Meditation for May 4th

(from the sanctuary of the First UMC - Sidney)

Amos 9:11-15 (NIV)
"In that day I will restore David's fallen tent. I will repair its broken places,restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be, so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name," declares the LORD, who will do these things.

"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills. I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God.


"We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another." --Rev. William Law (1686-1761)