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 <><.

Did You Believe? (3-25-11)

When you were little did you you believe in God? We all at some point heard about Him and His son Jesus. We believed with all our heart in the things He could do. We talked to Him with the purest of hearts and intentions for ourselves and others. There was never any gain for us, just some help for someone we loved. What happened? How did we get so cynical? We grew up and knew everything so we didn't need Him anymore. Boy aren't we smart. Then we got to be married with kids and found out how much we do need Him. But that pureness is gone. We need to find it and get back to a relationship with God that is about others more than ourselves. Find the kid in you that wants to make a difference. In love always

The Price of a Soul (3-23-11)

How much is a soul worth? How much would you give for eternity in Heaven?. When choices are Heaven or hell, we all choose Heaven. Why? Is it really that good of a place? Do you really believe it exists? If you answered yes, are you living to get the results you want. Are you prepared to answer for your life in just a minute? I know there are times in mine that I'm not. It can't be that way. I have to do a better job of living every moment to the best I can. It's hard. It's a high standard and I only make it part of the way on a good day. So why keep trying? Because I will give everything to be Heaven with our Father God. So if it's worth everything, my life is the most I can give and my life it shall be. And I'm taking as many with me as I can. I like company. And because every soul is worth that. In love always

He Makes Me Laugh (3-14-11)

Awesome, merciful, unconditional, and love just name a few of the words you said about God. Mine, comedian. Not in the bad kind, but in the vein of a great since of humor. He makes me laugh. Even in the moments of correcting me or lining me out, He does it in a way to make me look at it and laugh about how He did that. If you know me at all, you know I love to laugh. It makes all things good. With that, given the words used and the people who said them just let me know why we feel those words. We feel them all to a degree, but the ones we posted are in the front of our minds. You see, it is Him meeting us where we are and being all things we need. He is amazing and every other word used. When our lives are changed by one thing or another, there He will be. He is always with us and walking with us through our trials and greatest moments. All He wants is for us to just take a hold of His hand and acknowledge Him. To simply have His love returned. He knows we get mad and have questions about it all this being real, and that's ok. Ask Him. Begin the conversation. Life will change and so will others because of Him in you. All He does is in love. A love I want to know and feel everyday while He makes me laugh at myself and the things of irony He uses to do His work. Thank you all for reading and helping and being a part of my life. In love always. 

Believe It or Not (3-7-11)

In the beginning God created....... Do you believe that? Is that what you really believe? Because if you don't believe that, then you can't believe anything else in the Bible. And if you can't believe it then you certainly can't live it. But here's the big one, if you believe it, and everything else in the Bible, why aren't you living it? God cannot lie. Jesus didn't either and so the things that we are told to do by them are exactly what we need to be doing. There is a Heaven and place for you there. There is also a hell and place for us there if we can't live the way He as asked us to. We need to be spreading His word just like He said to. We need to be loving each other, just the way He said to. We need to be loving Him, just like He said to. If you're not reading your Bible everyday, start. The only way to know His word is to be in His word. Read it, know it, live it. He has promised us paradise with Him. He doesn't lie. In love always

Get Out of the Way (3-4-11)

Wednesday I asked if you loved some body so much that you'd die for them. How about loving them enough to get out of the way? If you didn't know by now, God does things a little different then we think it should go. Sometimes you've given your life for that person. And you've given and given and nothing has helped or changed. There's the sign it's time to get out of the way and let God handle this. Your work was not in vain and not thought well of by God at all. But if you keep trying to save them and He's telling you to move, that's when problems arise. We are not the savior. We can not do this alone and God will show you and them that all of this is about Him. There will be a day that every knee will bow to Him and every tongue will confess that He is God. It might be today for some if we get out if the way and let God do His thing. True love for Him is what moves you. We love each other, no doubt, but we love God first. For their sake, and yours, stop and get out of the way. In love always. 

The Person on the Outside (2-3-11)

Ever wonder why someone doesn't believe you when you tell them a story or some fact you know about? Is it a lack of trust cause you " don't seem like the person that would know that" or you mess with people too much to be taken seriously? People are basing an opinion of what you say by how they see you. So how will the conversation of faith in Jesus and God go if you're not living that life? It's tough in this world to follow Christ's example. But that's not an excuse not to be trying. Let people see your walk with Jesus and then be approachable and open to talk about it. If people don't go to church and hear, how do they see Jesus? Through you and me and our everyday life. Let them see the Jesus you love so much. In love always.

The Instrument (3-1-11)

Good morning and happy Tuesday. When you go into a music store and see the rows of instruments, I can't help but think about people and God. The instruments are nice and pretty to look at. And just about anybody can make some sound come out of them. But a musician knows what and how to use it the right way and to bring pleasure to others. The instrument itself can do nothing apart from the musician. It can only be there ready to be used. And when it is played, the musician takes the bow, not the instrument. I see us so much now, especially in today's more self centered life styles as that instrument, except that we're trying to blow our own horn. God has plans for each one. A part in the big show that He leads. We all have to do our part. The musician can pick any instrument to play. Today it may be you. Are you tuned and ready for what God is about to do in your life? Let the best of you be used for His glory. The world needs to hear His song. In love always. 

Sidewalks (2-10-11)

Good morning and happy Thursday. If you're shoveling your walk and you get it out from the door to the street, and then you decide to do the one that connects the neighborhood, how far do you go? I see that people usually go just to their edge of the sidewalk and stop. Unless it's an elderly or single woman neighbor. Them they go on and do theirs too. Why? That's all we're comfortable with. We might infringe on someones property. It might upset them. That's how we do Gods word too. We only share with those we know it won't offend. They're not the ones that need saving. It's the ones we may offend that need it. There are ways of talking about it without being offensive. We need shovel some side walk and spread Gods love more freely. In love always. 

I Love You (2-4-11)

Good morning and happy Friday. I love you. I love you more than you can imagine. There is nothing I will not do for you. There is no place you can go that I will not go to be with you. You have my heart. God is so in love with us. And love is at the root of everything He is about. It's an emotional relationship. It's feelings that run deep inside and they will well up at time most unexpected and cause you to move. I love that He makes me "feel". That our relationship isn't just a once-in-a-while thing. That He pursues me with all He has. If I want this to be, all I have do is stop being chased and turn around to Him. Because since I was a little kid I've known, " Jesus loves me, this I know for the Bible tells me so..." it's not just a song, it's really His way. I love you. I really do love you. In love always. 

You Belong to Him (2-3-11)

Good morning and happy Thursday. Sometimes we just don't feel like we have the strength to do anything or to even let somebody help. We're afraid that if we do they might see all we've done. We want to keep our past just that. But we forget that we're more than that. We're more than what is hurting us inside. We belong to the most high God. We are His. We let this world and the evil in it direct us ever so subtly. You are so precious to Him and He is so madly in live with you, He died for you. Live now for Him and feel His love wash away all the pain and anxiety that you may feel. Let it draw you close to Him and there you will see that everything you've done pales in the shadow of the cross. In love always.