Good morning! Yes, it has happened, June 24th this year... my first Christmas CD is playing right now. Sandi Patty, in case you need to follow suit. The day dawns once more, just a minute or two shorter than yesterday, but dawn it does. I could say something about the approach of colder weather, but we have all of summer to go, enjoy it while it is here. Six months plus one day until Christmas, that's not bad for me.
How does a person write a devotional of joy and hope when bad news arrives? The same way that I always must do... by trusting in Jesus. Every one of you endures such terrible burdens. Jesus saw this in His day and sees the groaning and pain even now. My tendency is to think that I am unique in suffering, but everywhere I look I see that this is not true. Jesus set the example for us by suffering and dying on the cross. We can only follow Him and endure in His strength. Yes, that is written correctly. You will have realized by now that your own strength is insufficient to endure in this world. We must one and all look only to Jesus for strength to endure in this difficult life. When we have learned to trust completely in Him, we will have learned what it is to live for Christ.
Ask God for strength in this life, the strength to trust in Him completely.
Bucky
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