Friday Links Roundup: Great Piece of Mail Edition

I check the mail every day. (Yes, I am a creature of habit, and I’m proud of it.). We don’t get a ton of mail. We get about 7 church bulletins each week, as well as a couple of magazines each month. Of course, we get our bills (yuck), but that’s about it.

It’s always encouraging to get a card or note, and those come from time-to-time.

Yesterday, though, we got a piece of mail that we are considering scanning in and keeping forever. It was a letter from our insurance company. It stated that they had reviewed our claim (again, for the fourth time), and were siding in our favor. With all the bills we have paid since late 2008, we will be getting money back from different doctors (but we’re not holding our breath to get it soon).

The best part about all this is that these bills were the last of our debts. The letter should have simply said, “Dear Adam and Leah: YOU ARE DEBT FREE!!!” Leah and I cried a bit, then prayed and thanked God for keeping us healthy and employed so that we could tackle all our debt. Now, on to actually saving money. It’ll be nice to see an account increase over time!

On to the links for this week:

1. With all the talk of swine flu, Mitchell Skelton presents a good article for a devotional thought entitled “H1N1 and Sin.”

2. Let’s be honest. There are some passages in the Bible that are a little, um, difficult to get through. The Desiring God blog gives us “3 Ways to Benefit from ‘Boring’ Passages.”

3. I love thinking about heaven. Scott McCown (who wrote our guest post yesterday, if you didn’t read it) gives us a simple list, but one that will make you desire to go to heaven even more. Enjoy “Top 10 Things You Won’t Do in Heaven.”

4. Honesty can be cruel sometimes. Jeff Jenkins remembers one of those times in his post “You Weren’t Very Good.”

We hope you have a wonderful weekend. Many youth groups will be headed to Freed-Hardeman University this weekend for the annual youth rally, R.U.S.H. Pray that these young people learn much to help them in their Christian life!

No matter where you find yourself this weekend, make sure you worship the Lord on His day and serve Him every day!