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Friday,
December
4,
2020
Brickerville Restaurant fireplace
"Cover-Up"
(Part 2)
Message summary: Since the consequence of sin is not always immediate we may be under the illusion that all is well. But eventually our sin will find us out.
Listen
to this message on your audio player."Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account" (Hebrews 4:13).
Yesterday our message dealt with cover-ups and applied to our attempts to cover or conceal our sin rather than the Biblical call to confess our sin. We began the message with an illustration of Brooksyne witnessing a rather nasty whipped cream cover-up many years ago at Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts.
Yesterday
morning we enjoyed breakfast at the Brickerville
House, a rustic restaurant along 322 north of
Lititz, PA. After our meal we engaged in a lengthy
conversation with the restaurant owner and afterward
a friendly couple named Ron and Judy who were dining
beside us (socially distanced of course!) Turns out
they were believers and we shared about our chaplain
and writing ministries. Brooksyne told the story
about her whipped cream experience that was
presented on our site that day. Ron then shared his
story which we found rather amusing so we follow up
with that today.
Ron had visited an ice cream shop and
ordered a banana split. He watched the waiter
prepare the triple dips of ice cream, split the
banana and then generously spray the whipped cream
and add toppings to give it the finishing touch. As
Ron watched a fly landed smack dab in the middle of
the whipped topping. The fly was in for the struggle
of its life as it furiously fluttered its wings back
and forth trying to escape the fluffy mountain of
whipped topping, but it could not dig out. Ron
watched in amazement and began to wonder what the
waiter was going to do to "fix" this most
unappetizing situation.
Much to his shock the waiter set down the
banana split in front of him, fly and all. Ron was
incredulous and asked him, "What are you going to do
about the fly?" "Oh, that!" he said, before using
his two fingers to scoop up the struggling fly
amidst the whipped topping and flicking the mess to
the floor! We can't recall what Ron said he did at
this point, but now we wonder if he got a new banana
split or just walked away.
For
some reason it sounded as though the waiter did not
see the fly or chose to look the other way (living
in our agricultural area flies abound in the summer
and people who live in those settings appear to be
oblivious to them).
Now,
the story we share today may seem a bit bizarre to
point out that some things others might easily see
we may miss entirely, whether it's due to our
ignorance or willful looking the other way. And then
there are those things we are not proud of that we
try to hide from other's view. But Hebrews 4:13
states, "Nothing in all
creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is
uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to
whom we must give account".
Today
let us live with the solemn realization that our sin
will never go undetected by an all-seeing,
all-knowing, all-present, holy God. Indeed,
"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's
sight". But we also live with the solemn
blessing of His forgiveness when we go to Him with a
humble and contrite heart.
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer: Faithful
Father, Your Word shows us that obedience brings
about blessing but disobedience brings about
dishonor. I want to honor You with my life, for
there is nothing hidden from Your eyes. Help me to
uphold the standards of truth and honesty as
revealed through Your unchanging Holy Word. When I'm
confronted with my sin help me to have the fortitude
and courage to deal with it. May I not cover it up,
seek to justify it, blame others, procrastinate or
deceive myself. Thank You for granting complete
forgiveness to those who come to You with a contrite
heart willing to lay down sin and take up
righteousness. Amen."His Mercy Is More" Video
Matt Papa & Matt Boswell
"NOT ABOUT PROTECTING JESUS’
REPUTATION" Here's an article Brooksyne read
this morning about a woman who covered up
her sin and the price she paid for it, how
she came to find peace with God many years
later and how He is using her to reach
others who need God's help in similar
situations.
The Brickerville House
celebrated 12 years under the leadership of
the present owner, a New York City
transplant yesterday. The building was built
by John and Barbara Bricker in 1753 and
located on the main road from Philadelphia
to Harrisburg.
Stephen
and
Brooksyne
Weber
Casey
Jones
Restaurant,
August 2020
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