Lord Jesus, Help me Not To Mess This Up

The rear brakes have been squealing for sometime.  The new pads have been sitting on the work bench for... well... sometime.  Today I propped up the motorcycle and took off the rear wheel, fearing that this would be over my head.  You know the prayer, "Lord Jesus, help me not to mess this up."  I prayed this at least twice.  As everything was getting back together I noticed I had forgotten to replace the cotter pins that hold the brake pads in place.  So I received extra practice in removing and disassembling  the rear wheel and brakes.

After putting everything together again for the second time it all worked.  So, Thank you Lord.

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV)
 

Nature Like Ours

Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.  Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.”  Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. (1 Kings 18: 36 - 38)

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.  Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.  (James 5:17 - 18)

I Would appreciate prayer for My Pain in the Neck

This is what my spine should look like.  

The MRI shows a bulging disk and a squished nerve.

The end result is that here I am at 39 

and I am feeling like Statler & Waldorf.

It could always be worse. 

I could always look like them.

Give Thanks

First of all, then,
I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and thanksgivings be made for all people,
for kings and all who are in high positions,
that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life,
godly and dignified in every way.
This is good,
and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus,
who gave himself as a ransom for all,
which is the testimony given at the proper time.

(1 Timothy 2:1-6)

I grew up in a thankful house. This picture hung on the wall by the dinner table. At Thanksgiving, I remember everyone sitting at the table talking, catching up on each others lives and eating, but mostly I remember this picture and the normal, everyday meals.

Let Us Pray

It is a common temptation of Satan

to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer

when our enjoyment is gone;

as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them,

and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer.

George Muller