Friday, August 24, 2007

August 24, 2007

Good morning! We worked late last night, and I am up already this morning. What about you? Somehow today I cannot help but think of you. How do you feel this morning? What problems do you face today? I may not even know what the outside or inside of your house or apartment looks like, but I try to think of what aches or pains, joys or good feelings, or what love you might feel today. In Christ we will often find our focus moving away from the "me", that so dominates our thinking at times. We might think of a close loved one at home, or a loved one far away. Some of you, I have never met in person, but I still like to pray for you.

What is it about us that spurs us to acts of selfless courage? Yesterday, I read in the news about three people killed by a downed power line. Two victims, a mother and small child, were just trying to escape flooding; the third was a bus driver who attempted to rescue them. The media further reported other rescue personnel who could not reach the victims due to the live power lines. How terrible that must have been for them. Sometimes we can do nothing but pray for those involved in a situation like that.

It is interesting how far we may go to save some one's physical life in this world, but at the same time the world ignores the eternal life we will have with Jesus or somewhere much worse. The Spirit of God urges us to great sacrifice to save another from mortal peril, something you will not see in the animal world. To what length or sacrifice should we go to save some one's soul? Jesus already answered that question, and made that sacrifice. Praise God the answer is here before us in the Word of God! What had to be done is done; we only need to spread the Good News of salvation through Christ.

Start a wonderful weekend in Christ today!

Bucky

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