Posts from November 2021

Dear SCC & Friends, Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His lovingkindness is everlasting. ~Psalm 118:1 Update #90          Four hundred years ago this month, the first Thanksgiving was held in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Governor Bradford made this first Thanksgiving Proclamation three years after the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth: “Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to…

Dear SCC & Friends, …In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world. ~John 16:33 Update #89 Historic evidence and personal testimony make it quite clear that we will have struggles in this present life. The Apostle Paul testified to it… I have fought the good fight (struggle), I have finished the course, I have kept the faith… ~2 Tim. 4: Contrarywise, there are those who believe this present life can be utopian…an imagined state of which everything is perfect. John…

Dear SCC & Friends, How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord. ~Psalm 144:15b Update #88 Most people hate being labeled, but for some of us there is nothing we can do about it. PK’s – “preachers’ kids” or MK’s – “missionary kids” know what it’s like to be boxed in by a label. I was raised as an MB – “military brat,” but never liked the “brat” part, as it intimates a badly behaved child. I must admit…

Dear SCC & Friends, Cast your burden upon the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. ~Psalm 55:22 Update #87 Where would our lives be without experiencing a “good crisis” now and then? Wait, is there such a thing as a good crisis? It is good if good comes out of it. Crisis may be defined as a critical juncture or an acute turning point which may bring a radical change in…

Dear SCC & Friends, By the word of the Lord the heavens were made… ~Psalm 33:6a Update #86 “It ain’t the part of the Bible that I can’t understand that bothers me, it is the parts I do understand.” ~Mark Twain How did it all begin? In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ~Gen. 1:1 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.~Heb.…