Cartoonology Devotional 04-22-09

 

Share on Facebook Cartoonology Devotional 04-22-09 E. Larry Ross Cartoonology.  There is great theology in cartoons and comics. I just read this on the Wikipedia encyclopedia web site: “Grit was a weekly newspaper popular in rural areas throughout the United States during much of the 20th Century”.  The part that caught my attention was reference to the 20th Century as if that was ancient times.  Reading that makes me feel old! As a boy, I often helped a friend of mine deliver the Grit to his customers.  We did so on bicycles after school.  That does seem like ages ago.  I always thought it was a funny-sounding name for a newspaper. I don’t know where the name came from, but I must confess I never bought or read it.  Some salesman for the paper I would have made!  Many people today will have no idea about the Grit, but I understand that it has been transformed into a bi-monthly magazine that can now be purchased at many newsstands and bookstores, as well as Tractor Supply.  I haven’t seen the Grit in years, so I am going to check that out. I always heard that time goes by faster when you get older.  I believe it now.  Funny thing about time.  Everyone has exactly the same amount of it every day, and yet we often find ourselves running out of time.  I took a time management class while attending Southern Seminary.   The first thing the professor said at the beginning of the class is that you cannot manage time; you can only manage yourself.  He was right.  The Bible says it like this: Ephesians 5:15-16 (NKJV) 15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. The word redeem means to purchase back or ransom, but here the Apostle Paul is using it figuratively to mean we should not waste our time but take advantage of the opportunities it affords us to do good.  The old saying, “Every day is the first day of the rest of you life”, still holds true.  What I do with it is entirely up to me.  04-23-09 edrynn@verizon.net  To receive this daily devotional by e-mail, send a message to edrynn@verizon.net and ask for it.  Pastor Ross sends out the devotional every day, Monday through Saturday.