Today’s Word Garden will be a little sparse – not much happened. But that’s ok, and it IS early to post. But I have some house projects (boring ones) that I want to do so I’m posting now. After church I stopped and got the few groceries I needed for the busy week ahead, then came home and played in the dirt for about 3 hours. By the time I was done with the stones, I was cold and wet and hungry so I came in for lunch and just stayed inside. But I did get all the stones moved that I could manage. (A new project in the works for this space – coming soon!)
Since I was at Hempfield this morning I’ll share Kyle’s message. We are studying the book of James, and this was about Favoritism. The message was very good and thought-provoking but it boiled down to the fact that in these times everyone is accusing everyone else of showing favoritism. Does God do that? Sometimes it appears that he does, but when you really dig deep into the scriptures you see that God is who he says He is – and no, he doesn’t give special opportunities to some and not all. He offers salvation and opportunities to everyone equally. It’s up to US how we receive these gifts and what we do with them – and how we react to them. We have to have faith and put that into action. Favoritism is often based on the outward circumstances – but Jesus died for EVERYONE. We need to accept that, then Go and Teach! Give what you have been given; share GRACE.
On this day in 1719 Daniel Defoe published Robinson Crusoe, which was regarded as the first English novel. In 1954 Bell labs announced the first solar battery (silicon), with 6% efficiency. Oliver Cromwell was born in 1599, Ella Fitzgerald (First lady of song) in 1917, Al Pacino (actor – Godfather) in 1940, and Renee Zellweger in 1969. Ginger Rogers died at age 83 in 1995.
TOMORROW April 26th is:
- National Audubon Day
- National Dissertation Day
- National Help a Horse Day
- National Kids and Pets Day
- National Pretzel Day
- National Richter Scale Day
- National South Dakota Day
Now I think I will bundle up and take a quick walk around the block. The sun is currently shining, but it’s windy and 59*. Have a super week! God bless…
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