BBD 03.20.09 Things Happen

#1 · March 21, 2009, 4:27 pm

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03.20.09

Things Happen

Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and
have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not
eat of it': Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it
all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for
you, and you shall eat the herb of the field." - Genesis 3:17-18.

As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one there is none who
understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all turned
aside.." - Romans 3:10-12a

For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. - 1
Corinthians 15:21-22.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to
those who are the called according to His purpose. - Romans 8:28.

This past week there was a freak accident in the Strait of Hormuz. A U.S.
submarine collided with a U.S. transport ship, the USS New Orleans and
although the sub was fully submerged it was not deep enough to avoid the
large transport ship. Aboard the submarine, the USS Hartford, 15 sailors
were injured but were released to return to duty. This was the
nuclear-powered attack sub's first deployment. Thankfully, there was no loss
of life and no damage to the nuclear reactor and both vessels survived the
incident, although the collision did rupture one of the transport ship's
fuel tanks.

Accidents happen even with vessels whose captains and crews have received
enormous amounts of damage and that have substantial electronic equipment
available to help prevent collisions. It is likely that you have personally
experienced a vehicle accident of some type yourself. I have been trying to
remember the actual number of vehicle accidents I have been involved in.
When I was a child I was in a vehicle that was involved in an accident. I
had three accidents while I was a teenager. Soon after I was married, I had
three accidents in about a year's time while we were living in Oklahoma
City. A few years later I had another minor accident. In addition, I have
been a witness to at least four accidents, possibly more.

All of the accidents had some things in common in that they were sudden,
they were unpredictable, and they were painful at least psychologically if
not physically. Besides vehicle accidents, I really cannot remember the
number of times that I have been hurt physically in one way or another. I
know it has been many times although never severely. You can add up in your
own life the number of accidents that you have had or seen others have and
know there is something that is true about this place called Earth upon
which we live. That truth is that things happen and although there are many
good things that happen, there are also many bad things that are happening
around us all the time.

Why do bad things happen? In the Garden of Eden, there were no bad things
that happened but that all changed when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden
fruit. As a result of their sin all of creation was corrupted and bad things
began to happen on Planet Earth. However, we have the promise of God that
this will all someday be corrected as we are told of that time in Isaiah
11:9, "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the
sea." In Revelation 21:4 we are told more of this time when perfection will
return to all of creation, "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes;
there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more
pain, for the former things have passed away." Until then we have another
promise of God for those who love Him, we are told, "that all things work
together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called
according to His purpose."

Copyright © 2009. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.

Prayer Requests: Please pray for Malachi, Cody, and Mica who are young boys
with cancer. Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the
Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they
will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always
in need of prayer - please pray for me. Pray for my voice since I continue
to have problems with it.).

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You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries.
Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more
than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is made up
of over 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive prayer
requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

The Burning Bush Devotional

Welcome to the 315 new subscribers since January 1, 2009!!

03.20.09

Things Happen

Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and
have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not
eat of it': Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it
all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for
you, and you shall eat the herb of the field." - Genesis 3:17-18.

As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one there is none who
understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all turned
aside.." - Romans 3:10-12a

For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. - 1
Corinthians 15:21-22.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to
those who are the called according to His purpose. - Romans 8:28.

This past week there was a freak accident in the Strait of Hormuz. A U.S.
submarine collided with a U.S. transport ship, the USS New Orleans and
although the sub was fully submerged it was not deep enough to avoid the
large transport ship. Aboard the submarine, the USS Hartford, 15 sailors
were injured but were released to return to duty. This was the
nuclear-powered attack sub's first deployment. Thankfully, there was no loss
of life and no damage to the nuclear reactor and both vessels survived the
incident, although the collision did rupture one of the transport ship's
fuel tanks.

Accidents happen even with vessels whose captains and crews have received
enormous amounts of damage and that have substantial electronic equipment
available to help prevent collisions. It is likely that you have personally
experienced a vehicle accident of some type yourself. I have been trying to
remember the actual number of vehicle accidents I have been involved in.
When I was a child I was in a vehicle that was involved in an accident. I
had three accidents while I was a teenager. Soon after I was married, I had
three accidents in about a year's time while we were living in Oklahoma
City. A few years later I had another minor accident. In addition, I have
been a witness to at least four accidents, possibly more.

All of the accidents had some things in common in that they were sudden,
they were unpredictable, and they were painful at least psychologically if
not physically. Besides vehicle accidents, I really cannot remember the
number of times that I have been hurt physically in one way or another. I
know it has been many times although never severely. You can add up in your
own life the number of accidents that you have had or seen others have and
know there is something that is true about this place called Earth upon
which we live. That truth is that things happen and although there are many
good things that happen, there are also many bad things that are happening
around us all the time.

Why do bad things happen? In the Garden of Eden, there were no bad things
that happened but that all changed when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden
fruit. As a result of their sin all of creation was corrupted and bad things
began to happen on Planet Earth. However, we have the promise of God that
this will all someday be corrected as we are told of that time in Isaiah
11:9, "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the
sea." In Revelation 21:4 we are told more of this time when perfection will
return to all of creation, "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes;
there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more
pain, for the former things have passed away." Until then we have another
promise of God for those who love Him, we are told, "that all things work
together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called
according to His purpose."

Copyright © 2009. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.

Prayer Requests: Please pray for Malachi, Cody, and Mica who are young boys
with cancer. Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the
Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they
will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always
in need of prayer - please pray for me. Pray for my voice since I continue
to have problems with it.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-subscribe@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube at:
http://www.godtube.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-unsubscribe@welovegod.org and then respond to
the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-subscribe@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-unsubscribe@welovegod.org and then respond to
the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.