Sunday, December 5

Isaiah 5:1-7

Psalms 114, 115, 148, 149, and 150

2 Peter 3:11-18

Luke 7:28-35

2 Peter 3

From "The Message:"

Don't overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn't late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn't want anyone lost…. Since everything here today might well be gone tomorrow, do you see how essential it is to live a holy life?

Boy does this speak to me today…. Yesterday I was released from the hospital after undergoing heart stint surgery. The doctor said I was 45 min away from a heart attack…. And here I am back at work today…. Unbelievable, but not really so. I KNOW that God hears prayers and he answers them, sometimes in silence, and sometime with a load AAAA-ha! This was my aha because I was praying to him you can believe…. And many people were also praying for me…. I can't tell you how many…. It makes you realize you are never alone and that family and friends and the church are there with you…. Thank you Fr. Patrick (had to add the Fr. so they would know who I was speaking about, sorry) for your wonderful prayer just before my surgery. It was wonderful! Sometimes it takes something like this to realize how true the above passages are…. I love "The Message." It speaks my language. If you haven't experienced this I invite to you do so!

Peace,
Lynn Mather