Tionesta Presbyterian Church

Psalm 139:13-14 For you created my innermost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.... We marvel with thoughts of birth! It is not a mathematical impossibility of molecules colliding together With some of the molecules electing our brain to oversee all of this! We are a creation of a master artist and craftsman. God created us as a reflection of Himself. Our bodies are a miracle but there is so much more than a machine. God created us with a soul and a will. These elements compose our Spiritual self, that will outlast our bodies! This is the self that Jesus said needed birth to be realized and developed! As we peel back our layers, We are just people wanting good and to see others do well. God has given us everything we need to flourish in His Kingdom. He gave us all the parts, pieces and tools God even gave us a will and intelligence to choose how we use all of this! Music, poetry and the arts are all expressions of our souls. Depths of darkness and rays of light may be reached through these expressions. A band is made up of gifted and developing individuals. A good band is where each of these individuals contribute while also giving room for other’s contributions. A collective sound develops into a new entity that is still reaching to express one thing Our souls. Done well, the whole is greater than the individual parts and pieces. Perhaps, this is what Jesus meant when He said: to love our neighbors as ourselves! God only made one of you! You were born to share in the human experience while developing for our eternal experience. Being born again realizes where we came from and where we are going! Celebrate yourself and Celebrate others God surely does. Amen.

Ever providing Father, May we celebrate the small victories through our strife! Amen

Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer That calls me from a world of care And bids me at my Father's throne Make all my wants and wishes known... In seasons of distress and grief My soul has often found relief And oft escaped the tempter's snare By Thy return, sweet hour of prayer

Am I the change I long to see? Eric Bibb

Dear Lord, we pray for continued wisdom and protection. Amen