Sunday's Coming

Good morning,

Once again the time here is coming to an end. We leave Friday for eastern Oklahoma to be with CRM'S board of director president and go to church with him.  I get to preach. YEA! Hope I remember how. Then on Monday we are off to Georgia, so as always please keep us in your prayers as we travel.

We are living in a time of great unrest.  So much is going on in the world. Many of us pray for peace but let me ask “What is peace, what does it look like to you?” I read this story the other day and I think it shows us perfect peace.

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror, for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest ... perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize?

The King chose the second picture. Do you know why?

"Because," explained the King, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace."  - Author Unknown

Thank you for praying for us, encouraging us with your emails, phone calls and visits.  Thank you for your financial support, even in trying times, you continue to believe in the Lord and do what He tells us.. that is, give.

The Lord gives his people strength.

The Lord blesses them with peace.- Psalm 29:11

Have a great day. Love you. Pass it on.
Don