Sunday's Coming

Good Morning,

Thank you for your prayers, e-mails, gift, and calls; what a blessing you are to us. Your support makes all the difference, so Thank You.

From my reading today, I want to share this by Jim Liebelt:

But I tell you, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you in order that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.” –Matthew 5:44-45

The story has been told of a man who while hiking in a desert, stumbled upon a rattlesnake that had become hopelessly wedged between a boulder and some limbs from a fallen tree. The man decided to save the rattlesnake, but in the process the snake tried to bite him. The man tried to free the snake a second time. Again, the snake tried to bite the man. Finally, on the third attempt the man succeeded and still, the snake coiled and attempted to strike its liberator. The man’s companion, who had observed from a safe distance, asked the man why he continued to risk himself to free the snake. The man responded, “The snake was attempting to strike because that is its nature. My nature is to love. Should I cease to love because the snake attempts to strike?”

Jesus demonstrated this same concept–a commitment to living by his own nature regardless of another’s nature–when He gave his life to die on our behalf.

Have a great day, love you, pass it on!
Don