6/20/2019
How and why things happen as they do remains a mystery, sometimes. Not in a “this-ties-me-in-knots” way, but a mystery just the same. A couple of weeks ago, we were apprised of a requirement in the city of Greenville, TX (the site of our next Blue Jug store) which we had not encountered before and have not found anyone who has heard of this before. The city counsel of Greenville has scheduled meetings, each Thursday, reserved for people interested in starting or for putting a location of their business in the city of Greenville. This meeting is an appearance before the council to give them the reason for you choosing their city. It will be discussed and then they will decide if they will issue you a license or not. Anyone ever heard of that? I never have. It isn’t that I think it is a bad idea, but ya have to admit, this is rare, different, maybe not even constitutional. How would they know if the new business had violated any laws or not, since it isn’t open?
Just of a curious nature, I think. Anyway, our partner, Chuck was on his way to Greenville yesterday evening when the city was hit with a tornado! Right downtown! He couldn’t even get into his motel—no electricity, so he slept in his car and met with our new owners for breakfast this morning. The City Council meeting has been rescheduled for next week. Pretty weird happenings, right?
I told Chuck this morning if conversation over the breakfast table raised the question of whether the storm was a “sign” from the Lord, to remind them “We walk by faith, not by sight” and that the storm was not sent by the Lord, if anyone it would have been the devil, the “prince of the power of the air” (which is where storms originate, right?) He said it did come up! It’s interesting to me that many religions foster the idea that God has caused all the storms the earth receives. Does the God of Heaven and Earth, the Creator of all things want to randomly or by design pick on people so as to make them have a hard time in their lives? I trow not! (Saying “trow” is a short way of saying, “I have judged this and reckoned to the place where I see it” in this case, NOT) Trow is a great Old English word we should use more.
Once the entire word of God was recorded and mankind was left to live out our time in the dispensation of grace, God is no longer trying to get some manifestation of Himself over to the people who are alive on the earth by any meteorological method, nor any other physical or natural method. He has said all He’s going to say on the subject of Himself and shall judge us according to His word, in light of our reaction to the gospel Paul preached—the gospel of Christ, the power of God unto salvation: …how that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised again for our justification. If you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, you’ll be saved.
How much more peaceable this world would be if all people everywhere could see that! If you have trusted Christ, think about the peace which rests in you, even in troublesome times and on days when natural thoughts drive you far from Christ’s life in you. His Spirit in you is still the “hope of glory” all the time. Nothing thrown at us in this world is a surprise to Him that loved us, nothing can deter His plan for us. Nothing which comes our way changes our last day here, he already knew when that is to be. So, how did He instruct us to react?
“Be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”—1 Col.15:58. (Over the last 40 years, several young folks, upon getting a new bible, have asked me to sign and give them a verse for help—I most often, give this verse.)
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