Today in worship we presented Third Graders with their Bibles. That is always one of my favorite things we do. It is encouraging to see the eagerness for God's Word in young hearts.
We were led in prayer by a student and family. Another young person read the scripture today. Thanks Noah and Megan! It looks to me like the future is very hopeful.
Hopeful is not the word I sense many people have been using over the past few weeks. Despair seems more like it. I also hear a good bit of anger and confusion.
A little over a year ago we were shocked by the shooting in Orlando. Now Las Vegas. We talk. We mourn. We take precautions. We do a lot of things. Still we have no iron clad assurance that a senseless act of violence will not happen again. (Of course there are parts of the world where these things have become common. May we never fall into that sense of resignation).
But in spite of all the storms, shootings, war and threats of war, fear and the list goes on, we are hopeful.
By "we" I mean Christians - followers of the Lord of Life, the Savior of the World, the King of Kings, the Prince of Peace, the Great Physician, the Alpha and Omega, the Bread of Life, the Good Shepherd, the Light of the World, the Gate, The Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Vine, the I Am - Jesus.
Jesus brings life to a church. A church welcomes children and families. A young life is being formed by the Spirit, a Christian family, and a vibrant Church community. Hope keeps calling.
Never forget the future is firmly held in God's grip of grace. Person after person are finding their hearts touched by that same grace. We witnessed this hopeful miracle today.
It's been a good day. I hope you've had a good day too.
steve
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