“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV
Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV
Dear Friends,
I spent my high school years in Baumholder, Germany. This past week, while they were doing some construction in Baumholder, they came across two WWII era 250-pound General Purpose bombs. The area was roped off while they safely removed and disposed of the bombs, and construction is halted until they do a complete search of the area to see if there are more. No one was harmed. The location of the bombs was near the barracks were soldiers lived and in walking distance of where my family had lived. Six hundred people were temporarily displaced due to the discovery. Those bombs have been there for years and years.
When I was in college, I supervised the teacher education computer lab. When I worked on Saturday mornings, the lab was pretty much empty. In fact many Saturdays, the campus would be empty, because students would be off campus doing ministry, working, or just hanging out. One particular Saturday, it was just one other student working on a project and me in the lab. Our building was pretty much empty, and so was campus. All of a sudden, there was an explosion. The other student and I both ran to the window, and we didn’t see anyone or anything. No people running around. No emergency vehicles speeding up the road. Then, there was a second explosion. Yet, everything outside remained as calm as could be, but all I could surmise was that it had to have been a bomb. Later, I found out that it was not a bomb, but rather a Civil War cannonball. Apparently, there were two cannonballs donated to the college while some of the administrators were on a trip. Those cannonballs were rolling around in the van their whole drive home. However, it turns out they were still “live” and were safely detonated in the nearby field.
Stories, and hundreds more like these, remind us that God is always with us. He is looking out for us even when we aren’t even aware of the danger around us. We can stride forward with confidence and do God’s work, because He always has our back. God has promised to be with us and never leave us, and He keeps His promises. When the angels would appear in the Bible, often they first thing that they would say is, “Do not be afraid.” God is always with us. We have no reason to be afraid of anything else, because God is stronger and more powerful than anything else in existence (omnipotent). He knows everything about everything (omniscient). God is everywhere (omnipresent). All of these things combined show that God can be trusted to know what is outside our realm of knowing and see the big picture. They show that God can be depended upon to come to us in our time of need, better than any superhero, because He has aided people time and time again. God protects us from dangers known and unknown. We just have to trust Him.
As you go throughout this week, keep in mind that God is with you. He has your back when the day gets rough. He may not fix everything in life, but He will get your through it to the other side.
Until next we meet,
Pastor Jessi
I spent my high school years in Baumholder, Germany. This past week, while they were doing some construction in Baumholder, they came across two WWII era 250-pound General Purpose bombs. The area was roped off while they safely removed and disposed of the bombs, and construction is halted until they do a complete search of the area to see if there are more. No one was harmed. The location of the bombs was near the barracks were soldiers lived and in walking distance of where my family had lived. Six hundred people were temporarily displaced due to the discovery. Those bombs have been there for years and years.
When I was in college, I supervised the teacher education computer lab. When I worked on Saturday mornings, the lab was pretty much empty. In fact many Saturdays, the campus would be empty, because students would be off campus doing ministry, working, or just hanging out. One particular Saturday, it was just one other student working on a project and me in the lab. Our building was pretty much empty, and so was campus. All of a sudden, there was an explosion. The other student and I both ran to the window, and we didn’t see anyone or anything. No people running around. No emergency vehicles speeding up the road. Then, there was a second explosion. Yet, everything outside remained as calm as could be, but all I could surmise was that it had to have been a bomb. Later, I found out that it was not a bomb, but rather a Civil War cannonball. Apparently, there were two cannonballs donated to the college while some of the administrators were on a trip. Those cannonballs were rolling around in the van their whole drive home. However, it turns out they were still “live” and were safely detonated in the nearby field.
Stories, and hundreds more like these, remind us that God is always with us. He is looking out for us even when we aren’t even aware of the danger around us. We can stride forward with confidence and do God’s work, because He always has our back. God has promised to be with us and never leave us, and He keeps His promises. When the angels would appear in the Bible, often they first thing that they would say is, “Do not be afraid.” God is always with us. We have no reason to be afraid of anything else, because God is stronger and more powerful than anything else in existence (omnipotent). He knows everything about everything (omniscient). God is everywhere (omnipresent). All of these things combined show that God can be trusted to know what is outside our realm of knowing and see the big picture. They show that God can be depended upon to come to us in our time of need, better than any superhero, because He has aided people time and time again. God protects us from dangers known and unknown. We just have to trust Him.
As you go throughout this week, keep in mind that God is with you. He has your back when the day gets rough. He may not fix everything in life, but He will get your through it to the other side.
Until next we meet,
Pastor Jessi
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