Tuesday 5/26/15 Old Man, Old Story! (12)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very, very much. Thanks for watching over me and taking care of me. Thanks for watching over Carry The Light Ministry and the ministries of Carry The Light. I pray we will always carry ourselves in the Ministry to reflect the Goodness of Jesus and making telling the good news about Your salvation always on top. Lord, we cannot do this without You. Please anoint us this day to keep on working for You. Please bless me now with another message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, Dolores and I took some time yesterday and rolled back the hands of time and went to the parade at Linglestown with one of our old cars. We were married on May 30th, 1982, which was a Sunday that year. For our honeymoon we took two cars and went to the Linglestown parade. I drove our 1955 T-Bird and transported a WW2 veteran. We took the tops out of our 1979 T-Bird and Dolores transported a "Gold Star Mother." It was fun back then and it was fun yesterday. Our car of choice yesterday, our 1985 Caddy Convertible. Yes, we looked like Santa and Mrs. Claus in our summer sleigh, and the kids picked up on that right away. Anyway, I am having a blast with this series, Old Man, Old Story. Let me get started.

Tuesday: May 25, 2015: Old Man, Old Story (Day Twelve)

I Love to Tell the Story: (Catherine Hankey, William G. Fischer)

Chorus:

I love to tell the story! 'Twill be my theme in glory.
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

I love to tell the story! 'Twill be my theme in glory.
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, "Let there be light, and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good and He separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light day, and the darkness He called night and there was evening and there was morning, the first day. (NIV)

This week as I talk about Old Man and Old Stories, I want to take a look at creation. It will take about a week to get that done. When I look at Creation and how God created it, I want to compare that with our parents and how we were raised for the first few years of our lives. On the first day we see that God started out with nothing. The earth was formless and all there was waters and the Spirit of God was hovering over it. The Holy Spirit looking things over getting ready for God to go to work. In our beginning we were really nothing. We had not yet been formed. However, our Lord God in all His wisdom already knew us. We were but a twinkle in the eyes of our parents as they thought about raising a family. I am sure God thought a lot about what He was doing and I am sure my mamma and pop thought a lot about what they were doing. Two teachers, not making much money and just went through the great depression and I am sure they spent many a night thinking about bringing a child into the world that they might not be able to afford.

As for God, I am sure in the back of His mind He already knew when He was done with creation, He was going to "give it all away" and it would go to us, man and woman. So on that first day God looked around and thought what do we need first? Well, we need light, yes, light was needed so man could see what was being done. So God said let there be light and let all the power companies charge you for it. No, no, God did not say that, but hey, God made light and yes, man made money from it. As we go through the stories of creation you will be able to see how each step would down the road give jobs to those who are willing to work.

And then there was this couple, Sarah Margret Kimmel and Daniel Webster Lehman, who got married and started a family and as we watch how God created the World and all that was in it by speaking, if we look back we can tell that our parents started raising us by speaking. They would tell us how to do things, and they were careful back then that we would get it right. Back then most of us came from families whose parents really looked at God for directions. I know I can remember going to my grandparents, and that was before TV. After supper and after the dishes were done, Pappy would get out his Bible and we would sit around that big table and he would read God's Word.

Now God has been removed from a lot of homes, an it shows. In Baltimore this past weekend, 14 people were shot, 8 were murdered. Way to go, mayor. Stand back and watch. Mayors of our cities, Governors of our states, and President Obama. Want to start to get our nation back as it once was? Have the strength to stand up AND PUT GOD BACK IN. This country like many others WILL FAIL WITHOUT GOD!! Trust me on that one. If you believe that, just tell me by saying I believe it, Amen.

Now pray and then go forth sharing your blessings and putting God back in all you do.  Love ya.

Pastor Dan