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Overcoming Disappointment ~ Gen. 48 ~ Carl Crouse

8/28/2019

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A day or two before H.S. graduation I was called into the counselors office, Jim Noteboom.  I was a pretty good student in high school … There was kind of an unspoken assumption I’d win a few  scholarship/ recognition… Mr. Noteboom looked me in the eye and said, “I’m not supposed to tell you this, but you didn’t win a single scholarship.” Jim told me ahead of time so I could face my disappointment early. In those days, scholarship awards were part of the graduation ceremony. “If it helps at all,” Jim said, “as long as I’ve been a counselor nobody has ever received more 2nd place finishes than  you.”  // The script was switched.  This was not what I imagined…. my script was switched.

Disappointments are a part of the human condition.  We imagine our lives unfolding in an orderly way, making progress towards our goals /stability… then come the disappointments, our visions are halted…. You thought for sure you’d get that job and go down a certain career path, but then a door is close.  Nobody ever imagines their children being ill, losing a job, divorce, pain.  A phrase so many dozen times over the years it’s become a proverbial saying: “Children are not supposed to die before their parents.”  The script is switched.  Disappointments are always your story unfolding in an unexpected way that is less than what you imagine.  

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Overcoming Famine ~ Gen. 47:13-31 ~ Carl Crouse

8/20/2019

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READ Gen. 47:27.  Feast or famine.  Nobody likes times of famine, yet that is when we grow… Ecc. 7:3 a crazy word of wisdom, “Sorrow is better than laughter…”///  Today’s scripture is about famine….

I can’t say famine is good… but in keeping with the caption of the Joseph stories found in Gen. 50:20, good does come out of famine…. Times of famine contains lessons of rigid disciplines, causing a person to sift priorities… 18 years ago Ken R.  was dying…., I often visited him. In life he’d always been a huge fan of the Mariners.  It was 2001 the year the Mariners won 116 games…an exciting time as the season progressed. How far could they go in the play-offs?  Could they win the world series?  As Ken’s death looked imminent people though how fitting if he could just hang on to see his beloved Mariners in the World Series.  When it looked like he could not last that long the thought was how that was too bad… I talked to Ken about many things including the Mariners.  Ken was changing.  He still cared about the Mariners, but not really. Talk of the Mariners was a bit hollow.  The things of this world began to take on less importance.  Ken could talk about the Mariners, but more often , he’d turn the conversation to the things of God.  He wanted to talk about the second coming of Jesus Christ.  He became animated about thoughts of immortality, the hope of Christ…

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Gen. 46:1-47:12 ~ Overcoming Broken Dreams ~ Carl Crouse

8/13/2019

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​​Lou Holtz for a pessimistic view of life: “Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.”
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Jacob, father of Joseph, is a complainer, a deceiver… In today’s Bible reading, arrangements are made for Joseph’s family to relocate to Egypt in Goshen, the lower part of the Nile… When Pharaoh first meets Jacob, he asks a simple question: “How old are you?” (Gen. 47:8).  Jacob’s answer is a tad funny, Gen. 47:9 READ. The series is about Joseph, but Jacob, Joseph’s father, is an integral part of the story, so today we pause and look at Jacob…
 
I found a chart that does a marvelous job of summarizing Jacob’s life (back of handout).  … his life is a rollercoaster…(anyone relate?)… The story begins Gen. 25,  27, he is born 2nd  and spends much of his life aspiring to be #1… the first story about Jacob: he steels the birthright of his brother, deceives his father, and he runs away… descent… 
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Gen. 45 ~ Reconciliation ~ Pastor Chad

8/8/2019

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