It is he who saved us and chose us for his holy work
not because we deserved it
but because that was his plan long before the world began—
to show his love and kindness to us through Christ.
~2 Timothy 1:9 (TLB)~
Mr. Jimmy Tolar was admitted to Our Lady of the Lake hospital yesterday afternoon due to complications from his earlier hospitalization. Please pray for his health to get better. Pray for “Miss” Naomi as she stays by his side.
There is a 24 hour a day prayer vigil for Caroline Crouch. If you are on facebook, go to Pray for Caroline Crouch and sign up for a fifteen minute time slot if you wish to pray at a scheduled time.
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Pray for those in the paths of the hurricanes. If you are one of those individuals, please be prepared and please be safe.
REBOOTING AND STARTING OVER
The following are some suggested new error messages for Microsoft Windows:
1) Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.
2) Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.
3) Press any key to continue or any other key to quit.
4) Press any key… no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE!
5) Close your eyes and press escape three times.
6) Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner.
7) Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue.
8) CONGRESS.SYS corrupted… Re-boot Washington D.C? (Y/N)
9) Runtime Error 6D at 417A:32CF: Incompetent User.
10) Error reading FAT record: Try the SKINNY one? (Y/N)
11) WinErr 547: LPT1 not found. Use backup…..PENCIL & PAPER.
12) Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic.
Wouldn’t it be nice if every time we made a mistake in real life, we received an “error message” telling us we did something wrong, along with instructions on how to correct it? And wouldn’t it be nice to keep “backups” so if we did something stupid we could go back and put in the backup, continuing on as if nothing had ever gone wrong? And if things get really bad, wouldn’t it be nice just to be able to “reboot” and completely start all over again from scratch?
In essence, God has given us a way to do just that. Part of the blessing of becoming a Christian is the ability to start afresh. Paul said of the Corinthians:
“Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” (I Cor. 6:9b-11).
Thanks be to God for giving us all a way to “reboot” and start over.
Have a great day!
Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina
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