Ice is coming down. Snow is tomorrow. We have prepared the best we can for the worse possible. Flashlights handy, blankets, percolator coffee pot, food, toilet paper, batteries, cell phones charged...all checked off the list. The flicker of the fireplace sends a defiant warm glow around the room as the sleet patters against the window. We are ready. And I am blessed by the feeling of readiness.
Titus 3:1-3 (The Message)
He Put Our Lives Together
Remind the people to respect the government and be law-abiding, always ready to lend a helping hand. No insults, no fights. God's people should be bighearted and courteous.
It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this.
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