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SCRAM-O 627

3/29/2020

   SCRAM-O 627

It's time that we who profess
   the Christian faith stop going around
acting defeated, as though Satan
has triumphed, once again,
over a follower of the King.

The scriptures tell us that Christ is
in us and we are in him. And he is Lord
of all. Satan is a defeated foe to each
of us who has accepted the Christ as
our Lord and Savior.

And we have been given the power to say
   "Scram-o! Beat it kid" to that old serpent.
And if we say this in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, Satan has no other choice
but to depart and slither away.

   In the name of Christ, take charge!

(First published on June 3, 1979)

PROVERBS 3:5,6,7,8

3/29/2020

PROVERBS 3:5,6,7,8

Trust in the Lord with all
thine heart, and lean not
unto thine own understanding

In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy path

Be not wise in thine own eyes.
Fear the Lord, and depart from evil
It shall be health to thy navel
and marrow to thy bones

HOPING NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE

3/29/2020

HOPING NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE

Sunday morning, March 29, 2020.
Writing this while still in my pajamas
and bathrobe. Won't be attending
church today and don't know when.

Typing right in the middle of a (Corona-
virus) pandemic, world wide, affecting
us all, every one of us, on this planet,
no exceptions. Global pain and sorrow
around the globe. Death has now taken
more than a hundred thousand of our
family members and neighbors. And,
the toll keeps rising on a daily basis,
without a clear ending in sight.

Many we know personally, have lost
their jobs.Thousands more will join
the unemployment line as the weeks
roll by.

But, all is not lost, for we still have hope.
A hope is not based on wishful thinking,
but on test results. There definite signs
that the coronavirus will be contained
and eventually eliminated.

So, let faith and hope overcome your
weariness and discouragement. And,
while the virus persists, the solutions
are at hand, and this too shall pass.

AT THE ALTER 230

3/27/2020

  AT THE ALTER 230

Have you got burdens that bother
                                            Have you got troubles and woe
                                            Give them to your Master and Savior
                                            Just drop them at the alter and go

                                            With a heart that's filled with mercy
                                            Jesus is looking for you
                                            He knows all your faults and follies
                                            Now there's only one thing to do

                                            Drop your sins at the alter
                                            Your years in battle with strife
                                            Come, take the hand of your Master
                                            Let Jesus be Lord of your life

                                            Go, go in peace
                                            Go in peace, sin no more
                                            Go, go in peace
                                            And sin, sin no more
                                           (First published on October 17, 1975)

PROVERBS 3:1-4

3/22/2020

   PROVERBS 3:1-4

...Forget not my law, but let
thine heart keep thy commandments

For length of days, and long life,
and peace, shall they add to thee

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
Bind them around thy neck
Write them upon the table of thine heart

So shall thou find favor and good
understanding in the sight of God and man

THE BEGINNING OF THE ENDING

3/21/2020

THE BEGINNING OF THE ENDING

It has been over eighty years since
I was born. During that life span,
the following events occurred:

The ending of the great depression
of the twentieth century, World War II,
the Korean War, the Viet Nam War, the
mid-east wars (still in progress).

With the exception of the mid-east wars,
all events mentioned above now fall under
the cliche'd heading of "This too shall pass."

And even now as I write coronavirus, I believe,
with the whole world up in arms against this
pandemic, its days are surely numbered.

(Written on March 19, 2020)

HUMOR 622

3/21/2020

       HUMOR 622

   In this daily drudgery whereupon we trip over
so many of the foibles and fumbles of mankind,
perhaps we shall one day discover the sanest
of men are those who have learned to laugh
loudest at themselves.

For after all, "Humor is a sense of proportion"
(Kahlil Gibran). And, while there is time for
seriousness, there remains, on the scale of life,
abundant room for humor.

James Thurber stated that humor was "one
   of our greatest and earliest national resources
which must be preserved at all cost."

   (Before we leave this article, we do have one
   final question....Has anybody heard about the
elephant that sauntered into the Democratic
headquarters and ... )

(First published on May 22, 1974, with revisions
made on March 21, 2020)

SEND ME 454

3/21/2020

SEND ME 454

  If you read the New Testament carefully, you
will discover that the disciples of Jesus Christ
were usually being sent somewhere, in distance from
a half mile to several hundred miles.

If Christ were to send us somewhere today,
would it matter where? And, would we go?

Ponder these lines by George M. Matheson...

Send me
     To the hearts without a home
To the lives without a love
To the crowd without a compass
To the ranks without a refuge
Send me
   To the children whom none have blessed
To the famished whom none have visited
To the demoniacs whom none have claimed
Send me
To the fallen whom none have lifted
To the lepers whom none have touched
To the bereaved whom none have comforted
Then I shall have the birthright of the fist born
Then shall I have the blessing of the mighty God
of Jacob

PROVERBS 2:3,4,5

3/15/2020

   PROVERBS 2:3,4,5

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,
and liftest up thy voice for understanding

    If thou seekest her as silver and searchest
for her as for hid treasures

Then shalt thou understand the fear
of the Lord, and find the knowledge
of God

SAINTS ALIVE

3/14/2020

   SAINTS ALIVE

                                         Have you ever noticed how much
                                         easier it is to venerate a dead saint
                                        than a live one? Have you ever
                                         wondered why?

                                        Perhaps the answer lies within these
                                         words by an unknown author, taken
                                       from a card from St. Stephen's Church
                                         in Philadelphia...

                                        "Why were the saints, saints?
                                         Because they were cheerful
when it was difficult to be cheerful,
patient when it was difficult
                                         to be patient; and because they
                                         pushed on when they wanted
                                         to stand still, and kept silent when
                                         they wanted to talk, and were agreeable
                                         when they wanted to be disagreeable
                                         That was all. It was simple and always
                                         will be."

                                         Many are called to be saints...
                                         but few are chosen.