This is my Council Report for the month of June. I apologize for the delay in submitting this month’s report, and I will work to ensure timelier submissions and publications moving forward.

God, through His Word and us, accomplishes what He intends. God’s sovereignty is manifested either by divine intervention or the leading of the Spirit. He creates and changes man’s destiny through man’s free will.

As our nation approaches its 250th anniversary, Juneteenth offers an opportunity not only to celebrate freedom, but also to reflect on how people have shaped our country throughout its history.

Now, for the flip side. How do you judge all those who aren’t as fortunate as you?

When Long picks up her camera, it is as though she is picking up a paint brush – art comes through time after time and timeless art is created. 

This concept may never have occurred to you or those who hear this. It might even be a paradigm shift for some people to realize that God is good to them.

Consider other Biblical references to small but powerful things. In the book of James, he writes about the bit in a horse’s mouth that controls a large animal and the small rudder that steers a large ship, and in verse five, he writes, “So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!” James 3:5

There is a kind of grief that people often underestimate until they experience it themselves: losing a pet.