Good Friday morning! The poppers are popping, the crackers are cracking, and the fireworks season is well underway. Rains in the evening have muted the bang so to speak, but I'm sure the kids will make up for lost time soon enough. What can I say about yesterday? First a 70's icon in Farrah Fawcett passes away, which we did expect from her recent film about cancer, but then an 80's icon passed unexpectedly in Michael Jackson. If you are my age or thereabouts, you will remember both of them from our growing up years. I did miss most of the Jackson craze as much of it hit while I served my country in faraway places. However, as both of these people were entertainers, what good did they do for us? Did either life bring anyone to Jesus? The film of Ms. Fawcett's battle with cancer did show a glimpse of her faith. This gives me hope that she believed in God. The later years of Mr. Jackson's life were unfortunately filled with negative examples. I'm not sure that "Thank you, Lord, that I ain't like that guy," is going to win him any points in Heaven. We do know one important thing about salvation though; it doesn't go away because you act badly after you are saved.
The importance of salvation while we are young becomes so obvious when a person passes at what we might call an untimely age. I often wonder if some of us don't go through a sort of Christian adolescence as we grow to be more like Christ. We give our lives to Jesus at a young age, but then we wander into sin and the world for a time. Some might argue that this is a sign that we were never saved at all. In the parable of the seeds, if a seed falls on thin soil it doesn't grow tall and produce fruit. What we can take from this is that the plant does germinate and grow. If the gardener can keep that plant alive for a time, he can transplant it to better soil. Perhaps all those who seem to lose their way in Christ are like the the plants in thin soil in our Lord's parable. The seeds in the parable falling on thin soil withered in the heat, but it doesn't say the plants died. Jesus is the master gardener; He can bring anyone back to life!
Another wonderful weekend is upon us. Walk in Christ this day!
Bucky
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