George Kreger

One Soda a Day Equals 50 Pounds of Sugar a Year!

The title above is the headline of an article that caught my eye this morning.  Wow!  I've been working hard to restrict my "soda" intake!  Maybe you are too.  These words are a motivation for me to continue.  Maybe they will be with you as well.

Genesis

This past week saw the death of the longtime dictator of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi.  Eight months ago, on February 15th, protests began in Libya which resulted in first the removal of Gaddafi from power and ultimately his death.  Gaddafi had come to power in Libya in 1969 some 42 years ago, but his rule came to an end very suddenly. What brought that about?

This past week I read a headline that had appeared on February 14, 2011 in the World Watch Daily.  Here is that headline:  "Gaddafi tells Palestinians: Revolt against Israel."  And the subtitle continued, "Libyan leader says 'time of popular revolutions' is here, calls on refugees to mass on Israel's borders as he accuses Western powers of being enemies of Islam."

In Genesis 12:3, God promises Abraham (the father of the Jewish nations) "And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse."  Is it a just a conincidence that the day after Gaddafi "cursed" Israel, the protests began that "cursed" him?  Think about it!

 

 

Is Happiness Your Goal?

"Everybody wants to be happy. That is the great motive behind every act and ambition, behind all work and all striving and effort. Everything is designed for happiness. But the great tragedy of the world is that, though it gives itself to seek for happiness, it never seems to be able to find it. The present state of the world reminds us of that very forcibly. What is the matter? I think the answer is that we have never understood this text as we should have done: 'Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.' What does it mean? Let me put it negatively like this. We are not to hunger and thirst after blessedness; we are not to hunger and thirst after happiness. But that is what most people are doing. We put happiness and blessedness as the one thing that we desire, and thus we always miss it; it always eludes us. According to the Scriptures hap­piness is never something that should be sought directly; it is always something that results from seeking something else."

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones