A ROCKY FOUNDATION

                          Oscar Hammerstein saw a photograph of the Statue of Liberty from a helicopter. He said the picture revealed the intricate details that had been sculpted on Lady Liberty head, her hair, her crown and all of those things at that angle which no one could ever see. He said “I got to thinking that sculptor must have realized that never will anyone see the top of the Statue of Liberty’s head, since there were no airplanes or helicopters when the statue was set in place.” But he spent the same kind of details, care and painstaking craftsmanship on the top of Lady Liberty’s head as he did down at the feet and everywhere else that would be seen by everyone; little did she know that someone could see it from above someday. Psalm 139 was written by David.   The psalmist is stunned by the thought that God knows everything and is everywhere. In ...

  After a few of the usual Sunday evening hymns, the church's pastor slowly stood up, walked over to the pulpit and, before he gave his sermon he briefly introduced a guest minister who was in the service that evening. In the introduction, the pastor told the congregation that the guest minister was one of his dearest childhood friends and that he wanted him to have a few moments to greet the church and share whatever he felt would be appropriate for the service. With that, an elderly man stepped up to the pulpit and began to speak. "A father, his son, and a friend of his son were sailing off the Pacific coast when a fast-approaching storm blocked any attempt to get back to the shore." He began, “The waves were so high, that even though the father was an experienced sailor, he could not keep the boat upright and the three were swept into the ocean as the boat capsized. Grabbing a rescue line, the father had to make the most excruciating decision of his life: ...