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Going Bald!!

July 16, 2011 by Fritz

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore” – Jesus (Luke 12:7)

Personal experience informs me that number of hairs on my head is changing! And that’s exactly the point.

Jesus is bringing us back to a simple fact. If God is so aware of the least significant is he not also aware of what is most important in my life — my spouse, my work, my children, my loved ones, etc? Though, as with my hair, I don’t always like the results, I know God is involved and working the events of my life to my good and his love. And since I trust him, it is enough.

As the chorus of Civilla Martin’s 1905 hymn says,

“His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me.”

— fritz@langgang.com

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Taking the Bible To Heart

July 15, 2011 by Fritz

Behold, the hour cometh … that ye … shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. – John 16:32

Jesus in his most difficult hour took comfort from the Psalms.

I am praying through the 23rd Psalm, and seeing how Jesus took it literally in his time of need encourages me to do the same through the things (so minor compared to his or even to others) that I face.

“… I will fear no evil: for thou art with me” – Psalm 23:4

Knowing he is, actually, with me means I can be at peace through life’s bumps and bruises.

— fritz@langgang.com

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Dried Up Rivers (or, God’s Perfect Timing)

July 14, 2011 by Fritz

Elijah obeyed God’s orders … And sure enough, ravens brought him his meals, both breakfast and supper, and he drank from the brook. Eventually the brook dried up because of the drought. Then God spoke to him: “Get up and go to Zarephath..” – 1st Kings 17:5-8 (The Message)

When I read bible stories I try to imagine the experience.

Here is Elijah, a prophet, camping beside a river and trusting God for his provision. But the river starts to dry up because of the drought. Elijah is smart enough to know eventually there will be no water, yet he hears nothing from God.

Did he get nervous? It doesn’t say. It does say when the water ran out God had another place for him to go and that’s what I hold on to. It may look like things are dying up, and they may, but God always has another place, another task, another opportunity.

— fritz@langgang.com

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