Shade Tree Wisdom 7/1/11

Walking is humid still. As a matter of record, the paper reports Houston has endured the hottest June on record with 7 days when the temperature reached 100 degrees when typically it has only 3 such days a year.

But I have something much better to talk about since this is the first day of the second half of the year.

Jesus ended His Sermon on the Mount with these words.

“These words I speak to you are not
Incidental additions to your life, homeowner Improvements to your standard of living.
They are foundational words.
Words to build a life on.
If you work these words into your life, You are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock.
Rain poured down,
The river flooded,
A tornado hit,
But nothing moved that house,
It was fixed to the rock.
BUT if you just use my words in Bible studies, And don’t work them into your life, You are like a stupid carpenter, who Built his house on the sandy beach.
When the storm rolled in and the waves came up, It collapsed like a house of cards.”
Matthew 7,24-27 MSG

You have discovered in the first half of 2011 that we Christians are still being battered and tested, so I lay into your mind the closing words of St Peter in his second letter where he writes:
“Be on your guard, and don’t let men without principle sweep you off your feet. But grow in grace and knowledge of your Lord Jesus Christ, to Whom be glory forever.” 2 Peter 3, 17.18.

So may God bless this half of the year for your walk in Him.

GPD 7/1/11