From Pastor Zeke Page 1 From the Desk of Pastor Zeke Hankering for a Hunk O’ Cheese “As the deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul long for you, O God… Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God… Deep calls to deep at the thunder of your cataracts; all your waves and your billows have gone over me… Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.” - Psalm 42:1,5,7,11b In the 1970’s there was a series of commercials called Time for Timer. I still remember these commercials because of the phrase “I hanker for a hunk O’ cheese”. I remember it in part because of me and my brothers own “hankering” for cheese. I grew up on grilled cheeses. On the regular my brother and I would eat a loaf of bread’s worth of grilled cheeses at one sittingGod bless my parents and their grocery bill! Have you “hankered” lately? When I think about hankering it brings me to Psalm 42. There is a deep longing for all those in relationship with God through Christ. For me, I yearn for God. I guess that is my hope for all of us. That we might yearn for God and seek God in our days and lives. I know there are a lot of people in our world and in our church that have experienced or are experiencing souls that are downcast. There is a weary restlessness within so many of us. I feel, in my own life, waves of weariness and waves of hope washing over me. These are not waves to battle against, for in doing so you will be tossed about. In contrast, we must let those waves wash over and through us. Trust the sure foundation that your feet are planted on. When the storms of life rage and the waves crash, the foundation of Christ will hold. I pray that each of you might experience that profound truth and the strong hope that can only come through a life of faith. Likewise, I pray that each of us might always have a hankering for God- a deep yearning that seeks God daily. - Keep the Faith Strong, Zeke Wesley UMC Newsletter February 2021
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