Flood recovery continues; Most people believe God played a role in creation; Do hard things first

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As rainfall totals passed 12 inches, saturated ground led to fallen trees, dams giving way and more than 100 damaged roads in Bulloch County, Georgia, from Tropical Storm Debby last week.

Pastor Todd Wiggins of Southbridge Community Church was among those affected, as floodwaters crept into his home.

“We were blessed, because there were people who lost their whole home,” he said. “Others had damage up to 4 feet high, so in the grand scope, it’s not too bad.”

Area rivers are being monitored as they continue to swell. Wiggins has heard stories from other parts of the county of rainfall as high as 18 inches in 48 hours.

Disaster relief crews continue to work in the south and up the east helping those affected by the flooding rains.

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Most U.S. adults believe human beings came about because of divine intervention, but there’s disagreement over what that involvement looked like.

A Gallup survey finds 37% of Americans believe God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so. Additionally, 34% say human beings developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life but God guided this process.

While 71% see God as having an active part, 24% contend human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life but God had no part in this process. Another 5% either say they aren’t sure or volunteer another answer.

The numbers have not changed significantly since 2019, but the percentage who believe in God’s direct creation of humans fell to its lowest point in the four-decade history of the survey. The previous low was 38% in 2017. Also, those who say God had no role in human origins reached its highest percentage since the survey began in 1982, up two percentage points from 22% in 2019.

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Chuck Lawless has two suggestions for getting the most out of our schedule:

1. Do the things I don’t want to do first. If I do them first, though, (a) I can do them when I have the most energy, and (b) I always have more exciting things to look forward to during the day.

2. In most cases, limit meetings to 30 minutes. You can accomplish a lot in that time if you’re focused and intentional. He says you can always allow more time if it’s really needed.

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