Triple C News - July 9, 2022
Hey, everyone!
Hope you’re having a beautiful day with a heart as warm as the afternoon temps!
I have a super important announcement to tell you about but real quick, before I do, I wanted to share with you a Scripture that seemed super important as well!
So, I’ve been reading thru the Book of Deuteronomy this week and I was really surprised when I got to chapter 4…
“…Be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live…”
I mean, they were at the end of the years of wondering in the desert/wilderness…
years of eating miracle bread that appeared on the ground every morning…
years of following a gigantic daytime cloud column that ignited at night for all to see that
God’s holy Presence was the only guide they would ever need…
Did Moses really have to say…
“Don’t forget”?
Seriously??
How could they ever forget when the Sinai mountain rattled with thunder and lightning, wrapped with clouds of smoke and the blast of trumpets blaring louder and louder?
How do you forget that??
It’s like forgetting your own birthday or your first dog’s name!
In Deuteronmoy, Moses told them over and over to remember things that they should never forget!
In the Book of Exodus, the word “remember” is found six times.
In Leviticus they were told to “remember” the unforgettable twice.
In the Book of Numbers, the number is only four.
In Deuteronomy God tells His people to “remember” sixteen times!!
Apparently, people can forget the unforgettable.
I mean, Paul told his pastoral padowan, Timothy to “remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead…”
(2 Timothy 2.8)
“Huh?? How’s a pastor gonna forget Jesus??”
It’s easier than ya think!
In a way, every time I complain, I do!
Jesus, risen from the dead after He died to pay for all my mess!
I’m completely forgiven for all of it and more!
I’m a royal child of the King of all !
And someday soon we’ll fly away to where we’ll know in our heart that we’re finally home!!
And we’ll never look back!!
And I didn’t deserve a drop of any of these!!
And it’s all because of Him!!
When I complain,…
that I’m not getting what I deserve…
(which if I knew what I really DID deserve, I sure wouldn’t want it!!)
for just a sec…
am I not forgetting all that?
And Him?
When I’m anxious and/or worried, with Jesus, risen from the dead and with me…
and right beside me…
and before me…
and behind me…
and within me…
I think I mighta forgotten something! And Someone!
I have a few things I try to remember almost daily. If I get into trouble, I've usually forgotten one or two.
They're like the sayings painted over the exits on football locker rooms that all the players smack as they head on to the field. Notre Dame's says. "Play like a champion today!"
Here are mine…
1) ”My life is His"...Everything I have is His. He bought it with His blood. If I lose something, I'm not sad! It wasn't mine to start with!
2) ”My home is Heaven"...Not here! Good cow! If we expect to "have it all" here, we'll be disappointed all the time! I'm just passing thru this world!! On my way home!
3)”My time is today"...This is the only day I have to think about! Most of my depression, worry, and anxiety come from thinking about a day that's past or hasn't come!
4) ”My job is to serve people"...If someone doesn't treat you right, who cares? I'm just a servant! What does a servant expect?!
5) ”My goal is to please God!" That's all I care about! I live for the smile of One! If I didn't please everybody in the whole world today, that's OK! I wasn't really trying to! If I pleased Him, it's been a great day!
6) ”My fight is for joy"...I want joy in Jesus more than anything! An invisible enemy doesn't want me to have it. So, I'm ready to fight for it!
Every day!!
7) ”My strength is weakness"...If I know I can't do stuff or face things on my own...Hello!!! I wasn't made to! I'm poor, weak, and needy! As he says in 2 Cor 12, "When I'm weak, I'm strong!" In Him!! My weaknesses...I love ‘em!
I’ve often found that lots of times folks have complicated problems and look for complicated solutions because they’ve forgotten simple things!
Wow.
That was more than I thought I had on my heart!
Now for that super important announcement I was talkin’ about…
Wait.
Uh, oh!
I don’t remember what it was!! It was so important, too!! What was I supposed to tell y’all?? I’ll probably remember tonight at 3:15!
Oh, well!
Better to forget that than…Him!