Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
As it has been doing for many decades, Hopewell Mennonite Church is having Summer Bible School again.
This year’s edition is next week, June 17-21.
Our sign went up last night:
Maybe you call it Vacation Bible SchoolTonight I heard that “sin has consequences.”
So do grace and love.
“Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound” (Romans 5:20).
“Love covereth all sins” (Proverbs 10:12).
Sin, repented of and properly dealt with, needs no further review and regurgitation.
When we insist on consequences over grace and love, we sow for a bitter harvest.
I don’t wish that harvest on anyone. Especially on myself.
So which will matter most to me in my relationships with those who fail?
Let me allow grace and love to triumph in my heart!
“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy” (Matthew 5:7).
CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody.
— Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) April 20, 2013
Following an intense manhunt that caused chaos in Massachusetts and riveted the rest of the nation, law enforcement finally captured the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect on Friday night.
Following a short standoff in the backyard of a residence in a Watertown neighborhood, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was taken into custody and arrested by Boston Police.
Praise God, the authorities have the young Tsarnaev! (Yes, young; he’s only six months older than my youngest!)
This afternoon I prayed for Dzhokar a bit. (And for others involved.) I prayed he would be captured alive and with no further deaths and mayhem. (Yes, yes — of course he deserves to die. That’s not the point of this post, OK?)
I prayed for this young fellow because The Authority — the King of Kings — still seeks for him. (Apparently, Allah presently has this alleged terrorist, aka Boston Bomber #2.)
The Good Shepherd looks for a lost lamb for whom He gave His life!
How many followers of Jesus will pray for this young man’s redemption?
If you are a Christian, will you pray for his salvation?
Dead. As in, no life left in the body.
Dead. As in, put that body in a tomb.
Dead. As in, still, cold, stiff.
They killed Jesus dead.
Others took His body off the cross, dead.
And put His body in a tomb, dead.
Dead, dead, dead — they killed Him dead.
David Bercot is one of the lawyers on Kenneth Miller’s legal team. Here is a brief report from him: Read it all
Judge William Sessions decided Ken Miller should spend 21-27 months in prison, but will not serve time until an appeal is heard. Read it all
Today is the day Kenneth Miller is to be sentenced.
For what again?
When he stands before Judge Sessions in about four hours, he will be there as one who before God committed no crime. (Yes, I know; that’s my opinion.)
Though I am extremely interested in knowing what sentence Judge Sessions will impose, I am even more interested in knowing what he will have to say about Ken and to him.
I was going to post this yesterday morning, but computer matters and church responsibilities prevented me from doing so. I was free again last night, but by then I was undisposed. 🙂 So, in case you haven’t seen this story elsewhere, here you go… Read it all