Baseball Class

When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy Job 38:7

A professor at a well known University was legendary for giving boring, cliché-ridden lectures. At the beginning of one semester, an innovative class breathed new life into the course by assigning baseball plays to each trite phrase. For example, when the professor said, "On the other hand," that counted as a base hit. "By the same token" was a strike out; "and so on" counted as a stolen base. Divided into two teams by the center aisle of the lecture hall, the students played inning after inning of silent but vigorous baseball. On the last day of class, the impossible happened: the score was tied and bases were loaded. Then the batter hit a home run! The winning team stood and cheered wildly.
Though deeply appreciative, the professor later was quoted as wondering why only half of the students had been enthusiastic about his lectures.

How delightfully inventive.... someone from that class needs to run for President!

Do you know what happiness is? As the Word itself implies, happiness is associated with happenings, happenstance, luck, and fortune. If circumstances are favorable, you are happy; if not, you’re unhappy. Happiness is the personal experience of feeling good.

Do you know what joy is? In Philippians 3:1 Paul says, “Rejoice in the Lord.” The Lord is both the source and object of Christian joy. Knowing Him brings joy that transcends temporal circumstances. Obeying Him brings peace and assurance. Joy is an attitude of the heart that knows Jesus.

We have a family blog to keep up with all the families' activities of fun and accomplishment along with prayer requests. The motto we voted on for our family: Gratitude is the attitude that sets the altitude for living. Now that's JOY!

A pearl to string: God is infinitely worthy of our delight. The only thing standing between the command of God to rejoice and our experience of that joy is a heart that delights more in the things of the world than in God. If you cannot rejoice in God and you want to: ask Him to heal your heart. My prayer for each one of you is from Romans 12 verses 9-13 in the English Standard Version: "Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality". Amen

What do you have to cheer about?
Find joy in knowing you are loved,
Lyndi