Good morning, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the class of 2024, and all the kindergarten through college graduates, on their academic success.
Wishing you the absolute best in your future.
In life we can be so wrong about so many things, in fact the longer I live, the more life I experience, that notion proves to be true often, when it comes to our presumptions, assumptions, and opinions. Likewise, there are times when we cannot always believe what our eyes may reveal, as they only paint a brief picture in a broad and rapidly changing landscape. There is an old saying,
“never believe what you hear, and only half of what you see.” The is a bit of truth that rests in such a statement, as we become more eager to rush to judgment, or to have someone suffer the gravest of consequences for an unjustified hurt. And unassumingly, not understanding the gravity of what we ask, we ask God for immediate payback, equal satisfaction for what they have done to us. So many await such judgment today, losing hours, days, and weeks of our lives on something that is beyond our grasp and our control, 19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. (Romans 12:19)
There was a gentleman I rode to work with every day, he did not talk a lot, and to me he seemed a bit smug, as he would always sit in the front seat. We periodically attended church together when services were available, and I would wonder, why is he there. It was communion Sunday and as the elements were passed, we were reminded of its purpose, to serve as a reminder of the Lord’s death, until he comes once again. As we partook of the elements, they were shared with the stipulation that both wine and grape juice were available. That Sunday I sat behind the gentleman that I considered to be quite peculiar, and said to myself, “I know he’s going to take the wine,” as he looked (to me) as someone to would partake in such lavations. As the tray reached him, I said, “ah ha” I knew it, as he selected the wine over the grape juice. The tray finally reached me, and I retrieved them as well, and when it was time to take them, I suddenly gasped, as I had
inadvertently taken the wine as well, as I was immediately convicted for my thoughts and the deeply held perception I had.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? (John 7:3)
It was not long thereafter that we became wonderful friends, sharing stories and laughing about so many others.
Today’s episode is titled.
Grape Juice & Wine
John 7:1-2
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
