Three Holes

Good morning and happy Friday. The Native Americans where found dancing and giving thanks to different gods. They danced prayers for rain and a good harvest. They knew there was something more than just them. They had a stirring in their heart and they knew. So for them, or any other group never exposed to God, they get it. They see that's what they've been missing. There are three holes in the heart that can't be filled by anyone or thing but what is supposed to be there. A mom, dad, and God hole. And no matter what, those are the only things that fill them. Mom and dad are easy. We see that. It may not have been good but we know who they are mostly. Or at least the one who took the role. (Steve). But the God hole is the one we know is there but can't quite figure it out. We use all kinds of stuff to fill a spot that can only be filled by Him. Until He's in our hearts, life isn't as good as it could be. So don't wonder why there is rich people who don't know God. The devil is at work in this too. Just saying. Let God do what He needs to do in you and through you. In love always. <><

Appreciate the Gift

Good morning and happy Thursday. ( Friday eve ). Those of you with kids can relate to this pretty easy. You love them with all you have. You want only the best for them all the time. They let you down here or there with some little stuff, but not too bad, from time to time. Then one day you simply realize they've changed. The change is in one of two ways. For one they have come to expect things to be the way they always have been but not have to do anything different on their part. We call it ungrateful or spoiled. Some where they missed the message we were trying to give them or we didn't get it across well enough. The other is an appreciative person who realizes the things that's been done for them and the cost it has been to their parents. In both financial and emotional senses. Is this not how we the children of God have become also? The saddest part is the fact we realize what's been done and still act the way we do with everybody else. We have all been given a gift. And we still don't wanna share and keep it to ourselves. We have to start living in a way that shows Gods glory and how much we appreciate what it is He has done for us. In love always. <><

The Word is Alive

Good morning and happy Wednesday. So the Apostles drop everything and follow a man they don't even know? People must have thought them crazy. They would today. Waco stir a memory or the ones waiting on a spacecraft to pick em up. So I hear people say how easy it would be to follow Him in those days. To see the miracles done and all that would be undeniable. To hear Him speak and everything of being with Him would be so much easier. Yet many did not follow and many more wanted Him dead and still others killed Him. But the Word became flesh takes on real meaning. The Word is as alive today as it was then. He is doing miracles in lives everyday. The things we say would make it easier are still going on now. The Bible doesn't have a last page that says "The End". It says amen. We win. Game over. If you have followed my instructions I will see you soon. That's how it ends. It never does. He died, rose again, went to Heaven now it's done. Really? That's not the God I read about in the Bible. It's not done and He needs us to do what He asked them to do. Follow Him and tell of the good news. In love always. <><

Put Down Your Nets

Good morning and happy Tuesday. What if someone came by your job and asked you to quit and come work for him now? You'll have to leave your family and the pay isn't any better. Would you go work for him? Probably not. But this happened a long time ago and people are still talking about it. I can't imagine what kind of presence they felt when Jesus was asking them to come follow Him and do His fathers work. To just simply stop working and leave. They asked later to go back and see family. What must being in His presence be like? They didn't know Him or who He was, but they knew something was right in what they were doing. See that feeling they had that day is one that we get today. We have those moments of Him asking us that very same thing. And it doesn't stop as it didn't for them. Tell your story of the things you see God do in your life. As advanced as we have become, the human feeling for God is the same still today. We know something is missing and a hole needs filling and it's God that fills it. Nothing else. That's how they knew it was right to follow. They had faith in who He was and made a decision that changed their lives. He's calling us all to follow Him. Put down your nets and go. In love always <><

It Might Not Be Today

Good morning and happy Monday. There's talk on the news of the second coming. A billboard giving us the last day of the earth and humanity. The only thing they have right is that fact about being ready. I can look back and thank God for the breath I have the next morning after a night before I'm glad wasn't my last. But how bad is bad? Where is the line? A good God fearing word spreading Christian has a bad moment of being cut off in traffic that causing a cuss fest then crashes his car and dies, is that bad enough. I don't know, and really neither does anyone else. God is the only one that does and that is where our heart needs to be. And when it goes astray, get it back there as fast as possible and carry on with the work at hand. Some spend too much time concerned with the end of time and forget about taking care of the present. Today is the day the Lord has made, I'm gonna work on this one today and worry about tomorrow never again. It's not even promised to me. In love always. <><

Better Than A Hallelujah

Good morning and happy Friday. Listening to the radio the other day I heard Amy Grant singing "Better Than a Hallelujah". I love that song. And the reason is, is because it reminds me that God hears us all. All the time and that sometimes when we are in our darkest times or hurting the most, our plea and cry out to Him is honest and true and from a heart that knows He's God. Our pitiful cries in the night for help, peace, guidance and understanding are a sign of hope that there is a God who can help. It reminds me that it doesn't matter where you've been or where you come from or where you are right now, God is there and ready to listen and guide. He is truly amazing and loves a cry from a heart that has no where else to turn and has finally realized He is God. I love Him so much for that. In love always <><

Holes in the Roof

Good morning and happy Thursday. God rains on the house of good and evil. Doesn't seem fair that His blessings are poured out to every one does it. You're doing good and not living in a bad way and your neighbor is doing his thing his way. The difference is, you receive the blessing. You know God so you get it. He doesn't. The rain on your roof is fine because you're blessed with a good roof. The neighbor may be wanting it to stop raining cause he's got holes in his. But aren't you glad that God does that for everyone. Fair or not, I know I was glad when I became the other guy. The grace and mercy God has blows me away. All we need to do is strive to be that way and it will happen. We can't hate. We can't be angry all the time. Love has to be our number one motivator. And when you fall in love with God the Father and Son and allow the Holy Spirit to take over your heart, you've made it. Love the rain God is pouring out and help your neighbor patch his roof. In love always <><

Faith

Good morning and happy Wednesday. Faith. Have faith. Faith of a mustard seed. We've heard em all. Hard to call on it when it's your turn in the wagon though. For last nearly three years I've been in this spot of faith in God. I have wavered, questioned, even abandoned the idea of any hope at all at times. Maybe that's why it's been three years. We seem to blame God for a lot of things and never take the credit for our mistakes in it. But we're certainly quick to grab the credit if it going good and forget God in it all. We are alive today and living a life because He wants us to. He delights in us. He's not there for our pleasure. We're here for His. So trusting that He has a plan and can, and will, bless you as He sees fit. We all may be holding up deluge of blessings because we lack the faith to receive them. Really? Yes. To those who do well with little much will be given. He's just asking us to do well with where we are and have faith that He is in control. In love always <><

Don't Wait

Good morning and happy Tuesday. A lot of us grew up hearing about God. At least knowing that there are people who believe in a higher being and he's called God. Some, as a friend of mine says, were born in a church pew. That's all they know is God. That can be good and bad. Two different people living two different ways of life end up at the gates of Heaven and look at each other and ask, " How did you get here"? That's beautiful. It doesn't matter how it all started as long as before it ends, your journey in life leads you to find God. So with that should one just live as they want then fix it and get right with God on the death bed. It will work if the heart truly changes. But what if the death bed is in an ER unconscious and the paddles don't work to start the heart that needs a change. But more sad than that is the people God needed you to help and the blessing in life you could've been. We always wait til the end to really do something. Don't wait, please. You may pass by someone who needs to know that God loves them and you're the one He's chosen to show them. Be used for the rest of your life for His glory. Start today. In love always. <><

What Are You Gonna Do?

Good morning and happy Monday. The things we do for the people we care about when they're sick or ill and hurting. Like shave your head to go through chemo with them or have a fundraiser to help with costs. Stuff we normally wouldn't do. But it means so much to us and them to do something. Is it to help ourselves feel better or to deal with it? What moves you to do something out of your comfort zone? How much do you want to do for someone who's given their life for you? Is that enough to move you into action? I hope so because that's the ultimate sacrifice and it's been made for you before you were even born. Yet still we don't do much on His behalf because it's still too uncomfortable and people may laugh or say things about us. Everyone can get behind a shaved head for a friend. That's admirable. They get that. They need Jesus. Help them see Him in you. Find something and make it your own just for Him. It doesn't have to save the world, just help one or two find their way. In love always.<><

History

Good morning and happy Friday. You made it. History. We all hated it in school. Ok I did. I love it now. History channel is the best. What is it for? What do we take from it? Who cares? Is it really relevant? I'll never use this stuff. Sound familiar? Well, the history of where our salvation comes from is all that and then some. In it we learn that God can do anything. He cannot lie. If He speaks it, it is. That's incredible. So for the ages He has told us Himself and through His son Jesus all the things we need to know. So if it doesn't get handed down and passed on, the ones coming up behind us our doomed. But isn't it amazing that the people in the times it happened didn't listen. Lot and His family were told not to look back. His wife is now a pillar is salt because she didn't listen. He's not playing a game. It's real and it's serious. They have been trying for decades to find ways to disprove the Bible. All the science in the world hasn't and can't. It's time this generation rose up and stood their ground on the truths of the Bible. And it's not by shouting it at the top of our lungs. But by living it every day with the love in our heart. In love always. <><

God is Good Part II

Good morning and happy Thursday. Part II. So I had reached the end of my rope and was about to end it. God shows up in a text of all things and and I recommit myself to Him. Ok so why, at this point in my life did all of this happen? My marriage is over, I've lost my job of 15 yrs, and for the last year and a half I've come to grips with the loss of a child. Well, I was able to help someone else with the loss of their unborn child was probably the biggest thing and as for the rest, it's got me back on track with my relationship with God. But I don't think He's done yet with all that. Theres more to it. We have to be able to use our trials and how we lean on and get carried by God to give hope to the hopeless. Our trials are like the gym for our spirit. We get it into shape and then compete in the race. None of us should think we don't deserve trials in our lives. And none of us should think we don't deserve the good that God has for us either. I deserve to die. He did it for me. And has a child of God I will have, do have, good in my life. Use your past for others but don't stay tethered to it so it brings you down. God is good and only wants the best for us. In love always <><

He Shows Up in the Strangest Ways

Good morning and happy Wednesday. I used to not text at all and thought the whole idea was rather silly to begin with. This goes to God's humor in my life. A little mini series here for a bit so you get an understanding of where I come from with this stuff. God has used things in our lives to help us along the way. And to make it clear that it's Him, he sometimes uses what we like the least. So, I reached a point where I was coming to the texting age pretty good and at the same time my real life had, and was falling apart. I was divorced and unemployed and losing my kids to cps. Had found out that I had a child that was not born while a teenager too. She even was given a name and a birthday and has a special place in my life now. Because as my world was coming apart, I had decided to leave it. And the plans were made and I was leaving to go do what I thought was best, God showed up. With a simple text from out of the blue. It simply said "Have you thought of Amy today". God used a text message to a person who wasn't fond of it to save his life. That's where this begins. He will do whatever He has to get your attention. I could have ignored it and gone on. But He plucked a heart string that still plays music to me now. So this I do for Him. Listen for Him to talk to you. Hear Him today. In love always. <><

He's Still Here

Good morning and happy Tuesday. Stories. We tell them all the time to make a point or show what we've seen or heard. Stories are mans way of saying what happened. The stories in the Bible are the same thing. A way to pass on the things that happened and tell what God has done. But it doesn't just stop there. That's not the end. When the Bible was put out to be read, God didn't say " Well that's it I'm done now. Let them learn what I taught them and I hope they do well". It just seems to me that a lot of people don't buy the fact that He's just as active in our lives and world as He was with Abraham and Moses. It's their stories that got told because they listened to God and followed His instructions. Not easily or without hesitation but still did it. Live your life so your story of what God does is told for ages to come. Follow what He is calling you to do. In love always. <><

Who WIns

Good morning and happy Monday. I saw a commercial for March Madness this weekend. It showed the fans glued to the TV and the clock was counting down. The shot went up, the buzzer sounded. Swoosh, the people went crazy. Popcorn in the air and all that stuff. But in the background of one shot was a guy with his head down. His team lost. It's easy to forget the other side when you're winning. And in life if you haven't really experienced losing at it, you may not get it. There is a war waged for your soul. It's played out every day all day. And the winner and loser is determined by you. It's the choices we make that decided who's tossing popcorn and who's head is down. Because we believe in God, do good things, and go to church doesn't mean that God wins. Are you sharing His word? Are you loving God with all your heart and your neighbor too? And it's not God or Satan that win or lose. In the end it's us. It's our choices and the ability of our hearts to be shaped by the love of what Jesus did for us on a cross. Until we truly get what's been done for us, we may not make it. That's the team I want on. He's bought me and now I need to play the game for Him. In love always <><.