Chaplain’s Column - Coexist
I hope that everyone is having a great start to the new year. I hope
that in this year those that don’t appreciate our view point concerning our
valued confederate past will at least understand that it is perfectly normal to
be proud of our history and we are at least normal when we do so. It seems that
the freedom of speech we once had is going out the door.
Now having said that
I would like to give my devotional for the Chaplain’s column:
It’s seems clear to me that some things in
this life just were not made to coexist with each other. Long-tailed cats and rocking chairs? Bulls in
a china shop? Not a good idea. Blessings and bitterness? That mixture doesn’t
go over well with God. Combine heavenly kindness with earthly ingratitude and
you can expect a sour mixture. Perhaps you may have sampled it? This thing
called gratitude doesn’t come naturally either. Self-pity does. Bellyaches do.
Grumbles and mumbles—no one has to remind us to offer them. Yet they don’t mix
well with the kindness we’ve been given.
Gratitude gets us
through the hard stuff. To reflect on your blessings is to rehearse God’s
accomplishments. To rehearse His accomplishments is to discover His heart.
Gratitude always leaves us looking at God and away from dread. So practice
gratitude! As Ephesians 5:20 puts it,
“Give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
I
would like to ask everyone to pray for those on our prayer list. I am a firm
believer in prayer and I believe that prayer changes things and there is no
question in its power.
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