I woke up this morning thinking about the sermon we heard yesterday morning. Young Brother Reid's message was about "Where's Your Faith?" and he talked a lot about Noah and how much faith he had and how obedient he was to God's instructions. (Hebrews 11:7)
"Noah, build an ark."
"OK, Lord, what's an ark?"
"Noah, I am going to flood the earth with rain."
"OK, Lord, what's rain?"
Did you know that before the flood, it had never rained? Before the flood, God had "watered" the earth with a heavy mist or dew every morning. Water as they knew it came from wells.
Did you know that for 120 years... that's one hundred and twenty, Noah built the ark and told everyone he saw to repent from their evil ways and follow the God Almighty because when the ark was finished God was going to send rain to cover the whole earth with water?
Did you know that not one person, besides his immediate family, believed him? Not only that, the people laughed at him, they ridiculed him, they rejected his message. Can you imagine how demoralizing that would be? We don't like to be rejected for five minutes, but 120 years???? That's faith beyond anything I can imagine. That's knowing God and trusting Him no matter what.
120 years? That's how merciful God is... He gave them 120 years to turn back to Him before He told Noah, his family and all the animals to get on board and He closed the Ark door! Can you imagine how foolish all those people felt as they looked at that closed door and felt the drops on their faces? watched the water puddles form? watched the rivers overflow their banks? begin to move their families further and further up the mountains? Who do you think they cried out to? Their idols down there somewhere under water? I think not. Do you suppose there were still atheists on the earth when there was no solid rocks under there feet? when they could not longer tread water?
Where's your faith?
And then I got out of bed.
We piddled around the house for a bit, emptying the black tank, getting dirty clothes ready for laundry. Don took me over to Mother's to do the laundry and he went to Oklahoma City to the VA Med Center for his 10:00 AM doctor's appointment. When we got to Mama's, we found that she wasn't feeling too good... very light headed. I was glad that I would be there with her today. After eating a little, she laid down and I started my laundry.
Don received an email from Frank Maguire back at Quail Run in Arizona City. It seems there was a horrible accident south of AZ City early Sunday morning. There was a pickup truck with 60 illegal aliens in it, on it being shuttled to somewhere when the truck hit a sign and lost control, rolling numerous times. Frank said it was an awful site.
We have discovered that the last doctor Don saw in Waco, prescribed a high blood pressure medication that Don can not take successfully, thus the reason why he has had no energy for the last week or so. The doctor today established an allergy combatting regimen for Don as we head back (in 3 weeks) to Branson and the area where he developed allergies.
When Don got back from the doctor, we met LaNae at Rudy's BBQ for lunch and then we went back to Mama's. She took another nap after eating the salad we brought her and then my brother Jon called from Guam. She talked to him, which perked her up. We would appreciate any and all prayers for his safety. He should be in the air enroute to Houston right now; will have a 1 1/2 hour lay over in Houston and then on to Nashville, Tennessee. I'm sure his wife, Carolyn, will be waiting for him at the airport to take him home in north Georgia.
OK, back to Mama. When she got up from her nap, she was ready to play Moon (dominos). We played for several hours and then Don and I came back to the "house." We were bored, so we took a stroll around the park and decided to visit old friends, Ronda and Tom Loveless out in Noble. It was so good to see them again. We had missed seeing them back in October as they had gone to Texas on vacation.
We're back home. Sheriff Andy Taylor is displaying his wisdom over there in Mayberry. Don's sleeping and I think I will join him.
Did you hear about the guy in Phoenix who was attaching flares to helium balloons and releasing them into the air in an effort to make people think they were UFO's. It worked for awhile until the authorities located the guy. Oooooo ... red lights over Phoenix.
Please pray for our nation, our government, our leaders and our military.
Blessings, peace, joy and FAITH to all.
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