What an Invention!

Isaac Asimov once wrote a challenging question. See if you know the answer. "If you could build a small package, something small enough to carry in your coat pocket, a machine which would instantly start and stop, in which you could instantly reverse yourself or go forward, which would require no batteries or other energy sources, and which would provide you with full information on an entire civilization, what would you have?"
What is your answer? In our world today, to create something like that would probably bring you a small fortune. Imagine the power in it, and the ways in which you could even touch people’s lives. Why not try to create one or is there one right in front of you?

Mid-week Prayer

Loving God, how wonderful it is that you inspire people with words and then you begin to create thought and pictures in our minds. We thank you this day Almighty God, that someone created this wonderful instrument already. In fact, that is where many people first encounter You. Thank you, O God, for a book. May Your Holy Book become ours. In Christ's name we pray. Amen.

This has been Rev. Jim Massey. I hope your heart is caught by what John Peterson wrote in “The Message: as a translation of Heb. 4:12-13: “God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one is impervious to God's Word. We can't get away from it—no matter what.” See you next week in the Mid-week Epistle.