plenty of time

1 Corinthians 1:1-9; Psalm 145 I will praise your name forever Lord; Matthew24:42-51

Jesus in the gospel tells us to "stay awake! For you do not know on which day the Lord will come."


Story is told of Satan having a conference with his little devil apprentices, those learning the trade of temptation. Satan was interviewing them on what task they would ploy to get souls to abandon God and thus lose their souls.

The first suggested that he would tempt people to think there was no God. Satan smiled and said well that is an old trick that doesn't need to be employed, people already think there is no God without us.

The second little devil said he was going to tempt people to think there was no hell. Again Satan smiled and said that too is an old trick and again people already are convinced their is no hell.

The third little devil spoke up and said his plan was to convinve everybody that there was no hurry. He figured complaceny was his best bet. Satan agreed!


The best defense agianst Christianity is to think there is no hurry, that we have plenty of time, that we always have tomorrow to get things right.

But the words of Jesus come back to awaken us form our complacency: Stay Awake, for you know not the day nor hour.

Today is the 100 year since the birth of Mother Teresa, today is her birthday into the world, and what a birth, quietly she came into the world and quietly she departed but in her wake she left a storm of love for all that continues to be grateful for the gift of her life.

"True love causes pain. Jesus in order to give us proof of his love, died on the cross. a mother, in order to give birth to her baby, has to suffer. If you really love one another, you will not be able to avoid making sacrifices (feeling pain)" Mother Teresa

Today is also the anniversary of the signing of the 19th amendment incorprating it into the constitution, the amendment stated that no citixen could be denied the right to vote on account of sex. Thus, women were given the right to vote. Secretary of state Bainbridge Colby who sign the amendment into the constitution, upon signing he spoke these words, "I now turn to the women of Amercian and say, "you may now fire when you are ready, you have been enfranchised."