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A Thriving Friendship
Ray Ortlund: “True friendship thrives when, before God, each one is more aware of his debts than his rights.”
HT: Justin Taylor
Far Better to Attempt
I saw this quote in a post from a blog I read:
From Theodore Roosevelt (quoted in Built to Last):
And I read Nehemiah 6 this morning where the wall was rebuilt in 52 days even in spite of many internal enemies (the Jewish nobles were aligned with Tobiah the Ammonite through marriages of their children) and many external enemies (Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem to name a few). God strengthened the hands of Nehemiah and the others to complete the task because it was God’s will that it be rebuilt. The surrounding people were afraid as a result.
And then I asked myself this question:
What might God be calling me to undertake that might have both internal and external opposition?
(A word of caution…the Jewish nobles in this account had made evil alliances with God’s enemies…they weren’t the faithful in Israel…so if faithful brothers and sisters oppose you, don’t assume you’re having a Nehemiah moment…you might be having a David-being-confronted-by-the-prophet-Nathan moment! Let Scripture be your guide!)
Soup Kitchen Needs Volunteers Tomorrow (Friday!)
The Lord’s Table Soup Kitchen is in need of volunteers tomorrow (Friday) from 1pm – 3pm. Call Meghan Mohrland at the church office if you are interested.
One of our own returns from Gospel work in Sudan
Dear Friends-
I am at my hotel on Monday morning in London. The African part of the trip is finished. Friendships were made with both the fellow countrymen from America who formed our work team and the Sudanese nationals and the few Ugandans who I met. While doing the construction we worked with five Sudanese…These folks touched my heart and will have a place in it for a long time to come. One of them is a 25 year old guy named James…We hugged one another when it was time for us to depart. He liked my camera so at that time I took it from my neck and placed it around his neck.
The work we did went well. We made trusses for the building expansion and with the help of the translators got them on top of the building and in the right place. According to Matt, the man in Juba who ran the project we exceeded what he expected to get done.
...My time on this computer is about up. Assante to everyone who prayed for me and donated money for the trip. Assante is a Swahilli word for thank you.
Robert Johnson
A Note of Hope
Carolyn McCulley has started a film company called Citygate Films that seeks to do good works through film. Check out her current project called A Note of Hope. She is currently traveling in Africa recording this film. Pray for her and her team and that God would use the film for good.
Hope for Change #2
The more desperate I feel and the more inadequate I see my efforts to produce change, the more room I allow for God’s sanctifying grace to surge in my soul. I am truly hopeless, but He is truly hopeful!
Grand Use of Memory
“Because thou hast been my help.” Meditation had refreshed his memory and recalled to him his past deliverances. It were well if we oftener read our own diaries, especially noting the hand of the Lord in helping us in suffering, want, labour, or dilemma. This is the grand use of memory, to furnish us with proofs of the Lord’s faithfulness, and lead us onward to a growing confidence in him.
C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, Psalm 63:7a