Given over...

I awoke this morning again with God on my mind. My thoughts were not joy filled as yesterday's were, but sobering. I thought of the words repeated several times in Romans 1 that speak of God's wrath being poured out on a people.

"He gave them over to..." (v. 24, 26, 28)

As I watch the celebration of Americans and think of what Obama stands for, I wonder if God has given us over to our own wishes - wishes to be left alone on moral issues like abortion and formalized homosexual relationships and to be free to pursue greater pleasure and wealth. Has God given us over to all these things in order to bring about our destruction?

"Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them." (v. 28-32)

God will not be mocked.

Run for Missions done...

Here's what Adam wrote after he finished his Run for Missions...

I finished the 104.2 mile "Run for Missions" from Wichita to Haviland this morning in 26 hours and 12 minutes and 10 seconds! The finish line celebration had several hundred cheering friends and spectators in front of Phillips Hall at Barclay College. Allen Smelser bravely gutted out 101.1 miles (!) in approximately 29 hours and 15 minutes. What an incredible day (and night and day)!

We've now raised over $11,500 for Missions Scholarships and rising! Praise be!

"And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us." Hebrews 12:1

(A full report with lots of pictures available on Adam's blog.)

Glory in the highest...

I woke this morning with a song of praise in my heart - Mercy Me's powerful and uplifting You Reign. As the words spilled over me, my heart swelled. Though the man elected President of the United States was not the one I would have chosen, I know that he is God's choice for this nation. The Bible is clear that God lifts up rulers and deposes them. I will submit to that God today and praise his name. He is still on the throne of Heaven, the only seat of power that really matters.

"You reign glory in the highest You reign let creation testify by Your name every knee will bow and every tongue proclaim that Jesus reigns."

(Posted at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport)

Running for missions...

I got an email around 1:00 from Friends Ministry Center in Wichita. The staff there had heard from Adam (pictured above finishing a previous ultrarun) and Allen at 12:15. The two were nearing the Kingman county line out by Cheney Lake on 21st Street. They were at mile 25 of their 100-mile "Run for Missions" which began early this morning.

A total disregard for life...

If you want to know why I am not voting for Barack Obama, watch this video. His complete disregard for the value of life is appalling, inexcusable. He has promised that the first act he will sign into law is the Freedom of Choice Act, a bill designed to overturn every restriction on abortion and infanticide. Wake up, people! God will not be mocked! We will, as a nation, reap what we sow!

No House...

No House for me. I was planning to watch it this Friday while I'm in Canton, Ohio, for board meetings, but I just got word from the theater there that it will NOT be showing this Friday.

The movie is not coming to Wichita. (At least not yet.) It is not going to be showing in Canton. I guess I'll just have to wait and see it on DVD.