Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
June 28, 2015, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Wallis, Texas
Sermon Text: Lamentations 3:22-33
Sermon Theme: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
(Sources: Brokhoff, Series B, Preaching Workbook; Emphasis Online Illustrations; Emphasis Online Commentaries; original ideas; Online Peanuts Quotes; Christian Jokes Online; Introduction to Lamentations, Concordia Self-Study Bible)
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
The “dog days” of summer are about to begin, — when the triple digit heat index and the three-digit humidity make daily life miserable, especially without air-conditioning.
For people without hope, the “dog days of summer” hound them all year long, summer, fall, winter, and spring, — only the heat and humidity are within rather than without, and life is hopeless and miserable.
You know folks are in trouble when the woebegone husband says to the wife, “I married you, — now make me happy!” It’s like when Charlie Brown said in a Peanuts comic strip, “I’ve developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time.”
In another strip, Lucy asks Charlie, “Why do you think we’re put here on earth, Charlie Brown?”
“To make others happy,” he replies.
Lucy responds, “I don’t think I’M making anyone very happy.” After a pause, she continues, “Of course, no one is making ME very happy either! SOMEBODY’S NOT DOING HIS JOB!” Continue reading