Tonight there was a Walk To Emmaus community event at Union Church. Two people gave a short testimony, one of them was me. I learned I would be speaking at about 5:30 PM when another speaker had to cancel due to the flu. After work I hastily put together my ten minute testimony. I was still at work when I finished about 7:15 pm. I had selected a piece of scripture that would be the biblical theme for the brief talk about spiritual thermometers: Deuteronomy 31:8.

I arrived at Union Church by about 7:45 pm to join the quick dinner. The formal part of the evening got underway. Our MC for the evening was Peter. Eventually myself, and the other person speaking, gave our talks. I spoke second. My talk was about recent spiritual highs and lows in my life. The ICM trip was a spiritual high. I challenged people that spiritual lows don't mean God doesn't exist. On the contrary: something can't be absent if it doesn't exist. Spiritual lows take place right before the next spiritual high. There are ups and downs, highs and lows. This is a good thing. Any doctor will tell you a flat-line is a bad thing. The trick is to have a spiritual thermometer to help one monitor the highs and lows. After I spoke Peter got up to say a few words, at which point he announced that he had also chosen a piece of scripture for the evening: Deuteronomy 31:8…

The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never
leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.

Picture at top: Jan Wildens' Landscape of Christ and his Disciples on the Road to Emmaus.