✝ Daily Encouragement (4/1/25) "Atheist Day"
Published: Tue, 04/01/25
Updated: Tue, 04/01/25
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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Tuesday, April 1, 2025 
This
house on Front
Street in
Marietta, PA
faces the
Susquehanna
River
,
although the
view is
blocked by the
trees beside
the railroad
tracks. Many
homes along
this street
are over 200
years old and
it is a
National
Historic
District.
"Atheist Day" Message summary: Today, as is true everyday, it's a good time to affirm our faith in God, our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!"
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"The
fool says in
his heart,
'There is no
God'" (Psalm
14:1).
"Claiming to
be wise, they
became fools"
(Romans 1:22). We saw a bumper sticker that proclaimed "April 1, National Atheist's Day". I was annoyed, but not necessarily surprised, that there would be a day designated as such. I was so curious I carefully moved my car closer to the car sticker and read the small print with this small text beside it: Psalm 14:1. It was actually a witness for the Lord! It was referring to the first daily verse (Psalm 14:1). It was then that I made the connection, O yeah, Fool's Day is April 1! Now certainly there is and, at least since the time of David, has been a relatively small segment of the population that is avowedly atheist. Most just ignore God without claiming to be atheist. In my opinion atheism requires a great deal of faith! In fact there is a book titled " I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist" by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek.
In
regard to
Psalm 14:1
Bible teacher
David Guzik
points out,
"The idea
behind this
ancient Hebrew
word
translated
'fool' is more
moral than
intellectual.
David did not
have in mind
those not
smart enough
to figure God
out (no one is
that smart);
he had in mind
those who
simply reject
God." In Romans
1:22 there is
a stunning
indictment of
those who
claim to be
wise, "Claiming
to be wise,
they became
fools".
This is in a
context of
God's
revelation
through
creation.
"For
what can be
known about
God is plain
to them,
because God
has shown it
to them. For
His invisible
attributes,
namely, His
eternal power
and divine
nature, have
been clearly
perceived, ever
since the
creation of
the world,
in the things
that have been
made. So they
are without
excuse. For
although they
knew God, they
did not honor
Him as God or
give thanks to
Him, but they
became futile
in their
thinking, and
their foolish
hearts were
darkened"
(Romans
1:19-21).
Creation reveals the fact that there is a God; whereas the fool says in his heart, "There is no God". It's a denial in spite of overwhelming evidence. This would be like a man who is given a tour of the world's greatest computer and then says, "No one made this computer. It just happened to pop into existence!" What a fool! (from the teaching site of Middletown Bible Church, Middletown Connecticut) Today, as
is true every
day, it's a
good time to
affirm our
faith in God,
our Maker,
Defender,
Redeemer, and
Friend!"*
Don't be a
fool!
Be encouraged today! Hebrews 3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"I
Believe"
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on YouTube
Charity Gayle
*
the phrase
"Maker,
Defender,
Redeemer, and
Friend" comes
from this
song.
Frail
children of
dust, and
feeble as
frail,
in You do we trust, nor find You to fail. Your mercies, how tender, how firm to the end, our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend! Several photos from a bike ride yesterday along the Susquehanna River. 
Another
house on Front
Street in
Marietta,
PA
but this one
appears to
have been
built more
recently. I
had driven
off the trail
through
Marietta to
check on the cherry
trees
along Front
Street but
they are
notyet in
bloom.
Click
on photo to enlarge
Shocks
Mill railroad
bridge over
the
Susquehanna
River
was opened on
January 1,
1905 and is
still
used
regularly with
long freight
trains. During
high waters
the trail
section under
the bridge
floods and the
trail has to
be closed at
this
point.
Click on photo to enlarge 
This
goose couple
was on the
trail both
going up the
river trail
and about an
hour later
when I came
back down.
There must
surely be a
nest nearby.
They're
accustomed to
human traffic
and let me get
very close.
Finally
today:
Brooksyne
started
growing seeds
five days ago.
This mini
greenhouse
came with a
grow light
which sped up
the
germination of
these poppies
that are
supposed to
pop up after
14-21 days.
These are just
5 days
old!
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