Dr. Rev. W. A. Amerson

Senior Pastor - Dueber U. M. Church
February 1966 - July 1983

Sunday, September 21, 2008 —

MUCH LOVE!

W. A. Amerson, wavamerson @ aol.com

Monday, September 22, 2008 —

SOME YEARS AGO, DR. J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, EMINENT NUCLEAR SCIENTIST, MADE A REMARKABLE AFFIRMATION: "THE BEST WAY TO SEND A MESSAGE IS TO WRAP IT UP IN A PERSON!"

SURELY THAT IS WHAT GOD DID!  OUR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVED THE WORLD SO VERY MUCH - AND HE WANTED TO SEND THIS MESSAGE TO A LOST AND BROKEN WORLD - SO HE WRAPPED HIS SWEET CHILD IN A BLANKET OF LOVE AND LAID HIM IN BETHLEHEM'S MANGER!  SURELY THAT IS THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS!  AND WE DO HAVE GREAT REASONS TO REJOICE IN THE MARVELOUS LOVE  OF OUR LORD!

HALLELUJAH!  "GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD - THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON!"   ST. JOHN 3: 16

REJOICING IN THE LOVE OF JESUS!

W. A. Amerson, wavamerson @ aol.com

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 —

IT WAS SOME YEARS AGO IN LONDON, ENGLAND!   THE SUPERINTENDENT OF A RESCUE MISSION RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A BROKEN-HEARTED LADY OUT IN THE COUNTRY.  "MY SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WENT TO LONDON SIX MONTHS AGO!   I HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM HER.  I FEAR THAT SOMETHING BAD HAS HAPPENED TO HER.  WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME FIND HER?"  THE SUPERINTENDENT, IN REPLY, ASKED THE MOTHER TO SEND SEVERAL PICTURES OF HER.  WHEN THESE PICTURES CAME, THE SUPERINTENDENT PLACED THEM IN CONSPICUOUS SPOTS IN SEVERAL OF THE TAVERNS OF ILL-REPUTE!

ONE EVENING PAST MID-NIGHT, THIS GIRL SLIPPED INTO ONE OF THESE TAVERNS.  SHE STEPPED UP TO THE BAR AND ORDERED A DRINK.  IT WAS PLACED BEFORE HER, BUT SHE DID NOT DRINK IT!   SHE STOOD TRANSFIXED BEFORE ONE OF THE PICTURES AT THE END OF THE BAR!  SHE TOOK THE PICTURE OF HER MOTHER UP INTO HER ARMS AND HUGGED IT TO HER HEART - KISSING THE FACE AGAIN AND AGAIN!  TEARS STREAMED DOWN HER CHEEKS AS SHE WHISPERED "THIS IS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO REALLY LOVES ME!  EVERY ONE ELSE USES ME - AND LEAVES ME OVERWHELMED WITH GUILT AND SIN!  OH GOD!  I WISH THAT I HAD NEVER LEFT HER!"  

AS SHE SOBBED PROFUSELY, OTHERS AT THE BAR HEARD HER AS SHE READ THE CAPTION ON THE PICTURE, "DAUGHTER - COME HOME!  I STILL LOVE YOU --- SIGNED: MOTHER!"

SURELY THE PICTURE OF JESUS LIES BEFORE A SIN-BENIGHTED WORLD - WITH THE EARNEST PLEA OF OUR SAVIOR."  "CHILDREN - PLEASE COME HOME!  I STILL LOVE YOU - SIGNED - JESUS!"

"HAVE YOU WANDERED FAR FROM GOD - IN THE PATHS OF SIN HAVE TROD - JESUS LOVES YOU STILL - YES, JESUS LOVES YOU STILL!"  SURELY IT IS TRUE!

REJOICING IN THE LOVE OF JESUS!

W. A. Amerson, wavamerson @ aol.com

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 —

ABOUT A CENTURY AGO OUR NATION WAS BLESSED WITH THE DYNAMIC MINISTRY OF EVANGELIST BILLY SUNDAY.  IN PREPARATION FOR ONE OF HIS CITY-WIDE EVANGELISTIC CRUSADES IN ONE OF OUR MAJOR CITIES, MR. SUNDAY WROTE A LETTER TO THE GENERAL CHAIRMAN IN THE HOST CITY REQUESTING A LISTING OF PEOPLE IN THAT CITY WHO HAD SPECIAL SPIRITUAL NEEDS!  THE GENERAL CHAIRMAN MAILED HIM A CITY DIRECTORY!

SURELY THAT IS SPIRITUAL WISDOM!  YEARS AGO I REMEMBER HEARING A SONG WHICH AFFIRMED:  "IT'S NOT MY BROTHER NOR MY SISTER - BUT IT'S ME, OH LORD - STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER!"  THE WISE CHAIRMAN OF THE CRUSADE MIGHT HAVE SENT SOME MIMEOGRAPHED SHEETS LISTING VARIOUS NAMES - BUT BETTER STILL - HE SENT THE CITY DIRECTORY!  I WANT MY NAME ON THE LIST OF THOSE WHO NEED THE HELP AND BLESSING OF ALMIGHTY GOD!

WE ALL NEED TO BE ON THAT SPECIAL LIST - AND WE NEED TO BE ON OUR KNEES AWAITING THE OUTPOURED BLESSINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!

REJOICING IN THE LOVE OF JESUS!

W. A. Amerson, wavamerson @ aol.com

Thursday, September 25, 2008 —

WE HAVE A PROBLEM!  A few years ago a makeshift spectator's stand at the Memorial Day (500 miles) collapsed killing three and injuring  sixty-nine other people.  As disastrous as that accident was, it was even more tragic!  According to news-men the spectators nearby were too busy watching the race to come to the aid of the injured and dying.

We today, are watching a race - THE HUMAN RACE - and we are especially skilled in the act of "looking the other way" or "looking out for number one!"

A chapel speaker was addressing  a college assembly on the lack of the Good Samaritan spirit in the world today.  To illustrate, he recited an episode that had occurred in New York City, "DURING THE LUNCH HOUR I WALKED WITH A FRIEND TO A NEARBY RESTAURANT WHEN WE SAW, LYING IN THE STREET, A HELPLESS HUMAN WHO HAD COLLAPSED."  AFTER A SOLEMN PAUSE, HE ADDED, "NOT ONLY HAD NOBODY BOTHERED TO STOP AND HELP THE POOR FELLOW - BUT ON OUR WAY BACK AFTER LUNCH - WE SAW HIM STILL LYING ON THE SAME SPOT!"   

Some time ago, I read of a dear lady who took a class in FIRST AID passing the course with excellent grades.  Several days later, this lady was shopping when she observed a tragic two-car collision.  She reported how First Aid had been so very helpful to her.   "WHEN I SAW THE DISASTER WITH  ALL OF THE BLOOD ON THE STREET - I SAT DOWN ON THE CURB AND LOWERED MY HEAD TO MY KNEES TO KEEP FROM FAINTING!"  

PROBLEMS!  YES!  WE HAVE PROBLEMS!  WE NEED TO REACH FOR OUR BIBLE AND READ THE STORY OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN ONCE AGAIN!
REJOICING IN THE LOVE OF JESUS!

W. A. Amerson, wavamerson @ aol.com

Friday, September 26, 2008 —

MINE HAS BEEN A LONG LIFE!  THE DATE WAS JANUARY 21, 1930!  I WAS JUST A TEENAGER.  THE STORY WAS IN THE LOCAL PAPER.  KING GEORGE V OF ENGLAND WAS IN READINESS TO OPEN THE LONDON NAVAL CONFERENCE ADVOCATING THE CAUSE OF PEACE.  A RADIO  HOOK-UP HAD BEEN ARRANGED WITH FIVE MAJOR COUNTRIES - AND THE KING'S ADDRESS WAS TO BE TRANSLATED INTO THOSE VARIOUS LANGUAGES.   IN THE NEW YORK STUDIO OF WABC, MUCH INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT HAD MOUNTED AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WAITED THE MESSAGE OF THE KING. 

JUST AS THE BROADCAST BEGAN - SOME ONE IN THE STUDIO TRIPPED OVER THE WIRES AND BROKE THEM - LEAVING THE PROSPECTS OF A DEAD MICROPHONE DURING THAT SIGNIFICANT TWENTY MINUTE ADDRESS.  MR. WALTER VIVIAN WAS AT THE CONTROLS, AND HE IMMEDIATELY SENSED THE CRITICAL SITUATION.  NO PROPER TOOLS WERE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE, AND SO INSTANTLY, MR. VIVIAN SEIZED THE WIRES WITH HIS BARE HANDS AND RESTORED THE BROKEN CIRCUIT.  THE SHOCK OF THE 250 VOLT CHARGE AND THE LEAKAGE OF THE CURRENT SHOOK HIS ARMS VIOLENTLY AND BURNED AND CHARRED HIS HANDS - BUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED.  THE KING'S MESSAGE WENT THROUGH AND MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE WERE PRIVILEGED AND BLESSED TO HEAR THE MESSAGE OF THE KING!

AND THAT MESSAGE WAS ABOUT PEACE!  ALMIGHTY GOD HAD A MARVELOUS MESSAGE ABOUT PEACE ALSO!  ANGELS DELIVERED THOSE TIDINGS - "PEACE ON EARTH AND GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN!"  THE ANGELS WERE UNHURT!  BUT THE LITTLE BABE THE "PRINCE OF PEACE," THERE IN THE CATTLE STALL, WAS DESTINED TO HAVE NAIL-SCARRED HANDS ALL BECAUSE HE DIED ON CALVARY'S CROSS MAKING SURE THAT GOD'S MESSAGE WOULD BE DELIVERED TO ALL OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD!

THANKS BE TO GOD THAT JESUS MADE CERTAIN AND SURE THAT HIS MESSAGE WOULD BE DELIVERED INTO OUR HANDS - AND NOW OURS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY AND SURELY IT IS AN AWESOME TASK!
REJOICING IN THE LOVE OF JESUS!

W. A. Amerson, wavamerson @ aol.com

Saturday, September 27, 2008 —

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US AND HELP US TO BE FAITHFUL IN OUR PROMISES TO HIM!

MUCH LOVE!

W. A. Amerson, wavamerson @ aol.com