Pastor Mark
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Burton, Michigan
office: 810.744.1188
mobile: 248.881.7627
Soli Deo Gloria
"Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.” Psalm 68:19
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Pastor Mark
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Burton, Michigan
office: 810.744.1188
mobile: 248.881.7627
Soli Deo Gloria
"Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.” Psalm 68:19
Dear people of God,
Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,or His ear dull, that it cannot hear;but your iniquities have made a separationbetween you and your God,and your sins have hidden His face from youso that He does not hear.For your hands are defiled with bloodand your fingers with iniquity;your lips have spoken lies;your tongue mutters wickedness.
Pastor Mark
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Burton, Michigan
office: 810.744.1188
mobile: 248.881.7627
Soli Deo Gloria
"The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.” Psalm 118:14
Hello, Pilgrim Family!
Pastor Mark
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Burton, Michigan
office: 810.744.1188
mobile: 248.881.7627
Soli Deo Gloria
"The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.” Psalm 118:14
Dear Friends in Christ,
We may differ on the health benefits of wearing masks, but one thing is for sure: masking brings about a more neurotic society. We are anxious about ever-changing mask rules, anxious & suspicious of each other and anxious about death being carried toward us on every cough.
Pastor Mark
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Burton, Michigan
office: 810.744.1188
mobile: 248.881.7627
Soli Deo Gloria
"The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.” Psalm 118:14
Questions like "Why did You let this happen to me, God?" and many other similar versions come to our minds easily. Often we become depressed, angry with God and mis-trusting of His goodness and of His promises. I'd like to share with you how one of the Church fathers addressed this question.
The good God permits such small evils to befall us merely in order to arouse us snorers from our deep sleep and to make us recognize, on the other hand, the incomparable and innumerable benefits we still have. He wants us to consider what would happen if He were to withdraw His goodness from us completely. In that spirit Job said (2:10): “Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” Job, you see, knew very well this particular verse; for he said (Job 1:21): “As God wills, so let it be; the name of the Lord be praised.” He did not simply look at the evil, as we would-be saints do; he kept in sight the goodness and grace of the Lord. With this he comforted himself and overcame evil with patience.
We also are to look at our misfortunes in no other way than that with them God gives us a light by which we may see and understand His goodness and kindness in countless other ways. Then we conclude that such small misfortunes are barely a drop of water on a big fire or a little spark in the ocean. Then we understand and love the words: “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His steadfast love endures forever!”
Peace to each of you in Christ,
Pastor Mark
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Burton, Michigan
office: 810.744.1188
mobile: 248.881.7627
Soli Deo Gloria
"Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!” Psalm 31:24