July, 2019 Newsletter
Pastor’s Corner
Summer is here and it’s 95 degrees as I write this article. I’ve heard many people say it’s too hot, too humid and you can’t do anything. It’s funny but many of these same people complained at the start of the year that it was too cold and too dry. It seems like we are never satisfied with what God gives us. (Sounds a lot like the children of Israel, doesn’t it?). I wonder what would happen if we praised instead of complained to God about His choices for us. Up north there was a lot of complaining that the cold weather would never leave. It seems like we like to complain instead of celebrating all the blessings God has given us.
When it gets real hot out we tend to stay inside or be out by the water. Most people slow down and go at a more relaxed pace. Maybe that’s good for us to take it a bit easier than if the weather was what we wished it to be. How often do we look for the good and the positive rather than complain about what we don’t like?
In the ‘Daily Walk’ readings we are in the book of Psalms and find David was ‘a man after my own heart.’ This was because David trusted God’s judgment no matter what happened. Perhaps we need to trust God more and complain less.
The ‘dog days’ of summer allow us to get caught up on many projects at the church. Some are property projects and some have to do with organization as well as plans for the future. The Church Council is working hard whether the temperature is 95 or 35. They are leading into the future to do God’s will and to help the church to grow. Some people might not like some of the decisions that are made but I beg you to be supportive of the direction we are heading in. With many people vacationing during the summer we need others to volunteer in the future ― especially when we are caught short in one area or another.
God is at work at the Lutheran Church of Providence. Let’s do our part to help the church go forward and let us be faithful to the work God has given us. In all things let us rejoice and celebrate that we are the people of God.
In His service,
Pastor Weikart