Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
It was one of those rare evenings when we could be home. No meetings to go to, no responsibilities, no speaking appointment anywhere. Just stay home, relax, get some entertainment.
We tried the History Channel. It was on the Holocaust, the horrible speech of Himmel proposing slaughtering the Jewish race, Hitler’s devil possession, the intrigues and cruelty of the Nazis. Painful! So we turned that all off.
Then it was current news, the ongoing curse of Katrina,
Finally we thought, we don’t want to go to sleep with this “hell” on our minds! So we did something often thought impossible—we decided to read the Bible as entertainment, recreation, fun! Not just that little snippet that’s “family worship” duty, but absorbing its message for what it is in the Book—not a video or movie, no,—the Bible! Finding enjoyment reading Matthew in the Today’s English Version, chapter after chapter.
It was a week night, but it became like a holy evening. The ghosts of history, past and current, were excised. Late nights with movies, even “sanctified” ones, are deceptive to young or old. Morning always comes, when the Father would waken Jesus as a youth (or in manhood!) and He always got up when the Father called: “Every morning He makes me eager to hear what He is going to teach Me..... And I have not rebelled or turned away from Him” [like we do when we’ve been up late the night before] (Isa. 50:4, 5, TEV).
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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