Monday

 

 

“For the LORD gives wisdom;

from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.”

~Proverbs 2:6, HCSB)~

Caroline Cutrer

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/carolinecutrer

 

Sometimes God is taking care of us when we are being obedient tho Him.  Marty Simpson took off work Wednesday to prepare the jambalaya for the SLU BCM students.  His work partner had a wreck and had to be taken to the hospital.  If Marty had not been at SLU, he would have been in the same vehicle.  Thank you, God, for Marty’s service to you and your protection for him because of that service.

The associational WMU will meet at 10:00 this morning at East Fork to learn more about North American missions as we celebrate the Week of Prayer.  Rev. Fred Day, a retired missionary to the Caribbean, will be speaking.  We will share lunch after the meeting.  I hope to see some of you there today.

The North Americans who represent all the other missionaries for our prayer times for yesterday and today:

Day 1: Send North America
Church planting is at the core of the North American Mission Board’s national strategy, Send North America. This strategy is designed to mobilize churches to plant churches, mobilize church planters, and equip church planters and “sending churches” for evangelistic church planting.

Day 2: Shaun and Deshni Pillay, Connecticut
Shaun is church planter and pastor of Cornerstone International Church in Norwich. The church ministers to a large international population and a large homeless community meeting physical needs and directing people to Christ.

Thought for the Day: A prayer as we grow older

The author of the following prayer is unknown to me:

Lord, keep me from the fatal habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and on every occasion. Release me from craving to straighten out everybody’s affairs.

Make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems a pity not to use it all – but Thou knowest, Lord, that I want a few friends at the end.

Keep my mind from the recital of endless details – give me wings to get to the point.

Seal my lips on my aches and pains. They are increasing and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

I dare not ask for grace enough to enjoy the tales of others but help me to listen to them with patience.

I dare not ask for improved memory but a growing humility and lessening cocksureness when my memory seems to clash with the memory of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be mistaken.

Keep me reasonably sweet. I do not want to be a “saint” – some of them are hard to live with – but a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil.

Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people. Give me the grace to tell them so.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Growing old can be a frightening thing. We worry about what we will be like in the years ahead. We hope to be wise and gentle and kind and loving. The only way to be that way as an old person, though, is to strive to live that way every day as a young person.

“Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, ‘I have no pleasure in them.’ ” (Eccl. 12:1)

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee

Do something today to help someone of your choice.  Smile while doing your chosen activity.

Anna Lee