Wednesday, July 8, 2020

July 5

Sunday:  Since Saturday night had been so late, Emma and I slept IN late Sunday morning. We attended Calvary's LiveStream for the second sermon (of six) on the book of Malachi. Pastor Jim was back from his study break--being away from the news the last five weeks. The sermon dealt with Christ being the Savior of ALL nations, all people groups on the planet. He spoke how God made people in His image, completely diverse, and how God celebrates diversity and judges preferential treatment of people. It was a good teaching and gave me much to think about.

After eating our lunch, we continued our Bible study in the Book of Daniel. We talked only about chapter six when Daniel was betrayed and thrown to the lions. I learned a lot from studying this throughout the week. Daniel was rescued, because we worship a God who delights in saving people. We compared Daniel to Jesus and found a lot of likenesses. But where God saved Daniel from the lions, He did not spare His Son from the agonies of the cross. Jesus suffered to win eternity for us! He doesn't promise us a problem-free life in the here and now, however, or a life absent of heartache, trial or deep wounds. But this life is just a blink in comparison to what He has promised to give to us: an eternal HOME with Him that WILL be free from every tear, disease, disappointment, separation, regret.

Afterwards, we decided against driving out to Muskegon--we were both too tired from the 4th--as good as it was! Instead, we watched the musical, "Hamilton" that was showing on Disney+. Emma has been telling me about this musical for weeks and weeks--she practically has every word memorized--so I was glad to watch it with her. I had no idea it was very close to THREE HOURS though!
It was a well done production. I learned quite a bit of history too ... or at least I was reminded of a lot of history I had forgotten. Thankful to watch this with Emma today!

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