Comments on: What’s Happening On The Sonny Side – About 80 Hours http://www.eastwoodchurchofchrist.com/2007/02/whats-happening-on-the-sonny-side-around-80-hours/ The Eastwood Church of Christ located in Florence, Alabama Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:36:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Keith Davis http://www.eastwoodchurchofchrist.com/2007/02/whats-happening-on-the-sonny-side-around-80-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Keith Davis Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:19:25 +0000 http://www.eastwoodonline.com/the-sonny-side/whats-happening-on-the-sonny-side-around-80-hours.html#comment-8 This is truly terrible news, yet not without a great ending. I remember growing up in the neighborhood with Mr. and Mrs. Hendrix. Charles was not around much because of work, but Mrs. Sue was. Me, Bodie, and all the gang romed the roads on our bicycles and played backyard football. We rode go carts and just enjoyed life. I never knew Charles to be a spiritual man. However, I thank God so much for His grace and Charles' decision to accept it by faith. I love the story in the scriptures about the workers that were hired all throughout the day. The short of the story is the fact that the men who worked the shortest amount of time still were paid the same amount as the ones who worked the longest. The reason that's true is that the work of the men did not determine the amount paid. Why? Because the master determines the pay, not the worker. I think the same applies here. It doesn't matter WHEN one comes into the kingdom--the blood of Jesus is the saving power not the one entering. Paul said that we don't "sorrow as others who have no hope." Bible hope is assurance. Thanks to God for the confident assurance we have in Him. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Sue, Bodie, Sherry, and Bobby and all of their family. I pray God's blessings of comfort be upon them. This is truly terrible news, yet not without a great ending. I remember growing up in the neighborhood with Mr. and Mrs. Hendrix. Charles was not around much because of work, but Mrs. Sue was. Me, Bodie, and all the gang romed the roads on our bicycles and played backyard football. We rode go carts and just enjoyed life.

I never knew Charles to be a spiritual man. However, I thank God so much for His grace and Charles’ decision to accept it by faith. I love the story in the scriptures about the workers that were hired all throughout the day. The short of the story is the fact that the men who worked the shortest amount of time still were paid the same amount as the ones who worked the longest. The reason that’s true is that the work of the men did not determine the amount paid. Why? Because the master determines the pay, not the worker.

I think the same applies here. It doesn’t matter WHEN one comes into the kingdom–the blood of Jesus is the saving power not the one entering. Paul said that we don’t “sorrow as others who have no hope.” Bible hope is assurance. Thanks to God for the confident assurance we have in Him.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Sue, Bodie, Sherry, and Bobby and all of their family. I pray God’s blessings of comfort be upon them.

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