[governsleastgovernsbest]

First you criticized Lynn for paying too much attention to material things, now you criticize him for not paying enough attention. You are a hard guy to please.

[bvw]

I noted the order in which the pastor put things. To me, the first thing in order should have been that his beliefs prepared him well for whatever circumstances should have to be met. And I noted that his first idea expressed was that these were temporary (temporal) circumstances, and therefore by implication, not important in the big picture. Eternity.

Well, that is not so. The big picture is keyed upon all our reaction to all these little challenges we have in life, including the occasioned big calamity.

In a way it is those challenges that are the best of blessings, for while the other daily and lifetime blessings of comfort and sustenance, discernment, strength, etc. are well appreciated and vital to ask for -- it is the life's challenges that are the honor. The honor of responsibility and challenge that a parent gives a child who has earned that level of trust.