Spiritual Manna for Spiritual Warfare Series - Intro to Crow Healing ...

luxury.A black minister gave a sermon (one of the best I've ever heard) aboutthedespair of the crucifixion, and hope. Leave it to a descendent of slavestoknow about hope. Anyway, the punch line (refrain) in his talk was "It'sFriday, but Sunday's coming." He'd describe a batch of overwhelmingproblemsand then he'd refrain, "It's Friday, but Sunday's coming." His powerfulmelodious punch line has always stuck with me.The Word of God talks about people who are rich and need nothing,and peoplewho are well and don't need medical attention; they are self-satisfied.(LK6:24, 5:31) The educated can be so full of learning & information; theydon'tfeel like they need anything spiritual. Like an overstuffed diner after awildfeast, they're satisfied. No room and no need for faith. No consolationneededby these money & information rich people. They have what I call theconsolation prize (if you'll pardon my pun). Even those with"consolationprizes" suffer failed hope (expectations). Just the divorce rate of allthesemarriages which were supposed to be "for better or worse, sickness orhealth,'til death do us part", tells us that there is an abundance of failed hopes.Yet even after failure people may not discard their false hopes for betterones.Our failed hopes drain us of energy and happiness. Isn't that interesting.Perhaps we lose a wife, or a job, and all these religious clichés don'tseemto inspire much hope. Our belief systems fail us as the world confrontsuswith insanity and suffering. All seems lost. Nothing seems to help. Weloseour hope, and become depressed and apathetic. We develop insomnia,stress