Dear friends,
It is getting close to the time of year when pre-season hockey games begin. Although the results of these games are meaningless as far as the standings of teams and individual statistics are concerned, avid fans sometimes take them very seriously. That was the case in Montreal a few years ago, when fans vented their disappointment in the performance of star goalie Carey Price, prompting him to tell fans to “Relax, chill out.” http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/habs-price-to-booing-fans-chill-out-1.938386
In this month’s “Turning Points” magazine, Dr. David Jeremiah recounts an incident that involved potentially deadly consequences: “In the wee hours of June 3, 1980, U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski was jolted awake by a phone call from his military assistant, William Odom, who told him Russia had just launched 220 nuclear missiles toward the United States. The incoming Soviet missiles were thirty minutes from impact. Brzezinski knew President Jimmy Carter had between three and seven minutes to order a retaliatory strike. He asked Odom to confirm the report and call back at once. As Brzezinski fought to calm his nerves, Odom called again. It wasn’t 220 missiles, he said, but 2,200.”
As it turned out, Odom called a third time to report that it was all a big misunderstanding. Someone had accidentally put military training tapes into the national defense computer system, resulting in the announcement of an attack.
We’ve all been involved in misunderstandings, haven’t we? Sometimes we can laugh about them, but other times tears flow because of damaged relationships. As we face an increasingly confused world, we can be confident that the Bible has the answer to man’s problems. Yesterday, Pastor Michel Martel recorded a series of messages entitled “Échec à la confusion” (“Overcoming Confusion”) to be aired in the coming months. Please pray with us that many people will turn to Christ as they hear the gospel message on the radio and Internet.
Scripture for the weekend: “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.” Philippians 2:5-7 (NKJV)
Thought for the weekend: “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” – C. S. Lewis
By His grace,
Steve