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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-02-21, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013. Blyth ~ 519-523-4792 • Brussels ~ 519-887-9114 The Citizen Check out these and other great books and DVDs at... Books for the Bird Lovers THE BACKYARD BIRD- LOVER’S GUIDE More than 300 pages of informa- tion on birds, how to attract them, their nesting habits, their pre- ferred foods and other informa- tion needed by bird-lovers. Beautiful colour illustrations to help you identify birds. $29.95 THE ART OF BIRDWATCHING Here’s a humorous guide to the fastest growing hobby in North America including both useful infor- mation and lots of fun. 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We have anger issues, insecurity issues, financial issues, emotional issues, lust issues, pornography issues, gos- sip issues, jealousy issues, envy issues, lying issues…we all have something because we are sinners. We would like to get well, but we can’t. We try. We will try and drink it away, shop it away, argue it away, drug it away, lust it away but it does- n’t go away. Nothing works. But here comes Jesus and He says to us, “Do you want to be well?” Just like in these stories, when Jesus wants to make you well it goes far beyond making you physically better. Jesus didn’t leave Heaven, come to Earth and spend three years of ministry to physically heal a few people over in the Middle East 2000 years ago. His vision for mankind is much larger than that. Jesus wants to completely heal you today. He wants to know if you want to be for- given of your sins? Do you want me to restore your soul? And it is a very simple question that demands a very simple answer. Either you say, “Yes, Lord I want you to help me and restore me and heal me. I want to trust You with my life and follow You and seek the forgiveness of sins for which you died on the Cross” or we say, “No, I want to continue to live my life my way.” Here is what Jesus says will hap- pen in your life if you say yes to Him, “For just as the Father gives life to those He raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone He wants...I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent Me have eternal life. They will never be con- demned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life” (John 5: 21, 24). Jesus is where salvation, hope, forgiveness and life is found. God tells us this in His Bible, “There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12). People, and unfortunately even some churches today, are saying there must be more ways to heaven then just through Jesus. Do you know that Jesus asked the same sort of question? In the Garden of Gethsemane before He was arrested and crucified, Jesus the Son asked His Heavenly Father, “Is it possible for this to be done any other way? Do I have to suffer in order for peo- ple to be forgiven?” And basically the Father said, it has to be done this way. There is no other way. For this to work…a sinless sacrifice has to be made and You alone are without sin. It amazes me how people, espe- cially those in the Church are offended by the fact that Jesus has to be the only way. If anyone should be offended, I think it should be Jesus. If it was me I would be saying, “It isn’t fair. Why do I have to pay for all the sins that these disobedient people have done?” And yet Jesus doesn’t do this. He loves us. He loves enough that He can’t leave us lost even if it means He would suffer greatly. It is very common for people ask me the reason behind Huron Chapel’s strong numbers and growth. We are certainly blessed. I can sincerely tell you it isn’t because of the preacher, the music, the build- ing, the location etc. The reason behind it all is Jesus. Jesus said, “....I will draw everyone to myself” (John 12:32). So we lift Jesus up and we share Him with a community who needs and who wants to be made well. Love does that. We know that Jesus’ message does not change just because society’s values and ideas have changed about what is and what isn’t sin and where salvation can be found. The message of Jesus and salvation has never changed. God doesn’t evolve. The Bible wants to make that clear pro- claiming, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and for- ever.” Jesus’ aid mends more than physically Valentine’s Day As part of their Valentine’s Day celebration, the student council at Hullett Central Public School sold carnations for people to give to that special someone. Shown taking a knee to make spe- cialized delivery to Taylor Oesch, right, is Colton Rodger. (Denny Scott photo) Bridge repairs debatedHuron County Council approveda grant request from theMenesetung Bridge Association inprinciple, but agreed that an officialdecision should wait until budgetdeliberations.Rod LaFontaine, secretary andtrail co-ordinator for the associa-tion, appeared before council at itsFeb. 13 Committee of the Wholemeeting, explaining that the pend- ing repairs are the final set of struc- tural repairs waiting to be made on the bridge. In a letter to council, LaFontaine indicated that the price to repair the fifth concrete pier of the bridge will cost $89,128. After receiving a grant under the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund, rolled out by the federal government, for $39,128, $50,000 was left to be covered. Goderich Mayor Deb Shewfelt said that while Goderich Town Council had yet to formally approve the request through its budget process, he was confident that Goderich would be contributing $15,000 to the repairs, leaving $35,000 to be raised. LaFontaine told councillors that the association did not have the funds to cover the remainder, andthat was why he was attending themeetings of area councils to helpcover the costs. He asked councilfor a $10,000 grant.It was Shewfelt that moved amotion to support the grant in prin-ciple. He said for its tourism quali-ties alone, it was a worthwhile ven-ture for council to put its moneybehind. “Thousands of people come from all over every year to see the bridge,” Shewfelt told councillors. “It’s one thing that’s getting people to stay over and see some other things in the county.” LaFontaine’s letter told council- lors that the association has been working to preserve and restore the bridge since 1990. The original bridge was constructed in 1907 and has since been converted to a walk- ing facility. Council approved a motion to support the project in principle and deferred discussion on approving the actual grant to budget delibera- tions, which were set to begin on Wednesday at council’s Feb. 20 Committee of the Whole day two meeting.