Happy Monday!
It is cool here this morning if only for a little while~ and it is softly raining. Look at my three little kittens who have appeared to not only have lost their mittens but seem to have lost their home. They showed up Saturday morning on my door step. I am sitting here on my porch enjoying my last week of summer and watching them play~ while I am drinking my coffee. Next week my" back to school schedule " begins!
The little black kitten is the momma cat~ even though she is just a kitten herself. She knows how to care for her babies though. They seem to have adopted us and we are kind-of fond of them already too. I put out a kennel last night and they slept in it~in hopes to keep them from sleeping under Hannah's car hood. I think they may become our outdoor cats. The momma is letting us pet her but not the babies. We have not named them yet ~any ideas?
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Optimistically Looking Ahead
One of England’s distinguished statesmen, Sir Fred Catherwood, offers an insightful analysis of the world. He writes,
“We look back today because we dare not look forward. We live in a violent, greedy, rootless, cynical, and hopeless society, and we don’t know what’s to become of it all. . . . As we stop believing in the dignity of man and woman made in the image of God, violence has risen dramatically. . . . The social pillars of society have been shaken. All down [through] the centuries, governments have had moral guidelines to tell them how to shape the social structures. Now . . . they do not know what to do.”
Just because the Bible does not disclose the divine plan for history's outworking does not mean that we are entitled to start looking around this out of control world of ours in pessimism! God is still on the throne~ Christians are still reading their Bible~ people are still witnessing about the Gospel of Salvation~ and people are still getting saved! There is still the possibility of heaven-sent revival and social renewal in our great land. No matter what may happen if we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour ~ when King Jesus returns this world will become His Kingdom. (Rev.11:15)
Our responsibility is to be a witness ~ to be salt and light to the world.
Matthew 5:13-16
King James Version (KJV)
13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
We are not to walk around looking like we have eaten a sour grape. We are to be living, working, worshiping, praying, witnessing, loving~ so that our world will see the saving grace of God at work through us.
In other words ~ lets enjoy the journey~ I read the back of the book and no matter what may happen today~ in the last chapter ~ we win!
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