I was able to get my first COVID Vaccine shot this morning in Latrobe. The follow-up (2nd shot) is in Norwin on April 5th. I feel fine except my arm is very sore. I don’t realize that until I try to move it suddenly – then I remember! I’m also very cold – but just came inside from playing in the dirt, picking up twigs in the front yard, and washing the car. It was sunny but still cold.
I sent Gen’s little granddaughters a fun card for St. Patrick’s Day and Easter. She sent me a video of them and they were very excited! It was cute to see them, and they had the confetti all spread out on the blanket. They were sitting in the yard. Must be warmer here then there – GOOGLE said 67*. Quite a bit warmer.
I will share Bram’s message from First Baptist. This was his last week as interim minister. Scott will be here by next Sunday. We are not our best when we complain – we act irrationally. When we make our complaint to God, we are hoping God will respond to our need and suffering. As the Israelites complained after leaving Egypt – they did not trust God for their needs. When we look to the past, we romanticize and see only the good things behind us. They only thought about the FOOD and forgot about the slavery. It’s tempting to let the past be the Golden Age, but God is creating a bright future that leads us to the Promised Land. But when we idealize the past we fail to trust God’s future goodness. We deny that God has good plans for us. Our faith affirms that God is with us in the present and leads us to the future. We are not alone. God provides our needs wherever we are sent. We are sustained by God’s gifts that nurture our body and spirit. Learning to trust God requires that we let go of our fears and believe in God’s goodness.
It was a fitting message for looking forward – both for him and for the congregation. They had a cute little song that they performed for him at the end of the service, and gave him and his wife a card and flowers and gift baskets. I’ve known him mostly through the live streaming, but I have met him in person a few times, and I will miss his messages very much. God bless you, Pastor Bram!
On this day in 1817 the New York Stock Exchange was founded, and in 1948 the US Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools was unconstitutional. In 1973 Eisenhower tunnel – world’s highest and US longest – opened in Denver CO. Oliver Wendel Holmes Jr was born in 1841. Millard Fillmore – 13th president – died in 1874 at age 74, and William Howard Taft – 27th president- died in 1930 at age 72; Joe DiMaggio in 1999 at age 84. In 1820 5th US President James Monroe‘s daughter Maria was 1st child of a President to marry in the White House.
TOMORROW March 9 is:
I AM over it – have been for months and months now! So I’ll just eat a meatball and call it a day! God bless….
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