Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Tuesday’s Musings: Yearning to watch GNN

Modified and used 11-19-20
Luke 8:1  After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God.

Buying a new home usually involves getting utilities either changed over into your name or newly installed.  When we arrived in NC this past Friday we had no cell phone service, television or internet.  That meant for me no Facebook, no calling my friends, no email, no Google and no TV. I suffered major withdrawal!  It was very rainy and we had to stay at the house to wait on the cable and internet installers. The side benefit was that there  was no bad news to hear. No shootings, no tragic wrecks or weather or plane crashes; no war stories and no political mudslinging.  Yeah!  I thought how nice it would be to start GNN – the Good News Network.  Jesus had one, maybe we should ask for one, too. I’d like one that just had stories of human triumph and generosity and great things going on in communities around the world.  In the meantime we can have our own personal GNN by sharing the joy of Christ and our faith with others.

Loving God, The newscasts we watch to stay informed are filled with so much sadness and evildoings.  Help us to find good news to balance out those things that cause our hearts to be heavy.  Bring good news into our lives each day that we in turn may share with others.  Amen.

Blessings,
Paige

 

 

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