God's Love is Wonderful!

We had another great Sunday at Enola when the church of Christ met for study, worship, and fellowship this past Sunday, August 12th. We had 160 present. That’s great! I can tell that school is about to begin because my brothers and sisters in Christ are settling down from their summer travels. I am so very happy to be a Christian. I am especially happy to be a member of the Enola Church of Christ. If you are reading this blog, please consider visiting with the church at Enola. You will find a group of people who love God and one another. We are sincerely trying to please God by following His instructions revealed to us in His word, the Bible. We are what we are only because of our choosing Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord in faith, repentance, confession, and baptism. God’s love is wonderful.

On Sunday night we are presently involved in a very special study: The Seven Wonders of God’s Love. We have looked at the source and the objective of God’s wonderful love. This Sunday evening at 5:00 p.m. we will look at the dimensions of God’s love. God’s love is unconditional, everlasting, and unchanging. His love reaches out to everyone in the world through the gospel of His Son, Jesus Christ, even into the darkest places in a person’s heart and life. Paul prayed in Ephesians 3:14-21 that God would grant every Christian the ability to comprehend what is the width and length and depth and height – to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge.

Our Sunday morning lesson series continues this Sunday morning (August 19th) with the third foolish decision Abram and Sarai made that complicated their lives beyond imagination: They tried to blame someone else for what they brought on themselves. Sarai formulated a plan that did not agree with God’s plan for her. She invited others to join her in her plan. Oh what a tangled web she weaved. After her plan came to fruition, she tried to blame others for what she brought on herself. When we try to blame someone else for what we bring on ourselves, we are behaving foolishly. God requires every one of us to accept responsibility for our own choices. Dedicate yourself today to avoid foolish behavior. Don’t allow your own fleshly desires to overrule the word, will, plan, and purpose of God for you. Don’t listen to and trust someone who is unfamiliar with God’s word. And don’t try to blame someone else for what you bring on yourself. Accept personal responsibility for your life. Today, some would say, “Man up!”

School begins over the next few days, depending on the school. Please be more careful on the highways to and from where you are going. There will be children all around us, school buses, teenagers in the driver’s seat, and our local and state police on duty to see that we understand the importance of being responsible citizens. Teens and young adults (And the rest of us too): PLEASE, please put the cell phone away while you are driving. Save your life and the lives of others. We can live longer and happier when we stop, look, listen, and make wise choices.