The road to success is always under construction.

–       Lily Tomlin

Lily had that right. However, the right construction project is very important. You could be building the bridge to nowhere. Make sure the engineer on your project is the One who fashioned you in the first place.

Psalm 138:8

The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me; Your love, O Lord, endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.

Philippians 1:6

He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Psalm 139:16

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be. 

Think of the construction cost of our bridge to heaven –  the death of God’s Son.

Gary

Said the Robin to the Sparrow,
“I should really like to know
Why these anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so!”

Said the Sparrow to the Robin,
“Friend, I think that it must be
That they have no heavenly Father
Such as cares for you and me!”

–       Elizabeth Cheney (1859)

Psalm 46:10

 Be still, and know that I am God.

How about you? In a rush? Give it some thought.

Gary

Let’s review four questions and see God’s answers:

1.    Why doesn’t God destroy me?
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed (Lamentations 3:22)

2.    How do I know God will keep on loving me?
For His compassions never fail (Lamentations 3:22)

3.    When will God give me what I need?
They are new every morning (Lamentations 3:23)

4. What is my hope for the future?
Great is Your faithfulness (Lamentations 3:23)

Give it some thought.

Gary

Joke

My 85-year-old grandfather was rushed to the hospital with a possible concussion.

 The doctor asked him a series of questions: “Do you know where you are?”

“I’m at Rex Hospital.”

“What city are you in?”

 “Raleigh.”

“Do you know who I am?”

“Dr. Hamilton.”

My grandfather then turned to the nurse and said, “I hope he doesn’t ask me any more questions.”

“Why?” she asked.

 “Because all of those answers were on his badge.”

Some things are so obvious when you have the ability to see.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

What do you see? Give it some thought.

Gary

“What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow Knows!”

The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. He developed into a distinct literary character in 1931, but was, however, created to be a mysterious radio-show narrator.

The quote above comes from that show.

That statement echoes Bible truths.

Psalm 51:5

Surely, I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?

1 John 1:8

 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

 Give it some thought and don’t deceive yourself.

Gary

Good news from the Jerusalem Gazette circa 04-05-00

There’s good news from the graveyard today:

Good news that the tomb is empty.
Good news that Jesus rose from the dead.
Good news that the Devil couldn’t hold Him.
Good news that death has lost its sting.
Good news that the grave has lost its victory.
Good news that we need not fear death anymore.

Luke 24:6-7 

He is not here but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.”

That’s still great news today.  Give it some thought.

Gary