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This weeks Christian Crossword Puzzle: Who?/Whom?

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No matter how old or young, how rich or poor, how popular
or unpopular, how together or messed up, it is never too
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Your life can be changed. It matters not if you have become
entrenched in old habits and thought patterns. It really
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Where is the Lord?
DB Reading: Jeremiah 1; 2; 3:1-5

My friend and I got up early one morning, hoping to see a beautiful sunrise. Darkness gradually gave way to
dawn, as the early morning sky was slowly lit. The sun, however, would not show itself through the thick
blanket of clouds that covered the horizon. "Where is the sun?" we asked.

The dark clouds matched our disposition that morning. Our dear friend had finally lost her long battle with
cancer. Why had she been required to endure such pain? Why did her children have to lose their mother?
Why did her husband have to lose his closest companion and raise their children alone? Why did she have
to die? Where was God?

Though deeply masked from our view, we could see evidence of the sun's presence in the sky. The trees
and fields brightened with color and the clouds displayed a mixture of shadows and glowing reflections as
the morning minutes faithfully ticked by. Determined to see the sun, we stubbornly waited for it to break
above the clouds.

Determined also to see God's goodness, we persistently prayed and studied God's word, stubbornly seeking
some kind of explanation or purpose. When we looked around for evidence of God's presence, it was clearly
there. Even so, the dark clouds of discouragement continued to obscure his love and purpose from our under-
standing. Was it wrong to question God's ways? Did God frown with displeasure when we cried out, "Where
are you, God?"

As we opened our Bibles to Jeremiah 2, we read the words of a God whose heart was broken. He fondly
reminisced of a time when his people, like a young bride, had loved and honored him. Though he had lavishly
loved and cared for them, they had turned away from him to chase after false gods and worthless idols. God
wondered what fault they had found in him, that they had strayed so far from him. Forsaken and forgotten,
he cried in despairing disbelief, "They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’" (Jer 2:6, 8).

While my friend and I sat, wondering, "Where is the sun?" we knew that God also wanted us to ask, "Where
is the Lord?" He would rather have us honestly grapple with our faith than to angrily withdraw our
disillusioned hearts from him. As the sun began to peek through a few holes in the clouds that morning, God
whispered to our hearts, "See! Here I am!" Over the following months, as we wrestled with our pain and
doubt, he faithfully gave us glimpses of his love and purpose. When his plan was beyond our understanding,
he reminded us, "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my
thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:9).

When we finally saw the sun break above the clouds that morning, our hearts were filled with hope, that we
would eventually see God shining brightly and boldly into our lives, as in days past. Some of our questions will
never be answered on this earth, but we are learning to trust in the goodness of God, even when it is deeply
hidden behind our clouds of pain.

"Where is the Lord?" He is here, working deeply and gently within us, transforming our dark mistrust of his
"higher" ways into a radiant assurance of his faithful love.

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Joe's wife likes to sing. She decided to join the church choir. From time to time
she would practice while she was in the kitchen preparing dinner. Whenever
she would start in on a song, Joe would head outside to the porch.

His wife, with hurt feelings, said, "What's the matter, Joe? Don't you like my
singing?"

Joe replied, "Honey, I love your singing, but I just want to make sure the
neighbors know I'm not beating you."

Have you heard about the pharmaceutical company
that developed a new drug which, when administered
to women, compels them to go join a convent?

The FDA refused to license it.

Seems it was habit forming.

In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality
is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.

The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura, penned by a US resident, which was posted
on the Internet. It's funny, as well as informative:

Dear Dr. Laura:

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal
from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone
tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22
clearly states it to be an abomination ... End of debate.

I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God's Laws and
how to follow them.

 I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such
matters, so I'm confident you can help.  Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is
eternal and unchanging.

You can read the full story at SNOPES.
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Thank the Lord that we now live under grace and not the law.

Submitted by Deborah