December 27, 2010

"For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11

Little did Jeremiah know thousands of years ago that when he penned that verse, he would bring so much comfort to a burned out minister in the 20^{th century. God gave my wife and me that verse when we left our church in 1991 with no job and no promise of one. But was he ever faithful. He met our needs and gave us a spiritual family to love and support us. Many times I have asked God what is going on in our world and my life and many times he has declined to answer. If he gave us a "divine blueprint" that explained everything he has done, is doing and will do, there would be no need for faith. Instead he reminds us to trust him and he will show us later. As we approach the new year, we do not know what it holds. But if we have placed our faith in Jesus Christ, we know who holds the future. And, he is faithful.}

Thought for the week: "Worry is interest paid in advance for a debt you may never owe."

Funny for the week: "Murphy's Laws of Parenting"

- The later you stay up, the earlier your child will wake up the next morning.

- The gooier the food, the more likely it is to end up on the carpet.

- The longer it takes you to make a meal, the less your child will like it.

- A sure way to get something done is to tell a child not to do it.

- For a child to become clean, something else must become dirty.

- Toys multiply to fill any space available.

- Yours is always the only child who doesn't behave.

- If the shoe fits ... it's expensive.

- Backing the car out of the driveway causes your child to have to go to the bathroom.

How true how true……………Chaplain Barnes

Last week’s answer:

16. Joseph took the boy Jesus to Egypt:

a. To show him the pyramids

b. To teach him the wisdom of the pharaohs

c. To put him in a basket in the reeds by the river

d. Because he dreamed about it See Matthew 2:13

e. To be taxed

f. Joseph did not take Jesus to Egypt

g. None of the above.

This week’s question:

Hope you have enjoyed these Christmas questions. We end with this one.

17. Where do we find the Christmas story in order to check up on all these ridiculous questions?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

e. All of the above

f. Only a and b

g. Only a and c

h. Only a, b, and c

i. Only x, y, and z

j. Aesops Fables