People-Rich Days

These five days have been “rich” in people. We’re so blessed. Also rich in beauty; we’ve driven through areas that are radiant with fall colors. Here at the lake, surprisingly, the trees are still loaded with green leaves—very unusual. It’s so warm that the kids went canoeing yesterday.

My mouth sores are almost totally healed. We’ve been exposed to a couple of bad colds/coughs, so we’re praying for protection.

I’ve been marking some ideas I want to pass along from The Red Sea Rules, by Robert Morgan. This one is in connection with rule # 9 – “View your current crisis as a faith builder for the future.” (The Bible verse it’s built on is Exodus 14:31: “Thus Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done in Egypt; so the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord . . . .”) Now the quotation from the book:

“Faith is making reasonable assumptions. When we take our morning shower, we assume there’s going to be water, preferably hot. When we eat our cereal, we expect it to be healthy and wholesome. Driving to work, we proceed through green lights, assuming they are red for intersecting traffic. Every single day we live by faith . . . Even the sincerest atheist lives by faith, not only in his atheistic philosophy, but in the very processes and procedures of everyday life.

“For Christians, faith is making reasonable assumptions about God’s care and control over our lives, based on His scriptural promises. We may not understand every circumstance or appreciate every event. Sometimes we’re backed up to the Red Sea with the Egyptians in pursuit. But God has given us promises, and we disappoint him when we question his ability to keep his Word. . . . ‘Anyone who comes to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him’ (Hebrews 11:6).”

It is reasonable to assume that God is intermingling all the circumstances of our lives for GOOD, since that’s exactly what he promised.

We’ll be traveling all day tomorrow, so it’s unlikely that I’ll have a chance to send a blog. So, until Tuesday . . .

Have a blessed day.

Carol