Good morning and welcome. Running a little late this morning. The wife of my youth was at the urgent care for several hours last night with some esophageal issues, but, we came home and she seems to be doing better as we embrace this brand new today, it being
Thursday, April 9, 2026. I feel like I should be a wee bit less wordy in today's visit. It is a goal not a promise and I have good evidence to prove I actually talk the way I write. Many years ago when I was teaching a Bible study each week I would write my thoughts about the lesson, with some illustrations, and, generally, how the text had spoken to my heart. One day a lady told me how much she appreciated getting those handouts because later when she read them, she could hear me talking. Wow! So, now you know. I am as prone to wordiness in my speech as I am in my writing. I don't think I get points for consistency but as I so often remind us all, and I know you tire from reading it, but, it really is what it is. I think we all have questions about the current status of the Iran situation. I mention this one fully realizing there are many who have much more to worry about since their experience during this conflict has resulted in either the death of a loved one or life altering injuries sustained. I am a retiree and I am blessed to have adequate funds coming in to meet our needs. The gasoline price is one that is puzzling to me. We, the United States, has been reported by the Administration to be totally self-sufficient in terms of the production of energy. Yet, our nation's gas prices are up at least 50% since the start of the Iran conflict. Yes. I have heard about it being an issue of distribution, but, that still seems to fly in the face of how we are supposedly self-sufficient. I know this from direct experience every time I fill up the truck. My Paw Paw Mac would perhaps have put it this way: "Self-sufficient my foot!" And, it doesn't take a rocket scientist or a petroleum engineer to know that when diesel sky rockets everything goes up in price since it all has to be trucked and delivered. Like I say, the economic strain is small compared to the cost of those dealing with loss of life, but, it is where the rubber meets the road for so many in our nation. Many are unable to adjust their spending to afford these price hikes because their income is so limited. I pray it will all soon be settled and things will return to some semblance of normal affordability. That's my say, what say you?
Thinking about how God has provided throughout my life, during good times, when it looked like there was no way forward, and, when sorrow gripped my heart, He was there all the time and He knew all about it, and, while I did not always respond as I should have, He was still the answer. When you get my age you do have a proclivity to look back and think about significant times when God intervened. Oh. Sorry. You are one who doesn't believe God intervenes in people's lives? That thinking is very foreign to His revealed love and caring for His own. Just thinking about the times when He helped me not to go in the direction I thought I was going to go. At the time I was disappointed but now, looking back, I can see where many of those situations would have been disasters for myself and my family. Life at its best is a mess folks and I just want to say this about it, I would not want to live without Him in my life. Believe me, I have failed Him so many times it makes me sick just to think about it, however, even when the consequences have been a hard and bitter pill to swallow, His love has been unwavering. I can't grasp why He loved me in the first place and it's even harder to understand His love for me as His child weebles and wobbles along. But He did and He does. And, I love Him as best I know how. I do. I really do. Now you know the summation of my story. He loves me. This I know. For the Bible tells me so.
Amen.
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