Let Me Introduce You

Let me introduce you to the newest member of our youngest daughter’s pet family. She is about 8 weeks old, exuberant and her name is “Amelia.” She replaced Remy who passed recently. Amelia is a mixed breed, easy to love and full of baby-dog antics. She likes to run and then collapse into a heap. Sounds like me!

Robert Parlante

February 2019

Yesterday,Today,Forever

In1957, “The Incredible Shrinking Man” was released and became a multimillion dollar movie. The film is the story of a man who keeps shrinking to nothingness after inhaling some atomic mist. It was strictly science fiction with some social commentary thrown into the mix about the horrors of nuclear warfare.

A few days ago I experienced my own version of the shrinking man. (It was not about me getting shorter as I get older.) It had to do with a bar of soap. I reached for a fresh boxed bar of soap and immediately thought the package felt smaller. When I opened the box, my expectations were confirmed. The bar of soap had shrunk in size with rounded corners that barely filled my open palm.

Hand soaps are not the only thing shrinking these days. Cereal boxes are half full. A gallon-size container of ice cream is a thing of the past. Tiny houses are all the rage. Even paychecks are “shrinking” because it costs more to buy less as we encounter minimal salary increases.

But one thing does not change nor shrink in value. It’s the same today as it was 2000+ years ago. Jesus Christ came with a gift of salvation. The heavens announced his birth with a proclamation of peace for all people. It’s not just the peace we experience where there is no conflict and we have enough funds to pay our bills. It’s the peace we experience when we know we have a way to reconcile ourselves, with a Savior, despite the turmoil in our lives.

Two thousand years later it is still the same. While soap bars shrink to accommodate the times, Hebrews13:8 reminds that us Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

The best part of the gift of salvation is that it has blessed and eternal consequences.

Robert Parlante
February 2019