2011 HISTORY

THE MODERN VIEW IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE GREATER THAN MAN. WE FACTOR GOD OUT AND SEE OURSELVES AT THE TOP OF THE EVOLUTIONARY HEAP. SO THE FUTURE OF THE RACE LIES WITH US. BUT THAT MYTH HAS ONLY MADE THE WORLD MORE TRAGIC. THINKING THAT WE ARE THE APEX OF REALITY CREATES DESPOTS LIKE STALIN AND HITLER AND MAO.
THIS IS TRUE AT A PERSONAL LEVEL TOO. THE RICHNESS AND FULLNESS OF LIFE COME FROM WHAT IS SPIRITUAL, NOT EARTHLY. MONEY, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN BUY A HOUSE, BUT IT CAN'T MAKE A HOME. MONEY CAN PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, BUT IT CAN'T PUT LAUGHTER AND JOY AROUND THAT TABLE. MONEY CAN FLY YOU TO PARIS, BUT IT CAN'T KINDLE ROMANCE THERE. WHAT MONEY CAN DO IS MAKE YOU AN ATTRACTIVE TARGET FOR THIEVES AND LAWSUITS. THERE IS NO SECURITY IN MONEY. THERE IS NO LIFE FOR US IN ANY TANGIBLE THING. WHAT MAKES FOR LIFE COMES NOT FROM THIS WORLD BUT FROM THE GRACE OF GOD. THEREFORE, A HEART AT ONE WITH GOD IS THE SECRET TO LIFE. TO HAVE GOD IS TO HAVE ALL THINGS. TO TRUST HIM IS TO BE SAVED. ---FROM ISAIAH BY RAYMOND C. ORTLUND, JR.
MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES FOR 2012!