Pastor's letter • january 8, 2017

This weekend, I am in Southern California for the Dedication Ceremony of my grandson, Greyson. J  I apologize that I will not be with you today, but I am very grateful for the prayerful support of the Cathedral Congregation in all of our ministry endeavors.  Dr. Rebecca Skaggs will be bringing a powerful message from the Word of God this morning.
 
We are at the beginning of 2017, a brand new year; a year that has never existed before.  This new year will contain about 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, and 31,536,000 seconds.  Think about that, over thirty-one million individual moments.  Moments of laughter and moments filled with tears; moments of  unexpected blessings and moments of unanticipated trials.  There will be days of birth and days of death, yet each day will be filled with the Moments of Life.
 
We really have no idea what looms just over the horizon.  None of us are intelligent or Divine enough to predict with any certainty what the next moment will bring, much less thirty-one million moments from now when we prepare for another turning of the calendar.
 
As Christians, therefore, our hope and stability must never rest solely in the things we know or do not know.  Rather, our strength rests in The One we know.  I am not sure of every thing, and I understand some things, but I am certain of only a few things: the importance of family, the necessity of friends, and the great mercy and yes, mystery of the God who loves us. 
 
Herein lies my hope, the same Jesus who walked the Earth, cleansed the lepers, open the blind eyes and deaf ears, caused the lame to walk, and the dead to rise…THIS SAME JESUS OF EVERY YESTERDAY, IS THE SAME IN EVERY MOMENT OF TODAY!  The same Jesus who walked into the isolated Disciples, cowering in fear, and facing an uncertain tomorrow, can walk into your life today and speak, “PEACE!”
 
All our yesterdays and every today, are in His Hands; every moment, known and unknown, understood and perplexing, joy and sorrow, despair and hope…EVERY moment is in His Hand.  But not only our yesterdays and today…but BECAUSE HE LIVES, ALL OF OUR TOMORROWS ARE SAFELY RESIDING WITHIN HIS BOSOM, HELD NEAR HIS HEART, AND SUSTAINED BY HIS MIGHTY POWER!
 
Hebrews 13:8 AMP - Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is [always] the same, yesterday, today, [yes] and forever (to the ages).
 
Happy New Year!
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