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When Waiting Is so Hard
Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him… (Psalm 37:7a)
The circumstances of life are tying me into a knot. There are all these appointments, news of more cancer and upcoming treatments. How can I find rest in all this? The psalmist tells us two things…
First, “rest in the Lord.” The Hebrew word translated “rest” means to be silent or be in a resting state. This silence or rest is not to function on its own. We are to rest “in the Lord.” Rest is not found in our own efforts or in family or in friends, but only in the Lord. It is simply a drawing near to Him and leaving everything, including our circumstance and ourselves at His feet. This is just pure and simple worship. This rest is not just the amount of sleep we get, but the time we spend in His presence.
A Thirst for Our God
But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams… (Isaiah 33:21a)
Thirst for water. One of our basic needs. For me, I can’t drink water right now. It is too liquid for my throat and will go down into my lungs. O for a glass of cool, thirst quenching water.
Jesus spoke of a spiritual thirst:
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.” John 7:37
“If any is thirsty.” In order to drink spiritually, we must admit that we are thirsty. Also, we are not to drink from any old watering hole, but from Jesus Himself, “let him come to Me and drink.” The world offers all sort of thirst quenchers, but there is only one who really satisfies.
The God of All Joy
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)
Look around. Most of the people we see suffer from one problem: no hope. These people may have causes and crusades, but they are so empty. They just exist form birth to death with no real peace in their souls and no hope to sustain them.
I personally like how Paul started off our text, “Now may the God of hope.” Hope means a confident expectation. Truly God is the source of our “great expectations.”
What are these expectations? Joy and peace. Joy relates to the delight of seeing our hopes fulfilled and peace results from the assurance that our God will fulfill those hopes. Joy and peace together express “the apostle’s deep desire for all believers to have total spiritual satisfaction in their beloved Savior and Lord.” (MacArthur)
Monroe Matters: Madden Talks Infrastructure with U.S. Rep. Cartwright

Madden Supports Law Enforcement, Condemns Gun Bill

150th Anniversary Celebration
The next committee meeting will be held Monday, December 6 at 4:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building
***Deadline for letters to be included in the 2070 time capsule extended until Friday, December 3!!
Need stocking stuffer ideas, or a quick and easy gift idea? We can help!!! 150th Anniversary Movie on USB/Flash Drive $15.00Commemorative T Shirts $10.00 Short Sleeve/$15.00 Long Sleeve
Healthy Home Repair Program
Healthy Home Repair Program
This program provides a one-time assistance grant to assist in repairing and removing health and safety hazards for COVID vulnerable and impacted families and individuals


Healthy Home Repair Program
Healthy Home Repair Program
This program provides a one-time assistance grant to assist in repairing and removing health and safety hazards for COVID vulnerable and impacted families and individuals


Healthy Home Repair Program
Healthy Home Repair Program
This program provides a one-time assistance grant to assist in repairing and removing health and safety hazards for COVID vulnerable and impacted families and individuals


Learning to Wait
“I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope.” (Psalm 130:5)
One of the things I had to do most in the hospital was to wait. Waiting for the nurse, for pain medications, for various tests, for healing, for the morning to come, and finally to go home. My hospital stay was a series of events centered on waiting.
The psalmist also was waiting. The Hebrew word “wait” he used means to “look forward with confidence and eager expectation to that which is good and beneficial.” Now, the psalmist was not just waiting, he was waiting on the Lord. He was patiently, but eagerly looking to his Lord, the promise keeper. This was no casual exercise on his part. He says, “my soul does wait.” Here is a waiting that is wholehearted. With his entire being he was looking forward to the Lord to work in his circumstances.
Madden Calls for Campaign Finance Reform

Madden Decries Daylight Saving Time

Madden: Free and Fair Elections are Critical

“My times are in Your hand…
“My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.” (Psalm 31.15)
Someone has summed up this verse in the following way: all my life, with its ‘sundry and manifold changes,’ its joys and sorrows, its hopes and conflicts, are not the sport of chance, or the creatures of a blind fate but are in Thy hand.
David speaks of times. The Hebrew word “times” refers to points of time or to the events of life. The word is plural and thus covers all the circumstances of our lives. This means that our entire life is in God’s hands, whether in the hardness of adversity or in the ease of prosperity.
Welcome to My Insomnia
It's time for the weird, the wonderful, and the silly - also known as this week's edition of Welcome to My Insomnia. Thanks to some random late-night Googling, it's come to my attention that the Annals of Improbable Research have once again awarded their annual Ig-Nobel Prizes. While the Ig-Nobel Prizes might not be as well-known as the fancier Nobel Prizes (which definitely have better PR with all that "for the greatest benefit to humankind" shtick), the Iggy's are not some fictional prize made up in the middle of the night by the Ale Mail Editorial Board. In fact, Science People have been giving out Ig-Nobels for more than three decades, in order to honor and celebrate the best, the weirdest, and potentially the most pointless scientific research. Or, as they like to put it: research that first makes you laugh... and then makes you think.
This year, Ig-Nobel Prize winners included intrepid researchers who proved:
Short Term Rentals Not Permitted in Residential Zoning Districts
Amended Ordinance 273 Short-Term Rental Zoning Di
Tasting
“O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!” (Psalm 34:8)
For almost three weeks I have not been able to swallow. That changed this morning. I was able to actually swallow my Orgain nutritional shake. Not only was I able to swallow it, I could taste it. And how good it tasted!!
I was reminded of our text today, “O taste and see that the LORD is good.” How many do not taste, that is experience, the Lord! If we would just trust the Lord and walk in His presence, we would see (or know) the goodness of the Lord.
Trust in the Devastation
Job 13:15 -Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him…
I have just recently received a realignment in my relationship with the God who is my Father and Savior. As I am sitting here typing in pain, unable to swallow yet, waiting for the various swellings from my operation to heal, I have found myself in a situation I cannot control. So, the words of Scripture invade my soul, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him…”
I notice from this verse some challenges and encouragements.
First, God is at work. Surely God was using Satan as the agent of Job’s suffering, yet it was still the Lord sending the pain. It was the Almighty God who sent the suffering, while controlling its depth and duration. I know that God is in control and I can trust His purposes.