Eternal Wisdom

We were at the IL A/G District Council Mon-Wed so the blog has been on vacation too.

At the ordination service on Monday night our district superintendent reminded us of a phrase that former D.S. Ernie Moen had often quoted to the ordination classes. I had forgotten it, but I was in one of the last ordination classes of Ernie Moen in 1995 and the reminder I thought would be good for all of us.

It was:

-Don't touch the gold.
-Don't touch the glory.
-Don't touch the girls.

I don't think it was original with Bro. Moen, but that's a good place for a minister to get their start. It's not too bad for any believer either. How many believers get tripped up with the love of money? How many get caught up in feelings or power of the Holy Spirit only to crash when the feeling is distant? How many have fallen into the traps of lust?

Sometimes the big things are the simplest. Don't touch the gold. Don't touch the glory. Don't touch the girls.

Be Refreshed!


Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 23:4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.

Scripture of the Day: Leviticus 10:1-2 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.


Quote of the Day: "God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises...leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself." Dietrich Bonhoeffer