A quick prayer request

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Our son Peter is currently on a medical mission trip with the members of several churches, including the one we attended in IL. Today we received an email from the church secretary:

Please pray for the mission team now in Mexico. They have witnessed an increase in the crime in Juarez, which seems to be spreading past nightfall into the day. Please pray that all are protected while they continue to carry out God’s work; that their fears be comforted in knowing that their Savior is with them. Please also pray for the innocent residents of the area, that they, too, are free from the violence and know their Savior’s love.

If you have a minute, please pray for our son, his fellow team members and the people to whom they are ministering. Thanks—we appreciate it!

The Philadelphia Story

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I’ve been a classic movie fanatic since I was a little kid. The movies of today have done nothing to change my opinion that the old films are the best.

Case in point: This weekend we watched the 1940 film The Philadelphia Story (Two-Disc Special Edition) for the first time in quite a while, and it was as enjoyable as ever. It stars three of my favorite actors (Cary Grant, James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn) and is based on the hit Broadway play of the same name. It’s the story of an heiress who expects perfection in herself and everyone around her, and how she learns that “to err is human; to forgive, divine.”

James Stewart won an Oscar for Best Actor for this film, and Katharine Hepburn reversed the impending failure of her career by buying the rights and starring in it. Cary Grant is wonderful as always. The supporting characters are all very interesting, and there’s a particularly funny turn by Virginia Weidler as the main character’s precocious younger sister.

There’s no swearing, no sex, no violence (well, except in the first scene, lol) and lots of laughs along with just a few serious moments. Young children won’t appreciate this movie, but some teens might (primarily girls, I would think.) If you need a laugh, check this one out!

 

 

Do You Fear the Future?

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Every time I click on Drudge these days I see all sorts of headlines about the scary stuff going on in our economy. People are losing their retirement accounts and investments. Other countries are having money issues, too. It’s easy to become frightened.

But blog reader Jan A. emailed me something that is the perfect antidote for those headlines. Thanks, Jan!

 

God’s Bank Ain’t Busted Yet
By Alice P. Moss

The bank had closed; my earthly store
had vanished from my hand;
I felt that there was no sadder one
than I in all the land.
But my washerwoman, too,
had lost her little mite with mine,
And she was singing as she hung
the clothes upon the line.

“How can you be so gay?” I asked;
“Your loss don’t you regret?”
“Yes, ma’am, but what’s the use to fret?
God’s bank ain’t busted yet!”
I felt my burden lighter grow;
her faith I seemed to share;
In prayer I went to God’s great throne
and laid my troubles there.

The sun burst from behind the clouds,
in golden splendor set;
I thanked God for her simple words:
“God’s bank ain’t busted yet!”
And now I draw rich dividends,
more than my hands can hold
Of faith and love and hope and trust
and peace of mind untold.

I thank the Giver of it all,
but still I can’t forget
My washerwoman’s simple words:
“God’s bank ain’t busted yet!”

Oh, weary ones upon life’s road,
when everything seems drear,
And losses loom on every hand
and skies seem not to clear;
Throw back your shoulders, lift your head,
and cease to chafe and fret.
Your dividends will be declared:
“God’s bank ain’t busted yet!”