I started a new Bible Reading plan this morning. The idea is to read through the main stories of the Bible in chronological order in 61 days. So today I started with Creation and the Fall of Man. As I was reading, I tried to envision what this world must have been like...I mean, over and over again, it says and "God said it was good". WOW! Then he created Man and Woman in his very image. Pure and completely innocent. God would take time each day to come down and "walk with them". Then the day came when they disobeyed God, and it all came "crashing down" around them. Suddenly, what they thought they wanted, really wasn't what they wanted at all!
Yet God still came down and sought them. He still came looking for them. I often wonder what would have happened if Adam had taken responsibility for his sin...instead of "passing the buck" to Eve...or if Eve had taken responsibility, instead of passing it off on the serpent. We'll never know. This passage is really very sad, except when you remember that God still loved them, he still came seeking and he still made a way of salvation.
Oh, Amazing Love, how can it be, that thou my God wouldst love me?
Praise the Lord he still comes searching for us today!
We had a great day yesterday! 124 people packed out our temporary meeting room. The men are working on getting the roof on the 2nd floor so we can use that for our services, and put the children in the classrooms downstairs. Not only are we pushing the limits on all classrooms, but we desperatly need a nursery! There were at least 5 little babies in the service yesterday not counting the little children under 2!!!! What a wonderful problem to have. :-)
Pray for this Saturday, as we have a special Ladies meeting, where we will be making a craft. There are at least 50 ladies already signed up to attend. Pray too, as plans go forward for our special Christmas Event we have every year for the Ladies. This year we are planning to have it at the church on Dec. 5.
Tomorrow, I will be meeting with Cecila and Jessica to go over plans for our Children's ministry. Wednesday night we will be having a "Prayer Meeting/Bible Study" at the church. Friday evening, Luis and Melanea will be coming over to visit with us, and talk about plans for the young people. These are just the "meetings" I am personally involved in. Tony has several other things on his plate as he works with the men to keep things moving forward with the construction, and everything else. Pray too, as Teddy and I focus on school every morning.
Thank you for your interest in the ministry here in Manta! God bless you as you serve him where you are this week!
Joy
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