Thursday, June 8, 2000
Thursday, June 8, 2000
Then he said to them, "Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send
portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our LORD; and do
not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Disgusted, he threw out the water bed frame and moved a standard bed into his room. The next
morning, he woke to find a puddle of water in the middle of the new bed. The upstairs bathroom
had a leaky drain.
What do you do at times like that? Five years from now, it will be funny. There are all kinds of
reasons to laugh. Will you allow the joy of Christ to shine through you?
(Nehemiah 8:10
NRSV)
I was reading once about a man who awoke one morning to find a puddle of water in the middle
of his king-size water bed. In order to fix the puncture, he rolled the heavy mattress outdoors and
filled it with more water so he could locate the leak more easily. The enormous bag of water was
impossible to control and began rolling on the hilly terrain. He tried to hold it back, but it headed
downhill and landed in a clump of bushes which poked it full of holes.
Dear God, fill me with your joy! Amen.
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