fromthepreacherspc

Listen to these great hymns.”Hide me under the shadow of thy wings” (17:8). “In the shadow of thy wings I will take my refuge, until these calamities be overpast” (57:1). “Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings I will rejoice” (61:4). “In the shadow of thy wings I sing for joy” (63:7). “He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust” (91:4).

How do we know these songs were sung? They are the songs found in the book Psalms. Psalm 17, 36, 57, 61, 63, and 91 speak of the protective wings of God. So when Jesus expressed His desire to comfort Jerusalem He used an image widely understood, “How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not” (Mat. 23:37). But Jesus’ desires go unfulfilled for Jerusalem was “unwilling” to be placed under His wings.

Sadly, today many are refusing the protection of our Lord’s wings. You can hear the sadness of the Lord’s words in Matthew 23:37, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem…” You know the Lord is still saddened today when man refuses His protection. Why not come under the protective wing of the Lord through obedience to the Gospel and through your continued obedience to His will? This protection is too grand and too wonderful, and the consequences too great to reject.

Think About It!

Have A Great Day!

Tom Moore
P. O. Box 107
Hamilton, Texas 76531
http://www.harrisandmoore.org
http://www.fromthepreacherspc.org
http://www.parkheightscoc.com

There was a beautiful lake that lost its zesty freshness. The water formerly had been clear. It was alluring to animals and people alike. But it became covered with a green scum. The farm animals became ill from drinking the water. Finally, someone came by the lake who understood the problem. Debris collecting from the hard spring rains had stopped up the dam and prevented the free flow of water, not into the lake, but out of the lake. The spillway was cleared, and soon the lake was fresh and clean again. The flow in and out was necessary to keep the water pure!

Doesn’t the same principle apply to you and me as human beings? The blessings of life flow to you and me, but we fail to realize that most of these blessings are not meant just to flow to us, but through us, for the good of others around us, especially for those in need.

“So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith” (Gal. 6:10). “See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all” (1 The. 5:15).

Let the blessings of God flow through you to others.

Think About It!

Have A Great Day!

Tom Moore
http://www.fromthepreacherspc.org
http://www.harrisandmoore.org
http://www.parkheightscoc.com

“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.

Several centuries ago in a mountain village in Europe, a wealthy nobleman wondered what legacy he should leave to his townspeople. He made a good decision. He decided to build them a church building. No one was permitted to see the plans or the inside of the church building until it was finished. At its grand opening, the people gathered and marveled at the beauty of the new church building. Everything had been thought of and included. It was a masterpiece.

But then someone said, “Wait a minute! Where are the lamps? It is really quite dark in here. How will the church building be lighted?” The nobleman pointed to some brackets in the walls, and then he gave each family a lamp, which they were to bring with them each time they came to worship.

“Each time you are here'” the nobleman said, “the place where you are seated will be lighted. Each time you are not here, that place will be dark. This is to remind you that whenever you fail to come to worship, some part of God’s house will be dark”

That’s a powerful story, isn’t it? And it makes a very significant point about the importance of our commitment and loyalty to the church. The poet Edward Everett Hale put it like this:

I am only one,

but still I am one.

I cannot do everything,

But still I can do something;

And because I cannot do everything

I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

What if every member of your church supported the church just as you do? What kind of church would you have? What if every single member served the church, attended the church, loved the church, shared the church, and gave to the church exactly as you do? What kind of church would you be?

Think About It!

Have A Great Day!

Tom Moore
http://www.fromthepreacherspc.org
http://www.harrisandmoore.org
http://www.parkheightscoc.com

“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.”

A story is told of a young boy’s very first job in a small town general store. This was the day before supermarket chains at least it was in his community. At age thirteen he was hired as a handy boy. He would sweep the flour, bag items for customers, put up stock. On one particular Saturday, the boy recalled, he heard the owner say to one of the clerks “It’s that time of the year again, it’s time to take inventory.” This was a word that had not yet entered into his vocabulary. When an opportune moment arrived, he went up to the kindly older man and asked, Sir, what is an inventory? Patiently the owner explained that it was a time when you made a list of everything that you had – from groceries on the shelves to wrapping paper and string. Still somewhat puzzled, the young boy then asked, Why?

“Well, responded the owner, it is easy to forget exactly how much you have each year. Every now and then you have to take an inventory just to see what all you have.”

This, to me, pretty well sums up what a part of life is all about. We need to ask ourselves the question: Have I taken inventory of my life lately? Have I made an effort to count all the things that I do have in life instead of complaining about the things that I don’t have. It is a good exercise especially when we are of a mind to brood or whine in self-pity. Have you taken inventory lately?

What I am suggesting here is not some shallow “count your blessings” platitude. But from time to time, or better yet – often, in a genuine kind of a way, we need to sit down and do some talking to ourselves about all of the gifts and opportunities and challenges that God has given each one of us. Perhaps there is a deep underlying wisdom in the old hymn that says: “Count your blessings one by one, and you might be surprised what the Lord has done.”

To the Almighty may our “voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all thy wondrous works” (Psa. 26:7). “It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High” (Psa. 92:1).

Think About It!

Have A Great Day!