National news is full of grim economic forecasts, natural disasters, and way-too-detailed accounts of what idiots men in power can be. International news is worse--nations toppling, people dying, corruption and economic collapse.
Where's the good news?
There was good news in in my town this week when Jones, a boy we've been praying for since his llymph nodes started swelling, turned out not to have cancer but a severe food allergy.
Good news at my house is that neither I nor the hubby are working this weekend. We're going to spend a whole day together as a family.
My nephew's chicken pox were not chicken pox after all so he got to go on the plane to see his grandma. (Good news for his mommy who needed the trip!)
There's a full group of potential church planters heading to Kairos Discovery Lab next month. That means more new churches for more new people.
The older kids are heading to summer camp and the younger is going camping with her Memaw and Papa which means a whole quiet day for me and the hubby!
A group of special ladies is going to help paint a bedroom this week! Yay!
The best good news I've heard this week, though, is in Romans 8. Here's just a taste from The Message.
The resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a child-like "What's next, Papa?" God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are: Father and children.
How's that for good news? The whole chapter is brimming with encouragement and excitement. Read it! You won't be disappointed.
What's the good news around your place?
1 comment:
Having the opportunity to visit with Greg and Alicia G., our missionary friends, while they're here on furlough is good news.
Your blog and its links are my return to "up" each morning after reading the standard news sources. An entry on Good News is Great!
Linda E.
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