Today
was to have been the day that the Federal Court would hear oral
arguments in our lawsuit against the City of St. Louis, these
arguments being made to obtain a temporary restraining order from the
Court to prevent the city from shutting our headquarters down.
Yesterday, though, we received word that the city had admitted that
they would not be ready for the hearing, and a date all the way into
September was being bandied about. The leaders of our ministry seem
to be taking this to mean that we have nothing to worry about until
September, there having been a stay of the hearing.
I
am wary.
This
city has been, for many long years, bathing itself in filth and
deceit, and I would not trust them for a single instance of Plank
Time. Our guard should stay high, prepared, and strong.
Against
sin and temptation of all varieties, in fact, our guard should at all
times remain high, prepared, and strong.
For
the last few days I have been suffering the pangs of romantic
loneliness, longing for old flames, and tempted by the thoughts of
newer ones.
And
I have been weakening.
This
morning was particularly desperate, in fact.
You
might cleverly find ways of celebrating your desperate, but
“successful”, stand against temptation, but even the
entertainment, even
if only in your mind, of such
longed for events is
still sin. Read the Sermon on the Mount if you doubt my warning!
The
hymn for today illustrates the proper response.
Lord,
I
am desperate for Your grace and destitute of strength!
Rescue
me, oh my Savior, Jesus! Rescue me!
Amen!
