The email devotional I receive from Nancy Leigh DeMoss this morning was for me:

She gave the example of Eve: If the fruit had been rotten and crawling with worms , do you think Eve would have been tempted to disobey? Temptation is lovely to gaze upon, good to taste and will fulfill my longing.. 

When we want to buy something, we first look at the price tag.  Temptation has a price tag and yielding leads to sin.

Sin will take your farther than you want to go; Keep you longer than you want to stay; And cost you more than you want to pay.

You’ll be faced with a lot of decisions today. Would you ask God to give you discernment? He can help you recognize the cost of sin, no matter how attractive it looks at the moment.

Forty-five years ago it was a Saturday March 25. It was a warm-ish day, people only wore sweaters, but I think we had snow earlier in the week.

And that was the day I walked up the aisle at Greenwood Mennonite Church to say "I do" to this man that had asked me to marry him. He may have been more sure about this than I was, but today, by God's loving mercy and grace, we have stayed together as husband and wife. It hasn't been easy, but if there had been unfaithfulness and/or any number of other immoral issues, or__________, or__________, or____________________ , as so many in this day's world have faced.. it could have been much more challenging...

I have such a good man. For one thing He loves the Lord with all his heart and he loves to study God's word and be accurate in his interpretation. He loves me and has been faithful to me all these years. He's very careful with finances, loves gardening and has provided for us well with fresh veggies for many years. He drives carefully and loves good music. He has taught math and science in high school...and he attempted to teach these subjects in a way that the students would appreciate God more. He's such a handy man and can fix almost anything... He has so many interests in life.. and has enriched my life in so very many ways.

So I've been way more blessed than in any way I could have ever thunk.

But he's stated categorically that he can't do another 45...

I wonder why................

On a balmy October afternoon in 1982, Badger stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, was packed. 

More than 60,000 die-hard University of Wisconsin supporters were watching their football team take on the Michigan State Spartans.

MSU had the better team. What seemed odd, however, as the score became lopsided, 

were the bursts of applause and shouts of joy from the Wisconsin fans. 

How could they cheer when their team was losing?

It turned out that seventy miles away the Milwaukee Brewers were beating the St. Louis Cardinals in game three 

of the World Series. Many of the fans in the stands were listening to portable radios—and responding to 

something other than their immediate circumstances. So it is with us. 

When we rejoice in our suffering, we are simply responding to another frequency—

a frequency recognizable only to the eye of faith.