Amber Schamel shares about life in a big family, faith, books, and history, including This Day in Christian History tidbits.
Monday, April 25, 2016
Too Busy NOT to Pray
A friend of mine posted a great quote from an evangelist on Facebook this morning, and it got me thinking.
"The trouble of it is today, the people don’t have time to get before God and get still. They got so many things to do. They belong to this; they got to do this; they got to have this; they got to go there. You—you don’t have time. The devil’s just took up all your time. You don’t have time to get still before God, get quiet."
56-0213 - "Hidden Life With Christ"
Rev. William Marrion Branham
This reminded me of something I'd read a while back from Martin Luther. He said, "I have so much to do today that I'm going to need to spend three hours in prayer in order to be able to get it all done."
Wow. That's quite a contrast to the typical attitude of "I don't have time" or "I'm too busy to pray."
Martin Luther was one busy fellow. He wrote many catechisms, thesis, started a reformation, wrote hymns, and translated Scriptures.If anyone had a reason to be 'too busy' to pray, it would have been him. Yet instead of claiming he was too busy to pray, he said he was too busy NOT to pray.
How's that for some conviction in the Monday Morning inbox?
Friday, April 15, 2016
Women, Children...and Dogs First?
Did You Know…
There
were 12 dogs recorded as passengers on the Titanic. Among the 713 survivors of
the tragedy, three of them were dogs. Two Pomeranians and a Pekinese made it
off on the lifeboats.
You're Invited!
Come be one of the first to see the new cover for my upcoming Short Story Collection, Dawn of Liberty! We'll be giving away two $5 Amazon gift cards, playing games, and having a ton of fun and fellowship.
I hope you will join us.
Friday, April 1, 2016
Hoaxes of History: Notable April Fool Hoaxes
Did You Know…
•In 1957,
BBC News reported a record Spaghetti harvest and showed Swiss farmers
collecting spaghetti from trees.
•In 1996,
Taco Bell announced it had purchased the Liberty Bell and intended to rename it
the Taco Liberty Bell. So glad this was a joke.
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