GREENE STREET LETTERS: UPDATE

Saturday, December 11, 2021

UPDATE

I've been home since December 4th. As Paul McCartney would say..."Stuck inside these four walls....trapped inside forever." Well, maybe not the "forever part" but it has been an unusual experience. I tested positive for the virus that seems to be lurking in everyone's jam cabinet, or hiding under the front door mat.

I've been fairly healthy all my life, so this extended home confinement is out of the ordinary for me. As my wife has told others on several occasions since my confinement..."He doesn't know how to be sick." I consider that to be a good thing. That I'm not use to having to deal with different situations when sickness occurs. I guess I got my dad's genes in this matter.

Anyway, this situation has given me time to read, write, study and pray. It has also given me time to drink more water and liquids than I ever have, rallying under the battle cry of "Stay hydrated." More liquids means more trips to the bathroom. In turn, the old kidney's were getting a work out like they've never had before.

Here on Saturday, December 11th, I am gaining back my strength, yet realizing that I still have to guard myself against overdoing it and having a relapse. This has truly been an unusual start to the Christmas season for me. Having had this setback with the virus, we are going to end this year in an unusual fashion. When I say "we," I am referring to ReCovery Church.

Tonight: 7 p.m. / we'll be having our Saturday night meeting. My wife, Vicki, will be teaching, and there will be worship and ministry.

December 18th / Will be our Saturday breakfast giveaway at the church. No meeting that night.

December 25th - Christmas Day / We will be serving a "limited" breakfast that morning at the church, and hopefully provide some items that will help those in need.

January 1st - New Years Day / We will have our regular breakfast giveaway @ the church.

Once we move into January, I will be posting the times for our night service. I appreciate your patience as we continue to push ahead with what we feel God has called us to.

Merry Christmas from Vicki and Michael

The Bynum's

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Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Saturday, December 11, 2021

UPDATE

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