Bottom of the Ninth

Good morning and happy Friday. It's the bottom of the ninth and the game is tied.  Your best hitter is up with just one out. The crowd, the other team and even the people who don't like baseball, know this guy is swinging away and hopefully get a sacrifice fly to win the game. The coach, who also knows this, calls for a bunt. No one will expect it. The hitter gets the signal to bunt and can't believe it. I'm a hitter not a bunter. He's also on a team and it's not about him. He lays down a good bunt and the game is won. Sometimes in this game of life we get asked to do the unexpected. It's up to us to make the choice to do it. We're not being asked to do something we can't do, it just requires us to step out in faith that the "Coach" knows what's best for the team. Take great delight in the fact you're the one He chooses to use today. In love always. <>< 

The Little Things

Good morning and happy Thursday.  How many of us like it when little things are done for us?  Some little thing that would, for the most part, go unnoticed. It makes me feel good knowing that at least for a moment, I was thought of. It feels good all the down to the soul. It doesn't take much either for most of us. The simple things God does for us are too numerous to count. And you're always on His mind. The sunrise of a new day is my favorite. The sunset of a good day is second. The smell of cut grass and flowers in the spring, the coolness and beauty of the fall. He is amazing in His thoughtfulness of us. He gives to us all the time and only wants some of our time in return. I love to do for those who have done for me too. Why aren't I doing more for God who does for me all the time?  I feel like He becomes a second thought, an oh yeah thought in my head. And that is the problem. It's in my head and not my heart. That's where love and compassion are because that's where the Holy Spirit is dwelling. Thank you God for the little things you do in my life. In love always. <><

Love

Good morning and happy Wednesday. I love you. I really do. I can honestly say that no matter who is reading this at this moment, I love you. There was a time that wasn't possible to say because I didn't.  The change in my life is evidence to the fact only God changes us. I fought it myself and when finally to a point of realization, I surrendered. I am by no means that great of a person, but what I feel is the Holy Spirit moving me closer and closer to God. Why would I not want to share that and help others, like me, who are lost, find this? To really love others because They are in the image of God, the one I'm pursuing. To love others because God created them. So really hear this, I love you very much. You are my brother and sister in Christ. There is nothing greater than love. And the greatest love is God's for us. In love always <><

Who's Winning?

Good morning and happy Tuesday. In most things in life there is a winner and loser. Wether we are in a competition  or not, we will make it one within ourselves. And of course we always want to win. I've done that my whole life. Now I sit and wonder why we wait so long to grow up and finally see it. The game of real life is kinda the same but opposite. We are to help others win and we cross the line behind them. I have this picture in my head of Christians helping others out of a hole in the ground. Lifting them to a life of salvation. But the cut away shows that under those Christians, in the ground below, is Jesus helping them up to the hands that are reaching down. It's no longer about winning or losing, but about loving and caring. We need to be in the hole helping to lift up instead of putting ourselves above others and reaching down. Get in the hole with Jesus and start lifting some people up. In love always.  <>< 

Do You Believe?

Good morning and happy Monday. Do you believe in God?  Do you believe the Bible to be Gods word? Do you believe Jesus is God's son and died for your sins?  The answers to those questions are all the same; either yes or no. If no, you can stop reading now. But if it's yes, what are you gonna do today for God's glory? Just because the Bible is published and on our coffee tables doesn't mean the story ended. Everything that happened in it is still happening now. Lives brought together from years and miles apart to be there for each others help is still a miracle. We use the word coincidence too much and not see God working. If you can't see Him working in your life, then it's doubtful you're giving Him the glory for it. Good or bad, God is using us to further His Kingdom. It's theme repeated over and over but we just don't seem to get it. Jesus was walking among the people of the day and they didn't get it either. It's time to open the ears of our hearts and listen to God move us. To allow His will to be done, not just repeat it in a prayer and not live it. It's time for a revival of our nation and a stronger effort on the part of Christians. God is alive and working in us all. We have to respond to that. In love always. <><