Spring Time Travel

Dear Linda:


       Since launching our kids and recently retiring from our jobs, my husband and I have been looking at ways to travel. We don’t want to fly, and I get sea sick. Any other ideas?

Getting Antsy

Dear Getting Antsy:

       Hop on a bus and see America! You can recline in seats that are bigger and more restful for long trips than you’ll find on airplanes, stop along the way for breaks, sightseeing, camaraderie and fun with your fellow passengers, and gaze out enormous windows that allow you to watch the changing countryside of our great land.

       Motorcoach tours are extremely popular with seniors, because bus travel is safe, comfortable, and a great way to meet new people. They offer the convenience of car travel without the drain of driving.

       Custom tours can be organized from budget to deluxe itineraries and from one day to extended holiday experiences. They range from limited to all-inclusive packages (accommodations, meals, entrance/activity fees, taxes/gratuities and an on-board tour guide). Paid for in advance, the traveler doesn’t have to guess at costs along the route.

       Luggage is handled for the traveler at each stop (bus to room and back to bus), and the traveler is given the agenda for the day that includes planned activities and free time to explore independently. Breakfast and dinner are generally the meals included in packages, and they can be tailored (i.e. low calorie or diabetic) for special needs. Be sure to discuss all requests when you book the tour.

       To locate a dependable tour company in your area, call the National Tour Association (NTA) at 800-682-8886 or visit www.ntaonline.com to search for an NTA operator in your area. Also visit this site for a list of tour companies with their internet sites from all over the country.

       Dedicated to selecting the most scenic route, the best accommodations, the finest dining, and all the must-see-sights possible, a motorcoach company makes the arrangements for a fabulous tour and resolves any concerns. The traveler just sits back and enjoys.

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Have A Blessed Easter

Next to Christmas, Good Friday and Easter are a Christian's most important celebrations. We worship Christ on Good Friday because that was the day he died an excruciating death on the Cross to atone for mankind's sins so that we would be forgiven by a Holy God.

We celebrate Easter Sunday because that was the day Jesus overcame death and rose to heaven to sit beside His Father and ours. Jesus' work on the Cross secured forgiveness of mankind's sins and His resurrection secured eternal salvation for all those who believe.

Believing is tough for those realists who require proof. I know my faith waxed and waned through my life, but finally God took off my blinders, and I stopped resisting the unmistakable evidence of His existence and operation in my life.

God has disclosed Himself to us all in various ways: through nature, a world that is so magnificent and intricate that a creator was necessary, through providential acts and miracles throughout history, and because humanity has a general moral conscience.

God has also revealed Himself through the Bible. There is no other book ever written that is so unique. Despite the facts that it was written on three continents, by 40 authors over 1600 years, it is perfectly consistent and historically accurate. Translated into 1500 languages, it is the most read book and God's message to His people about how to live, how to die and how to live forever.

I got an interesting email today that talked about laminins. They are the network of proteins that form the foundation for our cells and organs and are vital for the maintenance and survival of all tissue. They are, in fact, the integral part of the structural scaffolding in almost every tissue of an organism. Laminins are cell adhesion molecules that literally hold us together. Without them, we would fall apart.
 
Here's what's amazing--the structure of a laminin is the Cross. The very glue that holds us all together is in the shape of the Cross. Coincidence...I think not. Just read Colossians 1:15-17, New International Version (NIV) regarding The Supremacy of the Son of God.

¹⁵ The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶ For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. ¹⁷ He is before all things, and in him, all things hold together.

Have a blessed Easter!

The Consequence of Ungratefulness

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealers showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study, told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed him a beautifully wrapped gift box.

Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with his name embossed in gold.

Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible behind.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old. He thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. But before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to him. He needed to come home immediately and take care

of things.

When he arrived at his father's house, sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important documents and saw the Bible, new, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully underlined a verse, Matt 7:11, "And if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to

those who ask Him?"

As he read those words, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealers name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words... PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?