13 Evergreen Road, Lebanon, PA 17042-7422
Phone: (717)273-4832, Fax: (717)273-0132
E-mail: midway_cob@verizon.net, Web site: www.midwaycob.net
_______Senior Pastor: Rev. Charles L. Ilyes_______
_____Associate Pastor: Rev. Carl L. Brubaker_____
from our Pastor
As I write this newsletter article it is snowing. In front of my house the snow is 3 feet deep and under all that snow is where the daffodils and tulips are planted. Have you begun to wonder if this time winter will never end? Have you worried that by the time July rolls around that we still might be getting snow? Well I hope you haven’t, but if you are wondering I want you to know you don’t have to worry because God Promised.
What He promised is that as long as the earth endures there will always be seasons. If you are questioning this, look at Genesis 8:22. That is why even during a snow storm you can work on fixing the corn planter because soon spring will come. The Bible is full of promises from God. In Genesis 9 we read of another promise that God confirmed through a rainbow that he would never destroy the life upon the earth with a flood again. So even when it rains a lot and there is flooding we can know the water will never cover the whole earth again.
In Matthew 6:25-34 God promised that He will take care of us with food, clothing and our basic needs. God does take care of us in most wonderful ways. God also promised that someday Jesus God in flesh will return for those who know Him as Savior and call them up to meet Him in the air (I Thessalonians 4:16-17). God promised and when God promises us something we can be sure it will happen.
I would imagine that most of you reading this believe that spring will come and the grass will be green again and the flowers will grow. You believe that even though it doesn’t seem possible as you look outside. I do wonder how many of you believe that Jesus may come back for us even today? Sometimes we go through life thinking that really isn’t possible but I promise you that it is. Just as spring will come so will Jesus return. Be ready and be watching. Until then shovel the snow and buy a pack of flower seeds. Spring is coming because God promised it would and if He comes back for us today that is even better than the first warm day!
- Pastor Charlie