Shade Tree Wisdom 4/16/15

Shade Tree  Wisdom 4/16/15

        Here is a bit of advice from Proverbs, also called the book of Wisdom. It is:

“Trust in the  Lord with

All you heart, and lean

Not  on your own

Understanding.”

Proverbs 3,5.

        You probably learned the verse, as I did, during catechism class. It was short, easy to remember, and just loaded with wisdom. Because it made such sense.

                The Barna Group researches, among other things, the relation of people to religion. Are they atheists, theists, faithful Christians, un-churched, why, and for what reason?

                                                                                                                Their research reveals that there are more atheists today, that college graduates do not attend church because they do not trust the church, that many others are simply indifferent.

        Trust. Our lives can’t survive without trust, can they. Take driving along a road at 70 alongside a car also going 70. We usually don’t worry that they’ll suddenly swerve into us. We drive with Trust.

        And that is what faith really is, trusting the Word of the Lord.

The 11^th chapter of the Book of Hebrews begins,

“Now faith is the evidence

Of things hoped for, for

The conviction of things

Not seen.”

        And our Lord Jesus said to the doubting Thomas,”

“Blessed are thy who have not seen,

And yet believed.”

        So, I pray your own faith will keep on growing.

GPD 4/16/15