Hello faithful members of BBT. Can you believe that this year is 1/2 over. As we celebrate this 4Th of July weekend, I hope you will be safe and thankful for what a great country we live in. I did get some sad news this week.  D.H. Howell who is a good friend of this Church and people with disabilities in general was diagnosed with bone cancer and is given just a short time to survive. We need to pray everyday for the remission of this terrible cancer and pray that God will heal our brother as only he can do.  D.H. has been a strong advocate for the rights of people with disabilities and along with my father has been a tireless worker in this area.

After I received this news this week I wanted to bring a message of hope for us this week. Many are hurting and suffering so the question is why is there so much suffering and why do good people have to suffer so much? The scripture I chose for this week to try and understand this is II Chronicles 12: 7-10. Sometimes we need to remember we are very fragile as humans both physically and emotionally and sometimes we have a tendency just to throw up our hands and cry out “what’s the use”. Paul in this scripture has an affliction but he knows that even though he has prayed three times for God to remove this he still knows that God loves him and will help him get through this. We as believers sometimes expect God to fix every situation immediately the way we think it should be fixed. We as believers understand God has that kind of power what we don’t understand why God doesn’t use that power to solve the problems in our lives. This is what we are going to talk about this week and I want your input on this subject because it is something we need to understand and grab a hold of.  I know many of you are really struggling with this question and i know God want us to trust him in this matter and he WILL deliver us from this valley if we will just trust him.  I don’t have anyone scheduled to do their testimony this week but Linda will bring the Sunday School lesson

I hope you have a great weekend pray for those that need our prayers and Pris ask me to have you pray for her this week as she heads off for Mexico . I will miss her terribly but I know she will have a great time. I will see you at church on Sunday and I hope you will invite someone to come with you and share in the experience of BBT. Do something nice for someone this week and you cab start by praying for our Men and Women that are fighting for this country to help keep us safe. I will see you Sunday

Love You

Pastor David