The Lord never gives up
Please don’t forget about Fall Revival at Union Grove UMC beginning Sunday, September 22, 2019 thru Thursday, September 26, 2019. The speaker for Sunday Afternoon Service will be Pastor Hopkins of New Bethel MBC. Speakers for the week will be Pastor Angelo Riley of Ebenezer MBC, Pastor Shirley Wilder of Lynch Chapel UMC, Pastor Marcus Thompson of Mountain ridge UMC and Pastor Stanley James of Truevine MBC respectively. Nightly Service will begin at 7:00 p.m. each night.
If you have any slighty used coats or sweaters that you would like to donate to the 2nd Annual Coat Drive, please contact me at 601-507-9567 or brbcab2000@-yahoo.com. Sometimes we take for granted the small things that matter. A nice warm coat during the cooler months is a blessing to someone who doesn’t have one.
Scott County Girl Scouts will be sponsoring Pink Walk 2019 at Gaddis Park on October 12. Registration for the walk and t-shirt is $15 and t-shirt only is $12. Deadline is September 21, 2019. For more information or to register please contact any Scott county Girl Scout Troop Leader.
Also, the Girl Scouts have started a fall fundraiser selling nuts and candies. Please see one of your local girl scouts to make an order. Please support our Girl Scouts.
This is a wonderful parable sent to me by Pastor Marcus Mann. I would like to thank him for allowing me to share the word that he sends out each day as encouragement. One day, I decided to quit. I wanted to quit my job, to quit my relationships, to quit my spirituality; I even wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with God. “God,” I said. “Can you give me one good reason not to quit?” His answer surprised me. “Look around,” He said. “Do you see the fern and the bamboo?”
“Yes,” I replied. “When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.”
“In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.”
“In the third year there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit. In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit. Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant. But just six months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge they could not handle.” He said to me.
“Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots? I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you! Don’t compare yourself to others. The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful. “Your time will come,” God said to me. “You will rise high.”
“How high should I rise?” I asked. “How high will the bamboo rise?” He asked in return. “As high as it can?” I questioned. “Yes.” He said, “Give me glory by rising as high as you can. And remember I will never leave you, nor forsake you. I will never give up on you. I will never, ever quit on you.”
