Constant

 

As promised in my post 10 days ago, I went caving Saturday with a fine group and had an enjoyable time.  We investigated places new to me discovering many places that were all dead ends.  Oh well.  As usual, I forgot the before picture, but the after picture says it all.  Great fun was had by all!  I was reminded of a spiritual lesson as well (of course).  The temperature is always 50˚ summer and winter.  The humidity is always near 100%.  The cave always looks the same day or night, weekday or weekend.  Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”  I am so glad that I can count on the consistency of my Lord!

Available

 

I was replacing some outlets at church Friday and needed to remember the electrical items, so I wrote them down … on the left-over end of a board.  Some people use a legal pad, some people use a 3X5 card, but I use whatever is near at hand.  The dear Lord is the same.  God uses whoever is available to Him.  Hey, have you made yourself available to the Lord?  You may say that you don’t have talent or ability, but you already have the greatest ability: availability!  Make yourself available to God today.  Ecclesiastes 9:10, “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might …”

Holes

 

I have a drawer in my dresser in the bedroom that I have designated, “work clothes.”  I could just as easily called it “comfortable clothes”, but “work clothes” will do.  I have t-shirts on the left and jeans on the right.  So, today, I got down a little deeper into my stack of jeans than I have in a while.  Getting a little behind in doing the laundry.  The pair that I put on had a hole in the leg just above the knee.  My first thought was, “I need to sew up this hole.”  But then I remembered that holes are in style.  Actually, many folk buy jeans that come pre-holed.  Is that even a word?!  It is now!  So, instead of being embarrassed, I should feel chic.  Hey, in today’s culture things are upside down.  Today, behaving as you should is often mocked, while behaving risqué is in style.  Paul said in Romans 14:16, “Let not then your good be evil spoken of.”  Don’t be afraid of doing the right thing with the right intentions.  Don’t try to fit into the counter-culture; fit into God’s culture.  After all, pleasing God is its own reward.