Today is All Saints Day.
The mother of my friend Dave is coming home from a nursing home tomorrow. She suffered a stroke a few months ago. Thank you, Lord.
In the paper this week an atheist said there is no proof that God exists. It reminded me of Jesus' story of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man, suffering in hell, asked that someone from the dead go to warn his brothers so they wouldn't suffer the same fate. He is told that even if they were visited by someone from the dead, if they wouldn't listen to the prophets, they wouldn't listen to their visitor.
God wants us to find him, but we have to take some initiative. If we harden our hearts, he may stay away.
For those of us who worry about our wayward friends and relatives, we need to pray harder. God will hear us.
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