Reaching out from Grand Lake Community Chapel
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Greetings in Christ!
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! Let us rejoice in sunshine (albeit obscured a bit by smoke from the Canadian wildfires), and let us be glad that we are promised some much-needed rain early next week. While it feels a bit cool as we write this note, rest assured that this is pretty much normal for this time of the year – and that we’ll look back with rueful smiles when the temperatures soar in August!
Yesterday, June 6, marked the 79th anniversary of the Normandy landings in 1944, which led to the end of World War II in Europe some 11 months later; it’s hard to imagine the fears those young men must have faced as their landing crafts approached the coastline. And yet they did their job, at a horrible cost in lives lost, so that the evils of Nazism and Fascism would soon be defeated. Today, in 2023, the world is facing multiple threats to which good men and women are standing by to respond; some of these threats are from nations that dream of dominating on the world stage, some are from petty dictators who are seeking validation, and some are from natural disasters. In an era when religious affiliation seems to be waning, when institutions of all kinds are no longer trusted, when false prophets appear on a seemingly daily basis, what are we to do? In a word, trust; trust in Almighty God to answer the prayers of those who believe in him, trust that God will not allow the world to be destroyed – as he promised Noah following the great flood, and trust that we will be given the strength to do whatever is asked of us to be of service to those in need. The promises of God are trustworthy; it falls to us to shut out the naysayers, to shout them down if necessary, so that all people will know that God’s got this, and all will be well.
With our blessings,
Karen and Greg
Home: (989) 474-9116, Cell: (734) 502-5969
revgregrc@yahoo.com / revgreggl@yahoo.com
revkarenrc@yahoo.com / revkarengl@yahoo.com
For the Lord is good; His loving kindness is everlasting, and His faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100:5
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