The Impossible Dream

These are sermon notes from September 10th.

September is historically a hectic month because of the fair, but add in a work event, a live-in grandma on vacation a week, and house guests for grandma during the fair and this September stepped up the chaos!

I've kept my notes; I've wanted to capture the thoughts.  I wish I had better prioritized this time in place of other things, but grace. :)

My notes this week actually started with the children's sermons when she talked about miracles.  She has carried this talk of miracles through the next couple weeks too.  But she defined a miracle as a thing we can't explain.  Then she challenged the kids to look for the miracles.  I accepted the challenge too.  I had just recently read a book or article about wanting to see God's work and miracles and we will begin to see his work everywhere.  I think I even wrote about this in my journal. 

The sermon text was then from Exodus 14:19-31 and the sermon was titled "The Impossible Dream."

We started by talking again about miracles.  It was the parting of the Red Sea.  Regardless of how you explain the parting of the Red Sea, by Moses hand, by wind and low depths of water, etc.  It is STILL miraculous.  It still happened in God's wonderful timing to save just the right people and not their enemies!  God brought that wind; God knew the timing.

God created science!

God's miracles are all about timing.  Humans want to explain it all, but we must have FAITH.  The more we learn about science, the more we know there had to be a God because it is AMAZING. 

It took great faith for the Israelites not to turn back when they got their freedom.  Here in the US, slaves commonly stayed and were then 'paid' for their work.  They didn't leave immediately. 

And to include some current events in the world, September is certainly a part of hurricane season.  Pastor touched on Hurricanes as well.  She mentioned that we have probably all heard things at one point of another that Hurricane's are part of God's judgment.  No.  Hurricane's aren't God's judgment.  They are not only killing bad people; they are destructing good and bad.