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July 19
Saturday


WHOPPERS OR
ADVENTURES?

READ:
Psalm 102:27
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But You are the same,
and Your years will
have no end.
__Psalm 102:27
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My grandfather loved to tell stories, and I loved to listen. Papaw had two kinds of tales. "Whoppers" were stories with a whiff of truth, but which changed with each new telling. "Adventures" were stories that really happened, and the facts never changed when retold. One day my grandfather told a story that just seemed too far-fetched to be true. "Whopper," I declared, but my grandfather insisted it was true. Although his telling never varied, I simply couldn't believe it, it was that unusual.
Then one day, while I was listening to a radio program, I heard the announcer tell a story that confirmed the truth of my grandfather's tale. My grandfather's "whopper" suddenly became an "adventure." It was a moving moment of remembrance that made him even more trustworthy in my eyes.

When the psalmist wrote about the unchanging nature of God (102:27), he was offering this same comfort__the trustworthiness of God__to us. The idea is repeated in Hebrews 13:8 with these words, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." This can lift our hearts above our daily trials to remind us that an unchanging, trustworthy God rules over even the chaos of a changing world. __Randy Kilgore

````````````````````````````Our God is God__He does not change;`````````````````````````````
`````````````````````````His truth, His love remain each day the same,`````````````````````````
`````````````````````````````He's faithful to His matchless name,`````````````````````````````
````````````````````For God is God__He does not change. __D. DeHaan``````````````````````````
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Let the sameness of God waft over your heart with
His peace in your storms.

*********************************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 102:18-28**************************

18 This will be written for
the generation to come,
that a people yet to be
created may praise the
LORD. 19 For He looked
down from the height of
His sanctuary; from heaven
the LORD viewed the earth,

20 to hear the groaning of
the prisoner, to release
those appointed to death,

21 to declare the name of
the LORD in Zion, and His
praise in Jerusalem,

22 when the peoples are
gathered together, and the
kingdoms, to serve the
LORD.

23 He weakened my
strength in the way; He
shortened my days.

24 I said, "O my God, do
not take me away in the
midst of my days; Your
years are throughout all
generations. 25 Of old you
laid the foundation of the
earth, and the heavens are
the work of Your hands.

26 They will perish, but You
will endure; yes, they will
all grow old like a garment;
like a cloak you will
change them, and they will
be changed. 27 but You are
the same, and Your years
will have no end. 28 The
children of your servants
will continue, and their
descendants will be
established before You."

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How comforting to know that God is always the same and never
changes! despite the twists and turns, ups and downs, and constant
changes of our lives, we know that standing powerful and constant
above it all is our God. The wonderful things that God has done for
us must be preserved and told to others (v.18).