Fall Creek Christian Church

"God surely knows where it (wisdom) can be found, for he looks throughout the whole earth, under all the heavens. He made the winds blow and determined how much rain should fall. He made the laws of the rain and prepared a path for the lightning. Then, when he had done all this, he saw wisdom and measured it. He established it and examined it thoroughly. And this is what he says to all humanity: 'The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding'"  Job 27:23-28 I had an "incident" with the one cup at a time coffee maker the other day. Apparently, the lid that screws on to the mini coffee filter holder is an important part of the process. Who knew? I thought I could make a stronger cup of coffee without it. All I ended up doing was making a real mess that I cleaned up with giggling coworkers nearby. I believe, however, I am now armed with a little more knowledge and wisdom.  Job was a righteous dude. He was wise and well-res...

"Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 There are moments in life I would love to bottle up and pop open to enjoy again and again particularly on those days when a smile is pretty hard to find. I treasure many memories from my childhood and youth that even at the time, I didn't want them to stop. The pivotal moments of life -- marriage and birth of children. Adventures and challenges overcome. Awesome moments of wonder in God's magnificent creation. All bring sweet delight.  David wrote of desires and delight. He coupled them together in such a way to recognize the primacy of delight. There is a promise to those who choose the Lord as their greatest delight. It's a promise that only he can make and only he can keep: to give you your heart's deepest desires. When the Lord is our delight, our hearts will want what he wants to give us. There will be a beautiful harmony on the inside. What are you deligh...

"...'Don't weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the Lord your God.' All the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the law. ... 'Go and celebrate ... This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!' ... so the people went away ... to celebrate with great joy because they had heard God's words and understood them." Nehemiah 8:9-12 Words are great. They allow us to transfer the thoughts in our minds into the minds of another person. How amazing is that!? Some may argue this next comment, but here it is anyway. I consider myself a person of few words. I've made the terrible mistake on more than one occasion to ask my wife in mid sentence to, "Please land the plane." Bad idea. I'm learning to enjoy more words as time goes by.   Nehemiah liked words too. He wrote a whole bunch of them down in a book that is appropriately title...

"The ones who do the planting or watering aren't important, but God is important because he is the one who makes the seed grow. The one who plants and the one who waters work as a team with the same purpose. Yet they will be rewarded individually, according to their own hard work. We work together as partners who belong to God. You are God's field, God's building -- not ours." I Corinthians 3:7-9 One of my worst dad moments came when the kids were little. They had decided, with mom's blessing, to uproot a corner of the yard and plant a garden. I, embarrassingly, proved the saying "people get down on what they're not up on." Caught unprepared, I said, "I work hard to mow, trim, and fertilize this grass and I don't want it torn up." It didn't matter that this a great idea -- harmless, fun, and positive. "No garden!", I declared. In so doing, I missed out on an amazing opportunity to feed and water their natural cur...