Mercredi, 18 Mars,
2015
Verse of the Day: «Que le Dieu de
l'espérance vous remplisse de toute joie et de toute paix dans la foi, pour que
vous abondiez en espérance, par la puissance du Saint-Esprit!» Romains
15.13
Quote of the Day: “We enjoy the chase more than the
prize.”—Blaise Pascal
«On aime mieux la
chase que la prise.»—Blaise Pascal
French Fun Fact:
“Let them eat cake” was a statement falsely associated with Marie
Antoinette as it was created ten years before she was born. (confessedtravelholic.com)
What’s Really
Happening Over Here:
Weather – Mostly
Cloudy, Precip. 0%
Temperature – 61⁰F,
high of 63⁰
News – Blaze
breaks out at top of Paris skyscraper (thelocal.fr)
More News – http://www.boursorama.com/
A Day In the Life:
The risk in love, is that inevitably; by the cruel hands of
change, the lurid hands of life, or the dark hands of death—we will at some
point lose the ones we love. Is this not the story of humanity? We long, we
love, we lose—an endless cycle of need, joy and pain. Some are fortunate (or
unfortunate) enough to proceed through the cycle more than once in a lifetime,
for even after they lose their first love they fulfill their longing with love
anew, only to lose once again.
Is this not also the story of God to an extent? It seems
that unless the object of our love is perfect, this cycle of longing, loving
and losing presents itself as a universal principle. That is, unless the One in
love is perfect. God longed. The logic of the Bible clearly supports this
statement. It was not a longing out of need, for He is self-sufficient; but
rather a longing of want. God wanted for something, and that something was us.
So, as creators do when they feel appropriate, He created us. And He loved us.
And He created us perfectly (for to say that we were created imperfectly would
propose that the Creator Himself is imperfect). But with true perfection must
come perfect freedom, and that is what He gave us. We were given a choice, and
we chose incorrectly—making us imperfect and thus He lost His love.
Yet praise God that in His perfection, He found a way to win
us back—for though we change, He does not; and though life be unfair, He is
just; and though death be inevitable, He defeated it. The cycle was broken for
us. And because of this we will never lose the One we love, the One we were
created for.
Indescribable
This week’s sermon is from another personal favorite of
mine, Louie Giglio. He has spoken at Liberty once or twice during my time
there, and a lot of my friends and classmates really enjoy his speaking style.
It is unique; a blend of humor and well-researched information that seems to
reach down to the audience and bring them up to a new level of understanding –
literally. I say literally because what he is most widely known for is his
passion for space and the vastness of the universe. And as he draws you in win
fact after fact about this universe, you begin to have a different perspective
of the God who created it.
“If we counted each of the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy at
a rate of one star per second, it would take 2,500 years. And yet God calls
every star in the universe by name.”
How great is our God. Enjoy!
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