Rose City Nazarene Church
updated Friday March 12th, 2010 7:00 am
Pease contine to pray
for Chile, Haiti,and now Turkey.
Here’s a “fun-fact” and a “life-reality” all wrapped up in one; life can be hard, and those times are never fun. Need proof? Just ask the folks in Haiti, Chile, and Turkey, bet they’re not having any fun. But you don’t have to be in a different part of the world for life to be hard. David, in the Bible, said in Psalm 23:4, “Even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…”, now that sounds like a bad time; a life “valley of the shadow of death”… ever felt like you’ve been there emotionally, financially, or relationally?
One of the things I like about Jesus and the Bible is that neither sugar coat or pretend that life is all good all the time, those that claim they do are lying, misrepresenting, and faking; Jesus is not “smooth-life insurance”. However, that does not mean that when we walk through these “dark valleys” in life that we are alone. Jesus did acknowledge that they will happen, but he also gave another “life fact”. In John 16:33 Jesus said, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world (life) you will have tribulation (tough times). But take heart; I have overcome the world.” When we really understand what Jesus is saying, we will still have valleys in life but along with them you’ll have something else; peace. And that’s something money cannot buy!
The Bible gives us a lot of “tools” for handling these “life valleys” and we’re going to look at what God has to say about them on Sunday. Come and find out, or listen here on Monday.