks for helping to keep me straight. This feeble mind doesn’t always fire on all cylinders.

While I’ve got you, I may as well share a humorous story with you (no point, just humor):

One week a Sunday school teacher had just finished telling her class the story of the birth of Jesus — how Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem and how Jesus was born in a stable and laid in a manger. After telling the story the teacher asked, “Who do you think the most important woman in the Bible is?”

Of course, the teacher was expecting one of the kids to say, “Mary.” But instead, a little boy raised his hand and said, “Eve.” So the teacher asked him why he thought Eve was the most important woman in the Bible.

And the little boy replied, “Well, they named two days of the year after Eve. You know, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.”

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina


Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Friday Afternoon

A later update from the doctors said David Lockwood’s brain tumor has returned. Please be in prayer for David, his family, and the medical staff caring for him.

Please add Mr. Aubrey Stokes to your prayer list as he goes to St. Luke’s Surgery Center today (Friday) to have some tests done to see if his bladder cancer had returned. He has not been doing well and having some health problems and please pray for my Mom, Ruby Stokes and my sister, Pearl Steele as they are with him through all of this and dealing with their own health problems. Thank you for praying! Sue Minor

Friday

 

So don’t get tired of doing what is good.

Don’t get discouraged and give up,

for we will reap a harvest of blessing

at the appropriate time.

~Galatians 6:9 (NLT)~

David Lockwood, husband of Sumner teacher Phyllis Lockwood, is hospitalized with complications of radiation. He and his family need our prayers.

Jan Hammons

Please be in prayer for the Gideons this Monday. We will be going into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail to distribute Bible’s and New Testaments.

Thanks, Harrell and Susie

Please continue to pray for Jesse Dean’s sisters.

Patsy Benefield is in Kentwood Rehab. She is having back problems and can’t walk. Theresa Cutrer is in Southwest in McComb. She has a severe colon infection. They are both better, but still have a long way to go to be well.

Majel Dean

Jan Yarborough’s brother-in-law is doing well. Jan’s sister was to have surgery yesterday. Please continue to pray for this family.

Please continue to pray for Charley and Katheryn Kuss as they deal with health issues. Thank God for the sweet spirit they possess even in times of difficulty.

As always, there are several others who have concerns in their life that need to be addressed with prayer. Please always remember to take some time to remember the unspoken requests.

Somehow I managed to not mention that the Nason family lost a brother in North Mississippi the end of last week. Pray for Dorothy Gill, Theople Hurst, Mike Nason, and Bobbie Magee as well as other family members as they deal with the loss.

Havre Maru Newman Klein
Havre Maru Newman Klein of New Orleans passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. She was 85, born April 9, 1923, in Osyka, Miss., to Dennis and Leola Newman. She was a graduate of Joseph Kohn High School and Soule Business College. Mrs. Klein was a retired secretary, having worked in the construction industry for many years. Havre Maru is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Elvin Frank Klein; as well as numerous other loving family and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home Chapel, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., New Orleans, on Saturday, June 7, at noon, with visitation beginning at 10:30 a.m. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. To sign and view the family guestbook, please visit http://www.lakelawnmetairie.com.

FBC, Kentwood will not have regular Sunday night worship during the months of June and July.

KneEmail

“At te name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

Compartments


“HERE IS A great eternal truth…

Life cannot be divided into compartments in some of which God is involved and in others of which He is not involved; there cannot be one kind of language in the church and another kind of language in the shipyard or the factory or the office; there cannot be one kind of conduct in the church and another kind of conduct in the business world. The fact is that God does not need to be invited into certain departments of life, and kept out of others. He is everywhere, all through life and in every activity of life. He hears not only the words which are spoken in His name; He hears all words; and there cannot be any such thing as a form of words which evades bringing God into any transaction. We will regard all promises as sacred if we remember that all promises are made in the presence of God.” (William Barclay)

“That you may approve the things that are excellent,

that you may be sincere and without offense

till the day of Christ.”

~Philippians 1:10~


Reminder:

So don’t get tired of doing what is good.

Don’t get discouraged and give up,

for we will reap a harvest of blessing

at the appropriate time.

~Galatians 6:9 (NLT)~

Anna Lee

Thursday Addition

From the Sharkey family:

Tom Boberg, a NC Renewal Coordinator, called this morning to let his Lay Renewal family know that his daughter Angel will probably not live through this day.

Many of you know of her long battle with cancer. Please keep Tom and Brenda in your prayers especially today.

Tom & Brenda Boberg

Farmville, NC 27828

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:6-7

Thursday

Surely your goodness and unfailing love

will pursue me all the days of my life,

and I will live in the house of the Lord

forever.

~Psalm 23:6 (NLT)~

Pray for the family of Justin Mixon. Justin was killed in Iraq at the end of last week. His father is pastor of Friendship Baptist Church.

Please keep the following people on your prayer list:

  • Chuck Pittman
  • Blanch Wheat
  • Richard Dunn
  • Randy Fairburn
  • Aubrey Perry
  • Joann Carter
  • Linda Longoria
  • Darren Fairburn
  • Charley Kuss
  • Nat McKinney
  • Jimmie Shaw

Baptist Press

June 4, 2008

MINNESOTA–McCain & Obama: Where they stand on the issues. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28183

CALIFORNIA–Calif. court won’t delay ‘gay marriage’ ruling. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28184

IOWA–Relief workers still on call in Iowa. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28185

TENNESSEE–Poll: Americans split on if homosexuality is sin. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28186

NEW YORK–‘Fox on Faith’ podcast available. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28187

TENNESSEE–SBC seminaries send forth their graduates. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28188

LOUISIANA–Ph.D. couple sustained by God’s call. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28189

GEORGIA–EDUCATION BRIEFS: NOBTS opens 3rd prison program; … http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28190

TENNESSEE–Dockery calls for consensus, renewal. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28191

NORTH CAROLINA–Bob Carey to lead photographers’ assoc. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28192

KANSAS–FIRST-PERSON (Phil Boatwright): Kirk Cameron is ‘Still Growing.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28193

VBS

FBC, Kentwood

Outrigger Island

June 9-13

Call the church office to register. (229-8111)

Cookies and Kool-Aid can be donated.

T-Shirts are now available – $6.00 each

Family Night – Friday, June 13th at 7 P.M. Please being homemade cookies and brownies.

Harold D. “H” Henderson, Sr.
(August 15, 1931 – June 4, 2008)

Mr. Harold D. “H” Henderson, Sr. died Wednesday,June 4, 2008 at 12:40PM at Hood Memorial Hospital, Amite. He was 76, a native and resident of Amite. Visitation will be at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, from 6:00PM until 9:00PM, Friday, June 6, 2008 and Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 8:00AM until Religious Services at 11:00AM in the Funeral Home Chapel. Services conducted by the Rev. Mike Foster. Interment will be in Amite Memorial Gardens. Survived by: Son, Harold D. Henderson, Jr. and wife, Laura Leigh-Amite. 2 Daughters, Kathy Walker Rispone and husband, Jerry-Amite; Bonnie Sue Walker-Tickfaw; Grandchildren, Melissa Blair Rispone Latino and husband, Benny-Hammond, Jerry Vincent “Jero” Rispone, Jr., Amite, Hollie Dean Henderson, Amite, Harold Daniel Henderson, III-Amite; Great Grandson, Benny Joseph Latino, IV-Hammond. Preceded in death by; Parents, William L. & Minnie C. Henderson, First Wife, Ruby Dean Henderson, Second Wife, Donis P. Henderson and a Brother, Leslie “Jr” Henderson. An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com. Funeral Home is located at I-55N and HWY 16W next to Coggins-Gentry Ford.

THE POWER OF GOD

The story is told of a hospital’s Intensive Care ward where patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at about 11 a.m., regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and some even thought that it had something to do with the supernatural. No one could solve the mystery… as to why the deaths occurred around 11 a.m. on Sundays.

So a world-wide team of experts was assembled to investigate the cause of the incidents. The next Sunday morning, a few minutes before 11 a.m., all doctors and nurses nervously wait outside the ward to see for themselves, what the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits.

Just when the clock struck 11… Pookie Johnson, the part-time Sunday sweeper, entered the ward and unplugged the life support system so that he could use the vacuum cleaner.

The story isn’t true (despite what you may have heard to the contrary). But the principle is an important one — where there is no power, the results can be deadly.

I am reminded of what Jesus said to the Sadducees when they came to him asking a question about the resurrection. They asked the question — involving a convoluted situation with a man who married seven women who all died — because they hoped to demonstrate to Jesus that there could not possibly be a resurrection from the dead.

Jesus response was this: “”You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.” (Matthew 22:29).

Any time we deny (or limit) the power of God — denying what He can do if He wants to — we find ourselves on dangerous ground. The New Testament is filled with passages which emphasize God’s power. There is power in the gospel (Rom. 1:16), power in the message of the cross (I Cor. 1:18), and power in the resurrection of Christ (I Cor. 6:14).

If you’re noticing that others are spiritually dying around you (or maybe even that you yourself are dying), maybe it’s time to check the “power source.” Are you connected to the One through whom our power comes?

May you be filled with a knowledge of “the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,” (Eph. 1:19-20). Don’t underestimate (or unplug yourself from) the great power of our God!

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Stay connected!

Anna Lee

Wednesday

“In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,

for You will answer me.”

~Psalm 86:7~

 

 

MISSIONARY PERSONAL NEEDS. ā€œReturn, O LORD! How long? And have compassion on Your servantsā€ (Psalm 90:13, NKJV). Missionaries often pray this verse, perhaps without even realizing it. When a new missionary moves to a country and starts settling in, they might think the first task to accomplish is getting a phone. After several trips to the phone company and experiencing interminably long lines, the priority may change–and Iā€™m sure the missionary has often prayed, ā€œO Lord! How long?ā€ The same missionary begins language training and learns word after word after word, and then proudly heads to the market to shop. How frustrating to have the sentences so well formed–ā€I would like one kilo of tomatoes pleaseā€–then not understand the clerkā€™s response! Again, the missionary prays, ā€œO Lord! How long?ā€ Suddenly one day, the missionary looks around to realize that the phone has been hooked up and the language flows pretty easily. God has answered prayer. But that Scripture passage is still needed. National friends and co-workers do not know Jesus. They may have heard the Word of God, but it is falling upon deaf ears. Many have never had a chance to hear, and the missionary longs for more opportunities, more hours in the day to share. ā€œO Lord! How long?…Have compassion on Your servantsā€¦.And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our handsā€ (Psalm 90:13, 17b).

Baptist Press

(I only included three Baptist Press articles, but I suggest you read all three. Your heart will be touched.)

June 3, 2008

KENYA–As Kenya strife eases, refugee still suffer. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28177

CHINA–China quake assessment focuses on pure water. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28178

KENYA–FIRST-PERSON (Sue Sprenkle): A child’s scream in a Kenyan shack. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28182If you like sports or have an interest in Christian athletes, you may enjoy read about Tim Tebow.

http://www.bpsports.net/bpsports.asp?ID=5858

Mr. John W. Notariano, 47, died June 2, 2008 at the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, McComb, MS. Visitation will be at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Thursday, June 5, 2008 from 5:00PM until 9:00PM and from 8:00AM until Religious Services at 10:00AM, Friday, June 6, 2008 at the Funeral Home Chapel. Services conducted by Bro. Jason Skipper. Interment will be at the Wilmer Baptist Church Cemetery. He is survived by his Wife, Sherri Creel Notariano, Kentwood; Son, John Phillip Notariano & Wife, Mandy, Amite; 2 Daughters, Stacy Notariano Costa & Husband, Eric, Independence; Kylie Callihan Sharkey & Husband, Danny, Kentwood; 3 Grandchildren, Savanna Klair Notariano, Luca Andrew Costa, Klinton Rilee Sharkey; Special Nephew, Kole Graham; 2 Brothers, Charles “Pat” Notariano & Wife, Bobbie, Loranger; Anthony Notariano & Wife, Elaine, Ponchatoula; 3 Sisters, Gloria “Gay” Notariano Huber & Husband, Eddie, Hammond; Kathy Notariano Apperson & Husband, Mark, Robert; Rose Ann Notariano Zimbro & Husband, Marvin, Ponchatoula; Numerous Nieces & Nephews & Extended Family. Preceded in death by Parents: Anthony & Millie Pierson Notariano, and a Nephew. An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com. Funeral Home is located at I-55 and Hwy16W next to Coggins-Gentry Ford.

 

KneEmail

“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” (Philippians 2:10).
Mike Benson, Editor


Day

HAVING A BAD day…?

This morning you woke up tired and grumpy, and things haven’t gone right from that moment. You took the dog out and he wouldn’t come back in, so you spent a lot of time coaxing him in the house. Either you didn’t have time for breakfast, or it burned. Traffic on the way to work was horrific. Now you’ve opened up your computer, and it’s giving you one of those messages that you can’t interpret but you know means you can’t do your work until you find out what’s wrong.

We all have days that go awry, ones where we’d like to be able to go back to bed, pull the covers over our heads, and sleep away twenty-four hours. It’s hard to recognize on tough days that this, too, is a day God made and one He made to benefit us. But unless the day is already gone, it’s not beyond repair. Turn around your less-than-impressive day by giving it back to God (Pamela McQuade).

“This is the day which the LORD has made,

we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

~Psm. 118:24~

Wednesday, hump day, may normally get you down. Don’t let that happen. God created Wednesdays for our benefit. Find the benefits!

Anna Lee