God's Great Love

Good morning and happy Friday and Christmas eve eve. So if you knew your newborn was going to be sick and have complications throughout their life, wouldn't you still love them with all you have? If your child goes astray in their life and is still in a dark place, don't you still love them with all you are? Of course we do. So if the merely mortals that we are are capable of loving so deeply the things that are hurting us and we have no way of helping them, how great then is the love of God for us? He created us and has sent a way to be with Him. He can help us but a choice by us has to be made first. His love for us is so deep I can't get my head around it. Jesus saw the world being made and the fall of man. He left Heaven and came to be ridiculed and mocked and killed to show the world the way back Home. He gave His life for ours. Why are we not giving back to Him with all that we are?  He's not asking for much. He only wants us to live a life following Him and the way He taught us. He wants our life so that we can be with Him forever. Love Him the way He loves us. To come here as a helpless baby and die just for us. There is no greater love than that. I love you Jesus. In love always. <><

Bring Back Christ in Christmas

Good morning and happy Thursday. My hope for everyone this Christmas season is that it is less about us and more about Him. Our country is loosing it's grip on Christian values and faith. God has been kicked out of every place but the home and church. Look at the state we're in since that began. We are a truly blessed nation but we are taking it for granted. We've commercialized Christmas and are slowly taking Christ out of it. It's up to us to re-instill the old values to our kids. God does not care about how we celebrate this time. He just wants that relationship with Him built up and fortified. That's what's going to matter in the end. Give from your heart not obligation, love with your heart not because you have to. Bring the Christmas Spirit home for the holidays and cherish your time with family and friends. Let's put Christ back in our Christmas and our homes. In love always <><

When It's Coming Apart

Good morning and happy Wednesday. You know that feeling you get when you know everything is going to be ok when it doesn't look like it is? You know how as a parent your kid is going to make it through that rough spot because you went through it too and it came out all right? That's God. When things seem to be coming apart, He's right there helping to hold them together. It's easy to sing His praise when it's good, and we should be. It's easy to call out to Him when it's going bad, and we should. What's not so easy is the trust it requires to know He's there. You will find Him when it's going south. You will call out to Him at some point, either in anger or sadness or confusion, but make no doubt, you will call to Him. And the best part is, He's right there waiting. We simply lack the kind of faith we think we have. It's a daily thing to keep it going. But like an athlete who trains for a long race, your faith will grow and become stronger. He's watching over us knowing it will be ok. You will get through this, trust Him. He's our Father and only wants the best for you and of you. How much of you are you giving to Him? He's prepared to open the flood gates of Heaven for you. So when a bad patch comes in life, and they will, snuggle up in the comfort of God's love for you and march on. Don't let the enemy have a moment of your time. In love always. <>< 

Trusting The Weatherman

Good morning and happy Tuesday. So I woke up this morning expecting to see a whole bunch of snow on the ground. All the best equipment and forecasting technology available said so. I trusted it to be as they said. Now I know the weather is a poor choice of comparison but it still goes to show what we have come to expect. So when I woke up to a few inches of snow I knew I was gonna have to go to work. It amazed me how easily the town started preparing for the shut down. Getting ready for what was told was coming. We are so ready to get ready for tomorrow but are really ready for what tomorrow brings. Tomorrow may be our last day here. Some of us may not live through it. We'll go empty the grocery shelves to survive a storm that may or may not come but won't get ready for eternity with God that is coming. I may not have seen you in a while or even know who you are, but I want to see and meet you there. Don't put it off til it's too late. There's work to be done by us all and everyone is needed now. Get prepared for the end, yours or the world, either way, it's coming. In love always. <><

How Do They Look To Me?

Good morning and happy Monday. What do we see when we see people?  What did we think when we see someone who looks different from us?  What do we whisper about them? I say all this because I saw a young man the other night that had hair that covers his face and skinny and what some may call a skater or one of those terms that puts him apart from the next kid. He had a look that made me think. He had a look that's probably popular with some but might turn a head mostly. It wasn't dirty or crude, it was just different. I wondered what people said about him in school or the mall or if he was even looked at all. But one thing I do know, that kid could play a guitar like nobody's business.  When he was on a stage and plugged in, wow. It's funny how things can change when the circumstances change to what we're used to things being in. We do that though all the time with people. I catch myself all the time doing it. I'm getting better though, but it comes from my growth in my relationship with Jesus. I finally I've come to my senses in the fact that I can't make it in this world without Him. When I filter everything through Him, it's better than Amarillo water out of a Brita pitcher. Goes in bad and comes out perfect. He is our example. One we can never live like, but we must strive do the best we can. I'm sorry to those I've judged. Whatever we have to do to see through His eyes we must do. It will be through those eyes that we also feel the hurt inside others who are trying to hide it. I wanna be like you Jesus. That's our mantra. That's our goal. In love always. <><