Dear Friends,
Recently, I was getting my minivan repaired. As I told one of church members while I was waiting on the repair, cars are a blessing and a curse. It’s a huge blessing to have reliable transportation, but it is a curse when you try to repair something you think ought to cost about a certain amount – only to find it that it is going to cost four times that amount!
Praying for patience while I was lining up at the Customer Service Center, I was reminded that all this material stuff I take advantage of (and curse) is temporal. Physical things will not last forever. In fact, on my deathbed, what I had, what I learned, and things I thought that I knew, will be even more insignificant. In fact, we have to frequently remind ourselves that, “We can’t take it with us.” Whatever it is – a great job, a reliable car, a huge house, an impressive worn Bible, or a long row of trophies – we can’t take it with us
This is what the Teacher in Ecclesiastes 2 says, too.
10 I gave myself everything my eyes wanted.
There wasn’t any pleasure that I refused to give myself.
I took delight in everything I did.
And that was what I got for all of my work.
11 But then I looked over everything my hands had done.
I saw what I had worked so hard to get.
And nothing had any meaning.
It was like chasing the wind.
Nothing was gained on this earth.
May God bless us with just enough trouble and opportunities to “do without” so that we can empathize with those around us and remind us all of the “stuff” pales in comparison to our inheritance from Christ.
Challenged,
Mark
“Only these three things
remain: faith, hope, and love and the greatest of these is love.”
1 Cor. 13
Foundations Class Party
Sunday Aug 29 @ 7:00-8:30 PM
Mark and Karen Lampley’s
1200 Park Glen Road (37919)
Bring you favorite party appetizer
Children welcome
RSVP to KarenLampley@comcast.net
Sunday School for Young Adults
Sundays, 9:30 am, Spitzer Building
Young Couples ~ Col. 2 with Mark Lampley and Foundations Class
OT Books of the Bible
with Bruce Lancaster
