GOD’S Holy desire for us is to be merciful to one another and in so doing we must humble ourselves and consider others before we think of ourselves. We need to be selfless and extend the hands of mercy all around us. Another word we can use for mercy is lovingkindness. I love that word! … More EXTENDERS OF MERCY
If you think on it, someone, somewhere made a sacrifice for you to be where you are in life today. Your parents or a relative or teacher or even a close friend somewhere, or sometime made a sacrifice for you. Have you thanked them? This sacrifice may have been big or small, but however it … More IT’S ALL SACRIFICE
My husband and I recently celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. We didn’t do those special things people do on those big dates like cruises or Europe trips. But we still honored our day with a nice dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. Looking back it’s hard to realize where all those years have gone! … More IT’S ALL A LOVE WALK
DO YOU EVER WRESTLE WITH GOD? You know the kind…….where you are on your knees, down and dirty in the trenches asking HIM all sorts of things, tears flowing, body shaking? Do you throw your hands up in frustration saying ” it’s not fair” or “LORD, I just don’t get it!” We cannot deny those feelings … More WRESTLE WELL
The more free we are of self-love, the more freedom we have to love others and to love GOD. Self-love is so consuming isn’t it? If we consider others more worthy than ourselves, then self-love just isn’t in the equation. The Bible says this about self-love……. 2 TIMOTHY 3: 1-2 “BUT KNOW THIS, THAT IN … More THE MORE LOVELY JESUS APPEARS
My Dad had a saying that always makes me smile when I remember it: Everyone puts their pants on the same, one leg at a time! Everyone means all……no one is excluded. As human beings we all are really the same in nature. All you have to do is room with someone and those basic … More YES……..EVERYONE.
The Christian road we all walk is not always an easy one. If you think on it, we walk counter to the culture. I was always taught that if I walked along the side of the road to always walk against the traffic so that I could see the oncoming cars. In a way we … More WALK A ROAD OF WELCOME
Since Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, it got me thinking of all the matters of the heart. Matters of the “heart” are equated with matters of the soul, the will and the mind in scripture……. PROVERBS 4:23 “ABOVE ALL ELSE, GUARD YOUR HEART, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FLOWS FROM IT.” NIV And the ESV version says … More A GUARDED HEART, QUIET HEART
If you evaluate your weekly walk with the LORD and usually I do on Sundays, sometimes I tend to see that I have successes and sometimes failures. Like you, I want to make more of an impact in my sphere of influence and sometimes I feel my efforts at best are weak and wobbly. How … More WEAK AND WOBBLY EFFORTS
I don’t know about you, but lately my heart has just been broken and broken, over and over. The state of our world and the condition of our United States just overwhelms me, so much so, I have had to quit listening to news at all this week. And then there is the news of … More WHAT TO DO WITH THE BROKEN?
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