62°F NE@6.5mph SR0551(0451) SS2026(1926)
Morning Offering given
Village peaceful and cool after a full day of gentle rain
The Seven Holy Macabees and St Eleazar We admire these holy men who were martyred for refusing to break the laws of God revealed to them by Moses. God, teach me to respect all men and women who suffer in order to stay loyal to you.
Scripture Readings for Day 1 of Never Alone
Romans 8:31-32 * What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?x 32 He who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything else along with him?y
1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.r
*NOTE* Romans is the 1st book in what is known as “The New Testament Letters” In all the letters of Paul to the Christians at Rome is the longest and most systematic unfolding of the apostle’s thought, expounding the gospel of god’s righteousness that saves all who believe. Written out of a specific situation from Greece, likely Corinth between AD 56 & 58
Meditations For Each Day, pg 305, The Awareness of the Presence of God
1) To preserve ourselves completely free from sin
2) To practice virtue in every possible way
3) To seek a closer and more loving contact with God
Cultivation of continual awareness of the presence of God is a particularly good way of subduing our passions and conquering temptation.
Off to northern Wisconsin this morning. Hope to be home by 2.
Beautiful rain yesterday, softly falling and soaking into the parched earth.
Cooling breeze this morning giving relief from the past heat.
Looking forward to tomorrow’s visit with family.
Know you are prayed for
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 