With Memorial Day still fresh on our minds, we are now unofficially in the season of summer. Summer is the season when many folks consider a trip to their favorite vacation destination though I am not sure that will come to fruition as the pandemic continues. One place many visit in the summer in our area is the Carolina coast. When Ann and I go to the beach for a time of vacation or rest, we take many things with us. It seems that we always bring back home more than we brought with us. One of the things that we seem to always bring back, whether we like it or not, is not just dirty clothes or sunburn. We seem to always bring back sand. Sand is somewhat aggravating, isn’t it? We wash it off our feet and shoes, and we vacuum it out of our cars.
Have you ever thought about how many grains of sand are on the beach? Long ago, God did. In Genesis 22:17, we read where God tells Abraham, “17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies”. As I briefly walk the beach, it occurs to me that there in the sand is a reminder of the promise and hope of God that desires for each one of us and all of us to be His children. Have a joy-filled week.- Pastor Randy
PRAYER
Lord God, we thank you for the truth that you desire to adopt all of us to be your children. We rejoice, O Lord that such a promise is based not on our goodness, but on the salvation of ours through Jesus Christ that is only a prayer away. Through the power of your Holy Spirit, help our status as your sons and daughters to be seen in our lives day by day; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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