[The Mayor]

September 24, 2007

All Rise

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READ: Mark 2:1-12

Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house. —Mark 2:11

When I asked my husband to buy eggs on his way home so I could make cornbread for supper, he said, “I’ve got something better than cornbread.” Coming from Jay, that was a surprising statement. But I learned what he meant when he walked into the house and handed me a fresh loaf of homemade cinnamon bread. A label on the wrapper said, “Thanks for the dough. We kneaded it.” The bread was made by Sue Kehr and given as a “thank you” for a donation to a youth organization.

Sue started making bread after she had to quit her job as a nurse because of a head injury. Instead of letting circumstances pull her down when she could no longer help people in her usual ways, Sue rose to the challenge and created a unique expression of gratitude. She now makes and gives away delicious homemade bread to ministries that can then distribute the loaves to others.

Although Sue did not receive complete physical healing like the paralytic Jesus healed (Mark 2), she did rise up and cause many to be amazed at the work of God in her life.

God has something for each of us to do, despite our limitations. Rise up and ask what He might want to do through you. 

When God asks you to lay aside
Some cherished work you loved to do,
Accept His choice of someone else
And let Him give new work to you. —Fasick

Step up to the tasks and do what God asks.

Bible in One Year:  Song of Solomon 4-5; Galatians 3

[Billie]

Nice to have you back home safely, Rus. Didn't expect to see you here so early in the day! You didn't get enough sleep last night!

Thank you so much, GeeBee, for posting our Military Tribute thread this week. You deserve a rest now, too - after posting THREE threads in less than a week!

[MEG33]

Amen..Wonderful lesson..Thank you, Mayor..I hope you get some rest.

[Dubya]

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) man the rails as the ship arrives in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 24, 2007. While visiting Vladivostok, Lassen will participate in Pacific Eagle, a bilateral exercise with the Russian Federated Navy.

DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton, U.S. Navy. (Released)

[Dubya]

Two F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Five break the sound barrier during an air power demonstration for friends and family of U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Sept. 23, 2007. The ship brought more than 2,200 guests aboard for a daylong Friends and Family Day cruise.

DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jimmy C. Pan, U.S. Navy. (Released)