CPC THIS WEEK
MAY 19, 2010
THE E-NEWSLETTER OF CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
THE CORDS OF MARRIAGE
By Tom Stein
My son Andrew regularly provides me with new information. Here is a recent example: the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is secured by incredibly thick cables. Inside the cables are thousands of cords, which strengthen the cables.
Andrew’s dad is always looking for images and illustrations, so when Andrew informed me of this, I immediately thought of marriage.
It is not easy, is it? I have been married for almost 22 years, and whether you have 20 years on me or I have 20 years on you, you know this. You are a sinner, you are married to a sinner, and you live in a world of sin. It can be rough.
But we grow strong in marriage, when we thread cords of love and grace into our marriages. Think of each act of love and grace as a cord that will strengthen the cable that sustains and prospers the marriage.
What might this look like in your marriage? As a husband, you may:
* Choose to tell the truth. This is a cord of trust.
* Serve in small ways. This is a cord of caring.
* Exercise spiritual leadership. This is a cord of holiness.
How about wives? You may:
* Encourage your husband about his strengths. This is a cord of support.
* Forgive him when he sins and repents. This is a cord of peace.
* Discover how you can free him to relax in the midst of the pressures of life. This is a cord of joy.
We could multiply the examples. But this is to be our daily habit, for when the winds blow against a huge bridge, you need strong cables, and when the storms strike against a marriage, you need strong cables of love and grace.
How are you threading cords of strength into your marriage? What will you thread into that relationship today?
UPCOMING EVENTS
THIS SATURDAY - MEN’S BREAKFAST - 7:30 A.M.
Please contact the church office and let us know you are coming!
SUNDAY, JUNE 6 - OUTDOOR SERVICE AND KIDS’ MUSICAL
Outdoor Service - 8 AM
Pancake Breakast Served By the Youth - 9 AM
Kids’ Musical - 10 AM
TUESDAY, JUNE 8 - START OF SUMMER WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY
Angie Bowen will host a Beth Moore study on Esther - Tuesdays at 9:30.
Contact Angie (935-0074) if you are interested in attending!
SUNDAY, JUNE 13 - CONGREGATIONAL MEETING AFTER WORSHIP
JUNE 21-25 - VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
PRAYING FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH: SOMALIA
Voice of the Martyrs reports, “Members of the al-Shaabab Islamic militant group killed Yusuf Ali Nur, a 57-year-old primary school teacher and underground church leader, on May 4 in the town of Xarardheere, Mudug region, Somalia.”
SUNDAY SCHOOL
We will again have a summer break from Sunday School. This Sunday will be the last Sunday for Sunday School until our tentative return date of August 15.
THIS WEEK’S FRIENDLY REMINDER
If you are a member or regular attender of CPC, you have been assigned a shepherding elder. That elder has been matched with a deacon.
You can call on your elder for spiritual needs, and your deacon for mercy ministry needs.
Check the bulletin board or contact the church office for information about your elder and/or deacon.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
May 22 - Amy Strain
May 24 - Jim Price, Jim Roszell
May 25 - Janelle Price
THIS SUNDAY’S SERMON TEXT: LUKE 8:26-39
MAY VERSES TO MEMORIZE: PSALM 131