Well it is the beginning of a new church year so I thought I’d kick it off with a new eDevotion and the first one that I’ve written.

The political race is now in full swing with all of its trappings: speeches full of lies, half truths and mud slinging. To top it off, the television commentators think it’s their job to throw fuel to the fire.

Jeremiah, Job, and Sometimes... Us

"In·de·scrib·able- that which cannot be described; surpassing description. " Words seemed to fail the Apostle Paul as he expressed, "Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!"

Is Jesus' teaching of the "roaring of the sea and the waves" one of the signs preceding His Second Coming? It appears to this writer that it is. Three verses later, Jesus said, "When these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." Under the title "Storm Warning, 2006 Hurricane Forecast," two independent hurricane prediction sources besides the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration are predicting "another hyperactive hurricane season this year--the 10th in the past 12 years--and warned that the trend of more powerful storms could persist for the next decade or longer" (The Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 23, 2006). They say that "warmer ocean temperatures and favorable wind patterns in the tropics have set the stage for a 'very active' hurricanse season beginning June 1 and lasting till November 30'. They are expecting at least 13-16 named storms, 8-10 hurricanes, and up to 6 intense hurricanes during 2006, which is about 50% more than average.

I once heard a motivational speaker say, "We can do anything if we are just motivated." How motivated are we? The most urgent thing we should be motivated to do is to Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness.