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Weekly Message by Ward Pimley

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AS CHILDREN, we had these great dreams about what our lives would be like when we “got big,” as in becoming an adult. Funny thing, for most of us, it  didn’t work out that way. 

For example, I was sure I would be a Major League Baseball player. I even had my position picked out (first baseman) and my team (Pittsburgh Pirates). 

If you’ve never heard of me, it’s probably because I never made it out of Little League, and I didn’t play first base there, either. Either I was a catcher or an outfielder. One time, I played third base, and that was a disaster! As I said, only once I played third base.

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ANYWAY, MANY OF OUR LIVES turn out that way, where our childhood dreams, so filled with wonder and color and imagination, often turn to dust as we age, gain some wrinkles and eventually gray hairs and maybe too much cellulite.

Sound dreary? It shouldn’t. Our world is a fallen world, and we have only ourselves to blame. We thought we knew better than God—in fact, many of our contemporaries still do—and we’re bearing the brunt of our conceit.

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BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS, and the Good News is that God has promised us a better reward, something better to look forward to than your favorite dessert. (BTW, mine is vanilla ice cream over warmed peach cobbler.) I’m far happier focusing on the eternal reward that awaits me. So, who are the Overcomers? The Bible tells us: 

1 John 5:5 (LSB) “Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”

~PRAYER~

ABBA FATHER, Thank You for allowing us to be the overcomers, the ones who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Help us share the message of hope and promise to those You place in our lives. In Jesus we pray. AMEN