Jumping to Conclusions
Kelby Smith

One of our greatest weaknesses is jumping to unwarranted conclusions. So often we pass judgment without first knowing all the facts.

On a cross country flight, a small child sitting with his father, was crying. A passenger sitting across the aisle said in disgust: "Why don't you take that child to his mother?" Those words would never have been spoken if he had known the mother's body was in the cargo area below, and was being transported for burial.

There was once a faithful dog who was a constant companion of a small child. They wandered away from home one day. Hours of searching proved futile. Later the dog appeared, and it was all bloody. The father jumped to the conclusion that the dog had become vicious and killed the child. So he got his gun and killed the dog. Later the child was found in the woods unharmed. Nearby was a panther the dog had killed in order to protect the child. The father knew that he had made a terrible mistake.

These accounts illustrate how easy it is to jump to conclusions. May we never form opinions and take actions before getting all the facts. Is that not the way we would want others to treat us?

"Therefore all things ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them" (Matthew 7.12).

WELCOME TO HOMECOMING 2006
with our guest speaker Ted Wheeler
"Maintaining Faith When The World Calls"
Sunday through Wednesday

Sunday’s Activities
Members and visitors are invited to meet after the morning services for a pot-luck lunch in the annex. Lunch will be followed by singing in the auditorium at approximately 1:15 and our PM services will begin at about 2:00. PLEASE NOTE – There will be no 6:00 service this evening (Sunday, March 12).

Sunday Bible Classes. . . . . . . . . . . . .9:30 AM
Sunday AM Worship. . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 AM
Lunch in the Annex. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 NOON
Singing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:15 PM
Sunday PM Worship. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 PM

Monday - Wednesday PM Services. . . . . . .7:30 PM nightly

THEME: Maintaining Faith When The World Calls

     Sun Bible Class … When They Call For Compromise, Daniel 1
     Sun AM Worship … When They Call For Help, Daniel 2
     Sun PM Worship … When They Call For Open-mindedness, Daniel 3

     Mon Evening … When They Call For Open-mindedness, Daniel 4
     Tue Evening … When They Call For Your Honor, Daniel 5
     Wed Evening … When They Call For the Lions, Daniel 6

Congratulations
We offer our sincerest “congratulations” to Eric and Brandy Howell who were joined in marriage on Saturday, March 4, 2006. We wish them many years of happiness as they journey down life’s path together.

Truth and error have one thing in common -- they are directly and diametrically opposed to each other, and no power in earth, heaven or hell can harmonize them. "And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?" (2 Cor. 6:15)