7:46 p.m. Today's project was to attend my son Steven's Nutrition and Fitness seminar at our friends Sherri and Devon's home. It was just the four of us, but Steven gave a presentation worthy of the professional certified trainer that he is. No wonder he was LA Fitness' "Trainer of the Year" for San Diego County when he was only 18! More importantly, he is a leader in youth ministry in Fresno, and growing daily in God's Word.
The rest of my day has been spent in preparing for a large family gathering tomorrow afternoon --both sides of our family will be here, with plenty of food and yummy desserts abounding! The specialties of the house are tomatillo salsa, ice cream cakes, watermelon sorbet, frozen lemonade pie, and my Heidi's oatmeal cake. As I write this, Steve is collecting green tomatoes for frying; tomorrow we'll pick our corn fresh. As much as the burgers and hotlinks will delight our senses, the desserts will be over the top, and the kiddies will be squealing in the jumphouse, our fellowship in Christ is the key to a harmonious and joyful time. Literally, "the brethren will dwell together" tomorrow(Psalm 133:1) with "Ultimate Frisbee" as a finale.
This evening, Heidi and Pavel brought over the movie "The Book of Eli," about a world devoid of all vestiges of civilization (apparently due to a nuclear holocaust), where a hotel-size bottle of shampoo is a treasure; the vast majority of the population is illiterate; killing by bands of men is a daily occurrence; and women are disposable victims of violence; but one man has The Book. It is literally a savage post-historic world, a world without the Bible, without the consciousness of God in the minds of men.
Yet the few who know how to read, and know what the Bible is, fight to the death for the very last King James Bible to be found. I couldn't help but think of the value of the Word of God to believers in hostile countries, who treasure as little as one page per underground congregation!
Bible-loving Christians identify with Jeremiah 15:16: "Your words were found and I ate them. And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts."
Jesus Christ, the logos, the Word of God made flesh, is made known through His Word. Through the Bible we come to know His heart, His character, and find strength to follow His commands!
The Book of Eli presents a horrifying spectacle of a world without the precious, civilizing effect of God's word. It answers the question, "Where would we be without God in this world?" Man becomes a feral beast--kill or be killed, no understanding or wisdom. As Psalm 49:20 puts it, they are "like the beasts that perish."
Psalm 119, a paean to the glorious Word of God, says it all in verse 105:
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
May we never experience a world without the Word!
The rest of my day has been spent in preparing for a large family gathering tomorrow afternoon --both sides of our family will be here, with plenty of food and yummy desserts abounding! The specialties of the house are tomatillo salsa, ice cream cakes, watermelon sorbet, frozen lemonade pie, and my Heidi's oatmeal cake. As I write this, Steve is collecting green tomatoes for frying; tomorrow we'll pick our corn fresh. As much as the burgers and hotlinks will delight our senses, the desserts will be over the top, and the kiddies will be squealing in the jumphouse, our fellowship in Christ is the key to a harmonious and joyful time. Literally, "the brethren will dwell together" tomorrow(Psalm 133:1) with "Ultimate Frisbee" as a finale.
This evening, Heidi and Pavel brought over the movie "The Book of Eli," about a world devoid of all vestiges of civilization (apparently due to a nuclear holocaust), where a hotel-size bottle of shampoo is a treasure; the vast majority of the population is illiterate; killing by bands of men is a daily occurrence; and women are disposable victims of violence; but one man has The Book. It is literally a savage post-historic world, a world without the Bible, without the consciousness of God in the minds of men.
Yet the few who know how to read, and know what the Bible is, fight to the death for the very last King James Bible to be found. I couldn't help but think of the value of the Word of God to believers in hostile countries, who treasure as little as one page per underground congregation!
Bible-loving Christians identify with Jeremiah 15:16: "Your words were found and I ate them. And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts."
Jesus Christ, the logos, the Word of God made flesh, is made known through His Word. Through the Bible we come to know His heart, His character, and find strength to follow His commands!
The Book of Eli presents a horrifying spectacle of a world without the precious, civilizing effect of God's word. It answers the question, "Where would we be without God in this world?" Man becomes a feral beast--kill or be killed, no understanding or wisdom. As Psalm 49:20 puts it, they are "like the beasts that perish."
Psalm 119, a paean to the glorious Word of God, says it all in verse 105:
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
May we never experience a world without the Word!
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