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June 2021

Vista. At least they don’t come to the church. You should always go to Sunday
School because it makes God happy, and if there’s anybody you want to make
happy, it’s God. Don’t skip Sunday School to do something you think will be more
fun, like going to the beach. That is wrong. And besides the sun doesn’t come out
till noon at the beach anyway.

If you don’t believe in God, besides being an atheist, you will be very lonely
because your parents can’t go everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can.
It’s good to know He’s around when you’re scared of the dark or when you can’t
swim very good and you get thrown in real deep water by the big kids. But you
shouldn’t always just think of what God can do for you. I figure God put me here
and He can take me back any time He pleases.

Danny’s thoughts are amusing, yet his last comment about feeling lonely if we
don’t believe in God is perhaps more true than any of us realise. After all the
long days of lockdown and restrictions, the rules have finally been eased. Many
people have felt cut off from others during that time, and knowing that God is
there, caring for us and waiting for us to talk to Him has made a huge difference.
God is more ready to hear us than we are to talk to Him, and He has said “I will
never leave you or forsake you.” Psalm 23, which many people are familiar with,
says “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be want.” The whole Psalm is about how
God is with us in every situation, the good times and the bad. So whatever is
happening in your life at this time, God is always there. He is the One who will
never leave you, and He always keeps His promises! What a comforting thought,
to encourage us through the coming days.

Just a Smile

Wayside Warning
Motorists driving carefully enough to notice it, can afford to smile at a sign that
stands beside the road leading to a small town in Manitoba, Canada.
“Welcome , speeders! We’re policed to meet you!’

When my nephew was married all went well until he knelt at the altar. Then
everyone could see that some wicked person had written on the sole of his left
shoe ‘HELP’ and on the sole of his right shoe ‘ME’.!
Joyce Healey

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