✝ Daily Encouragement (10/24/24) "Having A Low Center Of Gravity"
Published: Thu, 10/24/24
Updated: Thu, 10/24/24
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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Thursday, October 24, 2024 
Big
Valley,
PA
Click on photo to enlarge " Having A Low Center Of Gravity" Message
summary:
In life we
need to keep a
low spiritual
center of
gravity, that
is, being
grounded in
God's truth.
Listen
to our message
on your audio
player.  As we drive through our agricultural area we continue to see the harvest. Following the grain corn harvest a baler comes through the fields and bales the remaining dried stalks to use as fodder, which will be used as bedding for animals. Driving onto the Old Windmill Farm several days ago I saw the wagon load of corn fodder in the photo above.
This brings to mind an experience about 25 years ago when I was helping my father-in-law with hay harvest on a farm in Arkansas. We were also using the large round bales like in the photo. I enjoyed operating the loader that picked up the bales of hay in the field and loaded them on the trailer. Farm work was fun! But my father-in-law corrected me regarding the way I was using the machine to handle the bales. I was picking them up with the skid loader and then lifted them up to load the trailer as I crossed the field. He pointed out that this would make the loader have a high center of gravity and make it easy to tip over.
The
lesson he
taught me was
this: when
moving the
bales you
should always
have a low
center of
gravity to
safely move
them. All
these years
later this
prompts a
spiritual
lesson. In
life we need
to keep a low
spiritual
center of
gravity, that
is, being
grounded in
God's truth.
"Everything
worth doing
requires care.
We all take
trouble over
the things
which seem to
us to
matter—our
job, our
education, our
home and
family, our
hobbies, our
dress and
appearance. So
as Christians
we must take
trouble over
our Christian
life. We must
treat it as
the serious
thing it
is."
"Watch
your life and
doctrine
closely.
Persevere in
them, because
if you do, you
will save both
yourself and
your hearers."
I memorized
this verse at
the time I was
ordained in
1979. I never
want to forget
this vital
truth, nor
fail to
persevere.
1)
Love for God's
Word: "Oh
how I love
your law! It
is my
meditation all
the day"
(Psalm
119:97).
2) Faithful in prayer: "And pray in the spirit on all occasions, with all kinds of prayers and requests" (Ephesians 6:18). 3) Obedience to God's Commands: "Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like" (James 1:23,24). 4) Practicing the Fruit of the Spirit: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control" (Galatians 5:22,23).
Let's
pay close
attention to
our
spiritual
center
of gravity,
seeing that we
are living
securely today
anchored in
God's firm
foundation. Be encouraged today, Hebrews 3:13 Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"Firm
Foundation (He
Won’t)
"
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Cody Carnes
Early
yesterday
morning
we drove up to
the Big Valley
(also known as
Kishacoquillas
Valley) about
70 miles
northwest of
us (straight
line) but a
longer drive
due to the
mountain
ridges. The
valley is
about 25 miles
long and some
3 miles wide
with distinct
mountain
ridges on each
side. See
here on Google
map.
On
the way up we
were on Rt 322
along the
Juniata River,
one of the
prettiest
drives in PA
with the
orange, red,
yellow, brown
and crimson
leaves adding
spectacular at
every turn.
The brilliant
sun
infiltrating
the trees gave
the appearance
of bright
Christmas
lights being
strategically
strung amidst
the leaves on
the branches.
Click on photo to enlarge 
We
went to the
Farmer's
Market in
Belleville and
purchased a
1/2 gallon of
apple cider
from this
young Amish
man who told
me he had made
it the day
before with
apples from
his orchard.
He's wearing
just one
suspender, an
interesting
feature of
this branch of
Amish, used to
distinguish
them from
other Amish
groups. We
don't have
that branch of
Amish here in
Lancaster
County. Just
my
opinion:
it seems like
wearing only
one suspender
would make a
person feel a
bit lop-sided
when going
about his
duties
throughout the
day!
In
our area we
have black
buggies
(Mennonite)
and gray
buggies
(Amish) The
Big Valley
also has
yellow and
white buggies.
Conversing
with this
friendly 90
year old Amish
man I learned
that it was
his grandson
that sold me
the cider. He
makes these
racks used by
quilters.
Click on photo to enlarge 
The
white buggies
are used by
the Nebraska
Amish, the
most
conservative
of the Big
Valley Amish
groups. Notice
the blue
kerosene
lanterns
attached at
the front for
light at
night!
Click on photo to enlarge 
Riding
on the back
roads this
Amish mother
made
room for her
son
on a scooter.
Here
is some
information
about the Big
Valley.
We
returned home
by crossing
the Jacks
Mountain ridge
on the south
side. State
College (Penn
State) is
essentially
across the
ridge on the
north side
seen in the
distance.
Click on photo to enlarge 
Back
home in
Lancaster
County a large
pile of fodder
bales is
stacked near
our home on
Carmany
Road.
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