October 24, 2007

Good morning! Is there any special significance to October 24th? A quick look on the Internet, that fount of information, shows that October 24 does have some significance. October 24, 1929 is known as Black Thursday, the day of the great Wall Street crash that began the Great Depression worldwide. It is also no wonder that no one would want to commemorate that day since the Great Depression was not a time of financial joy and easy living. We have been assured by some of those talking head economists that such a thing cannot happen again, but they said similar things about the Titanic, the Hindenburg, the... you get the picture. As always we should, we must, place our trust only in God. No institution, government, organization, strength, weapon, or any other worldly thing can save us from death and destruction.

Now, since that is a bit of a heavy note to start the day. Let's move on to something else before going off to work with a cloud of doom over our heads. Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. I do not believe that He meant just in the next life, but that He wants us to have abundant life in this existence too. He may not mean that all of us are going to be rich, fat cats laying in the sun for the remainder of our lives. The world produces plenty of those folks, and they are generally only useful as fodder for the tabloids. Having abundant life probably lies more in the area of enjoying the company of friends, coming through a time of danger or distress, helping out someone without being paid or rewarded, doing something special with your family, and many other wonderful things that are available to us in this life. Yes, life in heaven with Christ will be much better, but not all of the good things are put on hold until we get there.

Enjoy a bit of life in Christ this day!

Bucky

Prayer requests!
The fires in California have become very bad in a short time, please pray for the people out there who have lost homes and been evacuated to shelters. Pray for the winds to ease and the rains to come.