Background Scripture:
John 20:2f>-29; I Corinthians 12:1-3
Colossians 1 : 15-20.
Devotional Reading:
I Timothy 1:8-14
Wc live ill a "do \??nr own thing
t?JC,
li \\;i\ an idea whose time had
?inc. Iltere was a need lor an
emphasis urging people to take
, i|)oiisibility and control lor their
? ?wn lives. There was a need to
break out of patterns that had
vcome meaningless, whose pur
poses had King been forgotten.
But as with any new current of
human thought, we have tended to
push a good thing to absurd
extremes. Many people have
wrongly assumed that "doing their
own thing" somehow treed them
*' from responsibility and com
!j mitment to other people, it also
jj became a justification tor blatant
i? Ncltisliness and irresponsibility.
3 What we need to realize is that
j when we have taken both respon
? nihility and control tor our own lives
i does not mean that we therefore
need to go it alone. For one of life's
paradoxes is that when I live only
!->r me. I am not free at all. I am a
prisoner to my own dark emotions,
leep suspicions, hurts and un
.eogni/ed motivations. No one is
more surely a prisoner of him or
1 erself than the one who tries to live
i isolation.
At the same time, if I am really a
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tree person -- my own person, so to
s|)cak -? then I have the capacity to
commit myself to something be
yond myself without the loss of my
freedom or sovereignty. The old
hymn puts it clearly:
Make me a vupiiw, Lord.
And ilieu I shall he free;
If we would really be doing our
own thing, we need to give our
selves in commitment to Christ.
But that's where many of us have
a problem: commitment. We don't
want to commit ourselves. Jealous
at our sovereignty, we don't want to
give ourselves to anything or any
one. We want to run our own lives,
little realizing that, without Christ,
we cannot experience freedom.
Many people want the benefits of
Christianity without making the
commitment those benefits require.
We are all happy to have Christ as
our Saviour, one who frees us and
heals us of the evil that touches our
lives. But Christ is not offered to us
as just a Saviour. When the angels
announced his birth to the shep
herds of Bethlehem, they pro
claimed: "for unto you is born this
day in the city of David a Saviour
who is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:11)
Jesus came as both Saviour and
Lord. And when the Apostle John
confesses Christ in the upper room,
he cries "Mv Lord and my God"
(John 20:28).
St) Jesus came, not only to save
us. but to rule our lives. If we want
to be his followers, we need not only
to allow him to save us from our
sin. but also to be Lord of our lives.
That means that we put our lives
into his hands, letting him direct
and guide them. When we have
allowed ourselves to do that. then,
and only then, will we be doing our
own thing.
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Over 100 Families Benefit From Yule Drive
In three days last week, more
than 100 member families of
Lumbee River Electric Member
ship Corporation have benefited
from the LREMC Employees Asso
ciation Christmas Care Drive.
The drive was set up in early
November to assist families with
special needs during the Christmas
season. Numerous individuals and
organizations like Cablevision of
Lumberton and Piggly Wiggly of
Red Springs donated toys, food,
clothes and money to make the
drive possible.
Christmas Care Drive chairman
Earl Collins, a line foreman with
LREMC. said the response to the
drive was phenomenal. "What
started out as a clothes and toy
drive for some of our neediest
members rolled into a full-fledged
Christmas service," said Collins.
"We as employees of LREMC can't
thank the public enough for their
response and help."
But the employees have them
selves to thank for much of the
success of the Christmas Care
project. An organization of just 90
persons raised $3,800 since De
cember 9. according to spokesman
Jim Autry.
"The employees of LREMC are
extremely interested in the well
being of our members," said Autry.
"To prove it, they gathered more
than SI, 000 among themselves in
less than one week."
The money raised was spent on
food for the families. The total fdod
basket amounte'd to nearly $50 per
family when donated food items
were added to the boxes.
"More than 500 toys and games
were cleaned, repaired and fixed
up tor distribution." said Autry.
"We even had a hobby horse which
needed a new metal leg. Not only
did the men fashion a leg out of
scrap conduit, but the horse got a
new coat of paint, too!"
Hundreds of items of clothing
were sorted and cleaned for distri
bution to more than 350 individual
members of the families. Most of
the people got a pair of shoes and a
coat along with other items, ac
cording to Autry.
With all the sorting of clothes,
toys and food to be done: more
than 12 nights of work were needed
by the LREMC employees. Even
Santa Claus was working hard to
provide his service for deliveries
earlier this week.
Now that all deliveries and
pick-ups have been completed for
this year, all of the leftover clothes
and toys will be donated to the
Lumbee Regional Development As
sociation and the Robeson County
Church and Community Center,
according to Autry.
"Whether it was the anonymous
donation of $500. or shoes from the
Quintet Shop, or hens from the
Piggly Wiggly or toys from Cable
vision or just a pair of pants from
someone's attic: Christmas has
been a little better for us all." said
Autry. "If everyone could have seen
those kids on the hobby horse, they
would understand why we did it."
Santa Clous \LREMC lineman Hilton Revels] catches the <*v?* of a young
I
admirer who just receix-eJ a new hohhy horse from the LREMC Employees
Association Christmas Cure Drive.
Library News
NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY
The following is a list of new
books received this week by the
Hoke County Public Library, a
member of the Sandhill Regional
Library System. They are available
at the Hoke County Public Library
and bookmobile in Raeford.
ADULT FACT
Ecker, Martin D. - "Childon's
Auto Repair Manual '82 ed. Radia
tion: All You Need To Know To
Stop Worrying - Or To Start"
"Growing Up Southern: Southern
Exposure Looks At Childhood"
Korsstygns boken. English -
"Counted Cross-Stitch Patterns
and Designs"
Park. Jack - "The Wind Powei
Book"
Ferguson. Thomas - "The Hidden
Election"
Schorsch, Anita - "Warner Collec
tor's Guide to American Clocks"
Sledge. Linda C. - "Shivering
Babe. Victorious Lord"
Spurr. Russell - "A Glorious Way
To Die"
ADULT FICTION
Craig. Alisa - "Murder Goes
Mumming"
MacLeod. Charlotte - "Wrack and
Rune"
Michaels. Barbara - "Someone In
The House"
Ray. N.L. - "There Was This Man
Running"
Van Loon. Antonia - "Sunshine
and Shadow"
Coleman. Terry - "Thanksgiving"
Fitzgerald. Kathleen - "The Good
Sisters"
Names. Larry - "Boomtown"
Wellman. Manly - "The Lost and
The Lurking"
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Shannon. George - "Lizard's
Song"
Chambers. John W. - "Finder"
Duvoisin. Roger - "The Impor
tance of Crocus"
Giff. Patricia R. - "The Winter
Worm Business"
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HELP FOR SISTERS ?? Elder T. D. Adams and James Peterkin. Jr., of the
Community Brotherhood deliver coal and water to the home of Daisy
Stewart and Mrs. Mary Stewart McLean, sisters, on Rt. I. Raeford. Adams
is an elder in the Brotherhood. Peterkin said. "The sisters were very
appreciative and thanked God and the Brotherhood for the coal and water.
I don t think they felt as happy as we were for just being able to help them. I
thank God for sending us to help them. The theft of their water pump left
the sisters ' well useless.
Record Album Sale
Compere et 6.68
| Mltf Tonight Bob Soger and The Stiver Bullet Band Rep. 12.98 . . . 1 0.4 7
sees
MnboroMh
Hurt. Thacher - "Axle The Freesay
olor!l1UAeo * "Mouse Days: A
Book Of Seasons"
Pt^reon r"?ld * "Unde ElePhant"
Peterson, Jeanne - ' While The ^
Moon Shines Bright" 1
Rounds. Glen . "Mr. Yowder and
The Train Robbers"
Scarry. Richard - "Richard
fcarry s Best Christmas Book
Together ifiam * "Daddy and
CHILDREN'S FACT
Aaseng Nathan - "Eric Heiden:
Winner In Gold"
Johnson. Sylvia A. - "Penguins" *
Tdnnn-n,eADanrk::SCar,S,0ri"To
Supraner. Robyn - "Merry Christ
BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE
Jan. \l WAYSIDE -- Cleva
Newton. Doris Lyle, Lois Wood
nng. Violet Turley. Louise Plum
per. Nancy Mason. Nancy Dean.
Jean Thomas. Sarah Ozbirn Vir
gmian McCall. Ruth Clairmonl.
n'h errel1' C,aire Everette.
Neda Williams. Martha Lineberry
FISh"' ri P",L,PPI & ROCK
p K " ?'a,ra Wood- Isabell Bundy.
Ruby Halstead. Kathy Wright
Woody Ferrell. Tcrri Wright
Linda Tatum. Kim Wright. Kim
woifr'oaH ? Ann Ward- Judy
Wolf. Gladys Cummings. Roberta
Turner. Nancy Molchan.
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College News
Gloria Prevatteof316 McRae St
will begin studies for a Master of
business Education degree during
he spring semester at East Caro
lina University where she recently
completed requirements for a
Bachelor of Science degree in
business administration. She grad
uated cum laude.
While an undergraduate. Miss
Prevatte was active in the Univer
sity Folk and Country Dance Club,
served as a member of the house
council of her dormitory during her
junior year; was a member of Phi
Beta Lambda, a business organiza
tion; served as secretary-treasurer
of the Society for the Advancement
of Management; and. in her senior
year, was inducted into Beta *
s^ciJ? S|gma, a national honor '
Appeal Made
To Finder
Of Lost
Present
* k?X c?T,aining a Christmai
? Wn l0St on Ch?-mrnas Ev*
on 401 Bypass at the overpasj
iiz'dr? 211 """ ffok<
The owner found the box Satur
day. but the contents had beer
removed. The box contained a lot h
earner, which is ? black y. '
stand, and a long cloth wooc
earner with dowel rods at each end
Since the log carrier was i
Christmas present for the owner'!
f 11 WOuld ** S^tly appre
ciated if anyone having informaSor
ii 'he contents of the box wouk
call 875-2162 or 875-5298.
In Elizabethtown *
Are you interested in learning i
new skill? Sixteen craft classes wil
be taught March 17-18 in Eliza
bethtown at a workshop sponsora
by the Extension Homemakers b
the Southeastern District.
To register and obtain informa
tion call the Extension Office ?
875-2162. Classes will be filled on i
first come first serve basis.