A Fishing Tale
I
got out onto the ice last Saturday. I went fishing for a little while in the
afternoon. It was a beautiful day to be on the ice, not too cold, not too
windy. I drilled some holes and cleaned out the ice chips. I set up my poles,
checked the depth, and baited the hooks. But I was a little worried when I took
out my jar of salmon eggs. I had left them in my coat pocket and lid wasn’t on
very tight. The eggs had dried out and shriveled up. It was hard to even
separate them from the jar to put them on the hook. I didn’t think that they
would look very attractive to the fish. I wondered what I would have to do if
the eggs proved useless in attracting fish to my hook. I did have a few other
lures that I could have used if needed.
I don’t know if you are aware of it,
but Satan is a very good fisherman. He is a very persistent fisherman, he
spends hours each day in search of his prey. He knows his prey very well too.
He has studied his prey and knows exactly what bait to use in each and every
situation to entice his prey into taking the bait. His lures are fashioned
specifically for each of his individual targets. When he gets his prey to take
the bait, he is not one who practices catch and release, he wants to keep every
last one that he hooks. We are the ones he is after, the ones he wants to lure
away from our God.
Our God doesn’t want to let us go. He
also seeks after us. With his Gospel message he cuts Satan lines and removes
his hooks from us. He forgives us when we have taken Satan’s bait and fallen for
his temptation to sin. He saved us from the eternal consequences of sin. He
wants us to enjoy eternity with him in heaven. He gives us strength to resist
the lures of Satan. Even though Satan continues his attack, we can rest secure
in our Savior arms.
No School
Thanksgiving
is this Thursday. There is no school on
Thursday and Friday. Chapel will be held
on Wednesday.
Junior Choir
Junior
Choir will be singing at Faith on November 27th at 10:30. This will be the rededication service for the
school. Singers will need to wear their choir
uniforms.
Special Thanksgiving Worship Service
Sunday, November 27th at
10:30, Faith Lutheran Church will have a special thanksgiving service, during
this service there will be a rededication of the school. The school will host an open house following
the service and a potluck. All are encouraged
and invited to attend.
Thanksgiving Donation Drive
We have so much to be thankful
for! This is the time of year to share
our blessings with those in need. Faith Lutheran School will be
assembling bags for those less fortunate.
Items we will include in the bags are:
·
small
water bottle
·
small
cans of pop-top food such as beans or Vienna sausages
·
dried
fruit
·
beef
jerky
·
individual
packages of hot cocoa mix, tea, and coffee
·
small
packages of nuts or trail mix
·
socks
(adult size)
·
mittens
·
hand
warmers
·
travel
size toiletries
·
toothbrushes
and toothpaste
·
lip
balm
Donations may
be brought for your offering on Wednesday at chapel.
Basketball this week:
We have practice on Tuesday.
The tournament
is scheduled for December 1st – 3rd. Girls first game is Thursday, Dec 1st
@ 7:15. Boys first game is Dec 1st
@ 4:45. All games will be played at
Lumen Christi.
Financial Peace University
Faith
Lutheran Church will offer the popular Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University
class early in the new year, Tuesday evenings at 6:30 from January 10th
through March 7th. The class covers
biblically-based principles of money management, beneficial to all from young
people starting out on their own to older couples. For more information about the class, please
visit the Stewards of Faith blog at http://stewardsoffaith.blogspot.com/.
If
you are interested in signing up, please speak with Mrs. Lillo in the office.
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