Even though summer attendance at our small group is down, we continue to enjoy our time of fellowship and studying the Word. Yesterday was what we call "our Wing It Topic Night". So we chose to discuss Pastor's sermon on "Shaking it Off". Taken from the Holy Bible, Acts 28: 1 - 9. In these scriptures Paul was shipwrecked on the island of Malta and as he was gathering wood to build a fire, he was bite by a venomous snake. It was interesting as we all pulled out our notes and discussed the sermon. One point that I struck me was, "Even though I've not always like what I've been through, but it's made me who I am today." Another one was that "God calls with purpose, we have gifting and all the bad times and good times will work together for the fulfillment of God's purpose." Here is a question to ponder. "Why didn't Paul get upset when he was bite by the snake?" One of the reasons that was brought out in our discussion was that it was not his destination. It was a mere inconvenience. It was only a distraction. (You should have heard Pastor's sermon!)
During the fellowship time, we had a thunderstorm warning issued and we all went outside to see what the weather was doing. As there was no rain, the weather was perfect for a tornado, but soon the weather settled and two rainbows appeared. However, one soon faded and then we were able to see the beginning from the end of the rainbow that remained. I remarked that one end of the rainbow was over River Of Life and the other end of the rainbow ended at Wal Mart. What sweet fellowship we enjoyed with those that attended.
