Wednesday... But we thought they had arrived. We look up to those who have it made, who are rich and think they have arrived. We are so impressed with them. The Psalmist writes in chapter 49:16-19 (MSG), "So don't be impressed with those who get rich and pile up fame and fortune. They can't take it with them; fame and fortune all get left behind. Just when they think they've arrived and folks praise them because they've made good, they enter the family burial plot where they'll never see sunshine again." There was a man over in the gospel of John who thought he had arrived. He was to be married and he had everything he needed to made this day a success. All these people had come and he had the best wine that money could buy. He had arrived that is until he ran out of wine. The writer of Proverbs 19:2 (MSG) says, "People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God get the blame." So many in those times when the wine runs out blame Go...
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