Thursday’s Blog – Mama Bear and the Fool

Thursday’s Blog – Mama Bear and the Fool

Proverbs 17:12 – Let a man met a bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly (lack of sense).

Bible Challenges and Comments

There is a shipmate from one of the submarines we served on who reads some of the blogs and devotionals, so the other day I looked up his Facebook page to give thanks and he had posted a list of puns. And I thought I would share a few with us this morning. So here goes!

11.      Jokes about German sausage are the “wurst”

22.      A soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now considered a “seasoned veteran”.

33.      I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger, then it “hit me”.

44.      Broken pencils are (you guessed it)… “pointless”!

Most of us like a chuckle from time to time so I hope these tickle the “chuck” in you!

A more joyful thought! Recently someone said that my devotionals during this time period would no doubt be focused on the Resurrection Sunday since we are doing a presentation on Friday and Saturday of God’s Creation, the Birth, Ministry, Death and Resurrection of Our Savior and LORD, Jesus Christ. 

The comment caused me to think more deeply about these five events and how these are ongoing in the Mind of God (time does not exist with God) and also what these should mean to you and me as believers in the gospel of our Savior, Jesus. First let me say that I am nowhere near understanding the full impact of this. No one could be except God Himself.

Yet, if we as saints of God want to experience the “Joy and suffering” of our salvation, we must be willing to face, study, mediate or do the diligence of involving ourselves in the “mind of God” (Philippians 2:5-11) in these awesome events. For example; think for the moment of the tremendous Power of God to accomplish “Creation, the Birth of Jesus, the Ministry of Jesus, the Death of Jesus and His Resurrection from that Death. For example: God said “Let there be light” and There was light! Genesis 1:3.

Not just light, but a Universe of it; a Word of it; a Person of it and as saints we are sons of the light, all of these natural and spiritual expressions of Light and many more are recorded for us in the Living and Holy Bible. Do the diligence and take a look. Your heart and soul will be filled with Joy and don’t forget the suffering, as to suffer in life with the LORD actually turns to joy, joy inexpressible and full of glory; 1 Peter 1:3 through 2:10.

If you have faith that God created “Light” then you have faith to trust the gospel of faith in Christ. Romans 1:16-17, the just (those who believe by faith) shall live in the light of that faith.

The apostle Paul puts these five events in perspective in 1 Corinthians, actually he uses the entire epistle to bring this to light and yet there is one section in chapter two that identifies the theme of the epistle with these words. 

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 – And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. (more another day)