Each morning at 5:30, I take my Lhasa Apso, Maxwell, for a walk. He has
the bad habit of picking up bits of paper or other trash along the way.
When
he does, I command him to “drop it,” and he usually complies.
One morning, though, he absolutely refused to drop a piece of litter. So
I told him to “sit” and then approached him to see what his treasure
was. It
was a $10 bill.
– by Elsa Boggs (via Reader’s Digest)
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The 5 Pillars required of every follower of Jesus. Matt Hoffman reads from Acts 16 & 17.
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In a spy novel I had just read, the hero hid
a letter in a particular statue in Washington, D.C. Since I was in that city at
the time, on a whim I decided to see if the statue really contained the small
niche the author had described. To my great surprise, it did – and a
cellophane – wrapped letter was inside. After a moment’s hesitation, I pulled out
the letter, opened it, and burst into laughter.
An unidentified reader had penned, “Good book, wasn’t it?”
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Would you know who is the greatest saint in the world: It is not he who prays most or fasts most, it is not he who gives most alms or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice; but it is he who is always thankful to God, who wills everything that God wills, who receives everything as an instance of God’s goodness and has a heart always ready to praise God for it.
–William Law
What in the world is God doing in Israel? Pastor Merle Conklin reads from Ezekiel 38:1-23.
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There’s one word that describes the night Jesus came—ordinary. A beautiful night but nothing to keep a person awake. The sheep were ordinary. No fleece made of gold. No history makers. And the shepherds…peasants they were, probably wearing all the clothes they owned. You won’t find their staffs in a museum or their writings in a library. They were nameless and simple. And were it not for a God who loves to hook an “extra” on the front of ordinary, the night might have gone unnoticed.
But God dances amidst the common. And that night He did a waltz. The black sky exploded with brightness The night was ordinary no more. The angel came in the night because that’s when lights are best seen and most needed. God comes into the common for the same reason. His most powerful tools are the simplest.
From The Applause of Heaven
