Have we reconciled (yet) with our odds of death?   There is a 100% chance, and also a 100% certainty... that we will die. This shouldn't be "news" to us, and this shouldn't scare us.  Jesus took the fear out of death when He died for us on the cross.  “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”  ( 25)  For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.  ~I Peter 2:24-25 All we have to do is confess our sins...believe in Him...and live for Him.   ... that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  ~I Peter 2:24 Once we have declared Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, there is no fear in death because there is eternity in after-death with the Lord.   Or--should we say that ...

Outlandish . I like the word.  I like the definition too:  strikingly out of the ordinary , or  exceeding proper or reasonable limits or standards (Merriam Webster Dictionary). But literally, (to me), I like that "outlandish" could mean "beyond the land".  Beyond the "normal" of what we stand on each day.  "Out", beyond our routines and our daily accepted thinking, and even beyond our reasoning:   Outlandish.   ..."Out" there: beyond the "land" of our "normal".  I'm thinking about Noah.  God gave him an outlandish idea.  More than an idea...it was a command and directive from the Lord Almighty.  Because of the state of the world and the sin of its people , God was making a change and providing an outlandish  consequence to the sinful world.   The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all ...

God is at work today.   In the work.     In the curveballs and hardships of our lives. In the last minute invites...and accepts. God is at work in our day-to-day interactions and reactions.  We just have to open our eyes and heart to see Him. God is at work today.   In the work.   In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.  ( 7)  For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,  ( 8)  nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.  ( 9)  We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.  ( 10)  Fo...