Feet For the Path

Good morning and happy Friday. What if, has a hiker or jogger on many types of terrain, your shoes would instantly change into the perfect type needed for the road you were on? If it was rocky you would get a boot type with a hard sole and if smooth and even they changed into a classic running shoe.  God has a path for us to walk and run and jog down. It's not always gonna be easy or smooth. We are gonna face trials in our lives and many of us know that already. It's how we handle all this that's gonna make it better, faster and easier. It's when we go to God with our worries and woes that He begins changing our shoes for the path we are on. The most amazing thing is that sometimes He just picks us up and carries us through it. We have to allow Him to do this for us though. We have to have a receptive heart to Him wanting to be in our lives. He is a giving and loving God and pouring His heart out to us, helping us as we allow Him. Today, pray for the feet for the path you are on. Let God walk you through a spot in life and learn the lesson that is being learned through it. Where the shoes and walk in faith that He is God. In love always. <><

Be Seen As a Christian

Good morning and happy Thursday. How strong of a Christian are you?  When the storms of life come crashing in, how well do you handle them? What do people see in you that let's them know you're a Christian? This comes from a lady my wife and I met in Boston.  The people there are what I called politely rude. But in one store we walked in  the lady just started talking to us like old friends. I asked if she was from the South, and she said no she was from Boston. I said, then you must be a Christian. She said yes she was and then she said this, " Christians always know each other ". It didn't sink in at the time, but it has more lately. Turns out this nice woman is a gospel singer and author. She and Tana still email and check on each other to this day. That was two years ago and her words are still as clear as a bell today. I hope that my faith is being lived out like hers to the point that someone knows I'm a follower of Jesus too. That my actions and my words reflect that just as much as my heart pours it into someone else's life. You are as strong as you let your faith in the Lord above be. In love always. <>< 

" I Was Here "

Good morning and happy Wednesday. "I was here", " John was here '88 ". We've all done that at some point, left a mark to the fact we were there. I guess it's because we feel like we what people to know or maybe it's just because we want to say it some how. To leave a lasting mark that we were in this world at that point in time. Now that I'm older and a little smarter, I see that that's not the mark I really want to leave on this world. I have kids, and that's a mark I was here. But my hope is that I'm leaving a mark on them and the others that I encounter as God walks us through pathways that intertwine. But most importantly that it not be my mark but Gods. I see now that it's not about me here, it's about Him, and me getting to where He is. Oh lives will be touched and marks on the timeline left, so long as we walk with others as we walk with Jesus. There are people who become set apart on a bigger stage of life, but there are millions that are making God smile everyday by their devotion to Him and the cause He has before them. Simple obedience to His will leaves a legacy behind. An example of a sinner finding his way Home leaves hope for generations to make it there too. That's a mark that will never go away. In love always. <>< 

The Strength of David

Good morning and happy Tuesday. This morning I woke up with David on my mind. I'm not sure of the giants to be faced today but there must be some for God to tell me to prepare. I think about that young boy standing there so unafraid of what "could" happen to him. He stood firm in what God was "gonna" do for him. Huge difference in attitude. And I think that is where He is telling me to look inside at.  When we were young we felt like that. Nothing scared us really. We had confidence to the point of near stupidity. But this is different. This is eminent danger and even as kids we feared that. But David knew his God was there with him and when God is with you, whom shall you fear? David got that. I know it, but am I living it?  Today be David in the way you see challenges and deal with things in front of you. God is with you and will lead the way if we let Him. He will slay your giants. In love always. <><

The Bureaucracy of Church

Good morning and happy Monday. I love going to church and church functions. Trust me, it wasn't always like that either. But I figured out that what it is I like is not the "church" but the people, who are the church. The building and the bureaucracy that go with church, I despise. The more I study about what Jesus was teaching the more I see how much we are becoming the Pharisee. We love money and power and lost sight of the lost souls. We think if more are coming in then more are being saved. People in need of salvation are leery of the motives of a church  from the start. They look to see the heart of it and it's leaders. If it's not reflecting Jesus then it's not going to get them to seek Him. A church full of back patters who don't follow Him or really have deep concern for the soul of others, will end up just a building full of people. We all want to feel good, but there is a difference in feeling good and doing good. Feeling good comes from doing not sitting and being fed by someone else needing their own echoes stroked. That is the heart of the Pharisee, not my Lord and savior. Be more than a church building, be a church. In love always. <><