Good Morning Trinity,
I hope and pray you are having a blessed week. Please read the following scripture when your day allows the time.
1 Corinthians 2: 6 – 16
Have you ever heard someone say that we are creatures of habit? I know that I am. For more years than I care to remember my habit was to get up in the morning, grab a cup of coffee, gather the paper off the front lawn and read about the world around me. This was not done in a careless or carefree order. It had to be sports, world, and local news, in that order with maybe the funnies thrown in at the end if the mood struck. Occasionally I would attempt to retrieve my paper only to find that it wasn’t on my front lawn which would automatically raise my suspicions of a, heaven forbid, fill in for the regular paper delivery person who didn’t know me or there was a newspaper thief in the neighborhood. At any rate, my routine had been broken and I wasn’t able to get my morning news fix like I was used to doing.
People used to say that we lived on an information highway. I think that when that term became popular people thought of a highway as a two lane road. I no longer get a newspaper unless it’s for the coupons. Printed news is yesterday’s news and why waste your time on yesterday’s news when you have the capability of receiving the world’s news the second it happens. We generally know of natural disasters or conflicts throughout the globe within seconds of the occurrence.
The point of this message though, is not so much the speed of our information as much as it is the amount of the information we receive. You could say and you would be correct in doing so that we are bombarded by information every single day. The media we receive is at a rate that we could never have imagined. Much of what we receive is good and helpful but there is so much that is not good.
It’s not going to surprise anyone when I say that the world is changing. Some of us don’t even recognize the world we live in. Morality is at an all-time low. What would have been seen as sinful in the past is now considered acceptable and if you don’t accept the change, you are just out of step or a hate monger. Is there any wonder why the bible is considered to be an old unusable book that has no relevance in today’s world. Today’s scripture is about spiritual wisdom. It was written almost two thousand years ago by the apostle Paul but it is as relevant today as it was back when he wrote it to the Corinthians. Pay particular attention to verse 14 and that will explain much of the rejection of the scriptures in today’s world
Each of us has the responsibility to be in God’s word on a daily basis. Think of it as a way to counteract much of what you read and hear today.
God Bless,
Pastor Dave
Announcements:
Friday – Trunk or Treat at Trinity from 6 – 8pm. Bounce houses, games and candy. If you would like to open your trunk and hand out candy
or would just like to come and help please be at the church by 5:30.
Sunday – Sign-up in the narthex this week for the Joy Circle’s Salad & Potato Bar Luncheon which will be held here at Trinity on November 9
right after the service. Great food for only $7.00
