God just spoke to my heart.   The other day I was talking to JM and in some way he referred to listening to the birds.  At that moment I had to stop all of the "jumbled mess" in my head to stop and listen, I am never aware that they are there.  I had to stop again this morning to listen to the birds.  Just now I sent a message thanking him for pointing that out to me, to listen to the birds, especially when my mind is battling itself and I can't think 2 good thoughts in a row.   Right when I…

Can a broken heart be healed?  Does the hurt ever go away?  And in the meantime, is there a way to keep on living? 

I was really very negative during the first few years I was saved and people would tell me God won't help me, or God can't help me (that one is my favorite since God can do anything).  I've had people all along keep agreeing with those statements.  They'll quote "let not the double minded man think he should receive anything from the Lord", or "You must believe that He is and that He is a…

You can have confidence in the midst of danger. I'm telling you because when you are in darkness. The Lord truly is your light and your salvation. AS the word of God says in Psalm 27:1- The Lord is my light and my salvation; he protects me from danger—whom shall I fear? So if you have the almighty God with you and the one who is the only  Creator ,and who keeps accounts of all the galaxies and not one of them missing. What is there to worry or be afraid about?  As the word of God says…

Some were speaking of this in a discussion and it prompted me to post this.  This is a testimony of a young man I have attended church with for years.  He was saved just months before I was and his testimony always leaves me in tears...good tears, not bad.  For anyone who has been praying for someone, either with an addiction or for any other reason, this may give you hope in what might seem years of unanswered prayers.…

As I began to pray in the early morning of Father’s Day—for the first time ever, I took a backward step, looked up and said, ‘Happy Father’s Day to you, God! You are my father, our Father . . . and honestly, it is only through you that we have any notion of God the Father.’ FATHER … my heavenly Father ~ uncorrupted by sin or failed expectation, perfect in every way, loving beyond comprehension.

God puts a high priority on parenthood, including honoring of one’s parents as number five…

Heavenly Father, thank You for my children’s salvation. Thank You for choosing them to be children of mine and Yours. Thank You that You have lavished Your riches and Your inheritance on them, although they could do nothing to earn it or deserve it.

I pray for my children’s legs to walk always with You, not racing ahead, not lagging behind, not wandering off, but day-by-day walking with Jesus, so that He is their constant companion. God, take them where You want…

Sometimes, you just need to come away. 

If you have air to breathe, a little freedom, and any kind of nature to observe, then you have the luxurious opportunity to have a Time of…

On Taking Too Much for Granted

ONCE MARY AND JOSEPH, with a number of friends and relatives, were traveling back home from Jerusalem and, supposing the young Jesus to be in the company, went a whole day's journey before discovering that He had been left behind.

Their fault was that they assumed that what they wanted to believe was so in fact. They took too much for granted. A simple check at the start of the journey would have saved them a harrowing experience of fear and…

When  Jesus can work in your life is when you begin to examine the real state of your nature. Welcome to the club, because the more I find that I  examine  myself and look at Jesus the more I see why we have all sinned and fall short of his glory. As the word of God says in Romans 3:23-   for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and in 2 Corinthians 13: 5- …

Feeling misunderstood? Jesus only.   2 Timothy 4.1-5

What will you be thinking about when you come to the end of your days?  Assuming that…

In Praise of Dogmatism

IT IS VITAL TO ANY UNDERSTANDING of ourselves and our fellowmen that we believe what is written in the Scriptures about human society, that it is fallen, alienated from God and in rebellion against His laws.

In these days of togetherness when all men would brothers be for a' that, even the true Christian is hard put to it to believe what God has spoken about men and their relation to each other and to God; for what He has spoken is never complimentary…