This class is the second of a two-part study of the Pauline Epistles, letters written to teach, encourage, exhort, and address issues in the churches.  Paul communicated doctrine, guidelines for practical living, and specific instructions regarding situations.  The class covers Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.  Some major themes presented are justification by faith, church government, and Christian warfare.  Come join us for this study!

The line was indeed Markīs life, and mine, and all of ours.  As we walk through life, we have peaks and valleys.  Some days are good, some are not.  But we go through, accustomed to the regular rhythm of the path He has set us on.  And suddenly, we hiccup.  The hiccup may be sickness, a job loss, the death of a loved one, falling into sin.  And then, He is there to get us back in line with the steady beat of His heart.  Other times, we're  carried upward past where we were before, at least for a little while.  But we donīt stay up there forever.  A bit of a downward jog.  And we realize that, even if things arenīt the same, they're not bad, and we return to a steady pattern that is our new normal.  After a while, we hiccup again, and there He is still.

As I watched our lives printing out this way across the EKG strip, the Lord told me to look at the two little black dots that mark where each line is headed.  I saw that no matter where the golden line's dot jumped to, the green line's dot held steady in the same place.  I suddenly realized that the green line was God.  Faithful, unchanging, steady, ever-present.  Even the line itself was thicker, brighter, stronger against the dark background than the golden one.  And no matter where the golden line jumped to on the lower half, no matter what shape it took, the line above moved steadily along with it.  Right up until it was time to go home.