Thought for the Day

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Tom here, as we continue our journey through the Bible in an effort to determine what God is calling us to do, this morning’s reading is from Proverbs 1.   A couple of things jumped out at me while reading it:

Vs. 7 Start with God—the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

It sounds so simple but yet it can be such a hard thing to do.   As we look at what our plans are in our lives and as we ask ourselves, “What should I be doing about the disaster in Haiti?” we need to do something very basic.

Start with God.   Talk to God, tell Him what you’re thinking, ask Him what you should do.  And then listen to God.   Listen in the small whispers of life, listen in the doors flung wide open in front of you, listen in the pictures and stories of those less fortunate than you.

But remember, if you listen, you also need to be ready to act on what you hear.

Then I read a little further and read Psalm 63 (I told you it was a random schedule) and came across vs. 8.   As I read that, I remembered something that Dixie told us Friday night.   Friday we had a get together for about 90 of our closest friends who came from as far as a couple of hours away to have dinner with Dixie.    While the parents were talking that evening, Dixie said that for the first two weeks after the earthquake, virtually all of them down at GLA were getting motion sickness.   The ground was literally swaying so much and so often they were getting sick from it.

And then I read what David says in Psalm 63 vs. 8:

 8I hold on to you for dear life, and you hold me steady as a post.

If we hold on to Him, even though the earth moves (literally) He will hold us and give us the strength we need.

Join me in prayer today that all of the Christians in Haiti and those who care about what’s happening in Haiti would stay close to God, hold on to Him, listen to Him and be ready to follow God’s call.

Thanks for reading and thanks for caring…….

Tom

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