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Sunday, April 20, 2014

Redundant?

April 20, 2014 – Sunday – Redundant?

 
COMMENTS

If I wasn’t convinced that this thought came from the Lord, I’d be worried about me.

 
NOTES

“Why is there a letter ‘C’?”

That was the crazy thought that popped into my head as I was getting ready for our Easter service this morning.  The next thought was, “Where did that come from?!”  Needless to say, it captured my thoughts; and I’ve been processing it for several hours.

“C” has no sound of its own.  It either sounds like “K” or “S”, so why don’t we just use those letters.  “C” seems unnecessary.  Why does it exist?  Here are some “C” words:

Crucify, as in the price my Savior paid for me.

Carried, as in what Jesus did with the weight of all my sin.

Celebrate, as in my reaction to my Savior's resurrection!

Circumstances, as in those situations that no longer control me.

Cease, as in what happens to my striving when I rest in the Lord.

Crowns, as in the reward God has for me in Glory.
 
 
What would they look like if “C” didn’t exist?

Krucify

Karried

Selebrate

Sircumstances

Sease

Krowns

 
I guess those spellings would work just as well, but they don’t have the same zing.  They just don’t look right.  The words are just not the same.

Do you feel unnecessary?  Or redundant?  Do you feel that what you are doing could be done just as well by someone else?  Maybe even better?

God created you, and He created you for a purpose.  Someone else might be able to do what God called you to do, but it just wouldn’t look right.  It wouldn’t be the same.

Rejoice in the Lord!  Praise His Holy Name because “[you are] fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14).  And it was no accident!  This is what the Lord says to you:

“For I know the plans I have for you…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”  (Jeremiah 29:11-13)

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