Since no one in our house can sing we got a canary. He is a super singer. He loved this afternoon’s football game. He cheered all afternoon for the Pats. At least I think so. I haven’t yet figured out how to translate him. His name is Hymn. It has a wonderfully ungrammatical sound to it when one asks, “How is Hymn doing?” And the response is, “Hymn is fine.” We need to invite our English professors over for dinner. We can drive them crazy. But back to whether or not Hymn was cheering on the Pats or Miami. If I somehow find out it was Miami, I will have to take away his seed cup.
Aren’t you glad God isn’t like me? “You have heard that it hath been said, ‘Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.’ But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”
How fortunate we are that God doesn’t turn off our food supply when we disappoint Him. While it is true there are hungry people on earth, it is not God’s fault. There is adequate food for all. It is human politics that create famines. God is generous with friends and enemies. Note Romans 5:10, “For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
Hymn is a super singer and our God is a super saver! No coupons needed.
Written by Roger Bothwell on November 9, 2009
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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