July 30,2009 Comfort or frog jumping

Bible Verse of the day: What then shall we say to these things?If God is for us, then who is against us. Romans 8:31

Today's Celebrations: Happy birthday to Sandie Dixon ,Arnold Swarzenegger and Henry Ford.

Random thoughts: Henry Ford was quoted as saying..."When everything seems to be going against you, remember the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." What did Henry Ford know about airplanes? I thought he was the one that worked on improving the car. Wrong mode of transportation.

I remember as a kid, yes, way back when, one summer we traveled to Flint, Michigan to visit with family. While we were there , everyone went to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. I was so fascinated with all the "stuff" that was in there. I remember there was a plane hanging from the ceiling and a locomotive that took up soooooo much space. I didn't realize how big those things really were. Wow. Even at that young age, I knew the man that worked on the motorize vehicle had to be a really smart cookie to come up with all those neat little contraptions way back when. But, boy, have we not come a long way, baby, to get where we are today.

There are cars that even stop by themselves if you get too close to the car in front of you. Bet 'ole Henry wishes he had thought of that, too.

Ford was wise when he made the comment about feeling like everything is against you. A person that overcomes adversity grows stronger as an individual. Remember, God never puts more on us that we can handle and when we go through the stresses and overcome we become closer to God and have learned a lesson to boot.

I read a verse this week that has stuck with me. 1 Corinthians1:3-4 say" Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort: who comforts us in all our afflictions so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

God comforts us when we have afflictions. We learn to comfort others in the same manner as we learned from the way God does it for us. Now we know how to comfort others. Let's do it instead of sitting on the sidelines watching people hurt.

We hurt. We get comforted. We see others hurt. We comfort them. They learn. And so the circle goes on. We cannot take the credit, but we can obey God's direction. We become all the stronger for doing what is right.

Well, you know this thing is called "random" thoughts and I am like a frog today, jumping around everywhere.

Until later,

I will just jump off my soapbox,

Vera