No, it doesn't. The very fact that we're posting about this should be a clue of that. We've simply been in a slow-moving process of moving.
We have a lot to unpack. In fact, we haven't found our decks of playing cards yet amidst all the boxes. We've also been busy with activities on the spring religious calendar. A couple of messages we heard over the weekend actually apply to what the future holds for us:
And the Lord said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward." - Exodus 14:15 (NKJV)
God and Moses had brought Israel to the edge of the Red Sea, after coming out of Egypt. But the Egyptian army was in hot pursuit (verse 10). Moses told the people to "stand firm" and "be still" (verses 13-14) - but God wanted action.
...and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. - Exodus 14:22
The Egyptian army tried to follow, but was swept away when the sea was restored (verse 27).
Maybe your poker games have hit a rough stretch. It could be time to reassess whether God wants you playing at all, to save money - or God might want you to go forward, putting faith in Him for eventual success.
We plan to follow the "go forward" strategy in coming weeks, after we settle down from the move. We're doing it because there's a message to share in poker rooms - a message some players may have never heard before. As Jesus put it....
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." - Matthew 9:37-38
There may be others who take a faith message into poker rooms. We're sure the number is small. But we wish them well - in the games they play as well as the messages they share. We plan to rejoin them shortly. The fact that we found a little bag of "card protectors" during our unpacking today is a step in that direction.
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