Sorrow and celebration can happen separately or at the same time together. Both can happen together in the heart when we love well and live well. For me, I’ve never really understood why when I had something wonderful happen in my life, I also was dealing with something hard or devastating too. Here is an example…….why … More SORROW AND CELEBRATION
I think it is interesting that we all can listen to the same sermon and come away with very different thoughts and perceptions. Why is that? Our maturity levels and where we are on our spiritual walks are all different with some people more mature than others. Some see GOD as kind and loving, others … More HEAR GOD MORE CLEARLY
GOD’S peace is everywhere and oh how we search for it. We search for it in nature and in our surroundings. What our eyes see gives us a sense of peace like gazing into the ocean or looking at a mountain. But the best peace there is comes from our SAVIOR. JOHN 14: 27 “PEACE … More TRULY THANKFUL/TRULY PEACEFUL
Sometimes our days seem so ordinary, nothing special going on. Sometimes our days seem like a repeat………we get up, go to work, eat, sleep and then repeat the next day and then the next. OUR ORDINARY CAN BE FULL OF WONDER If we refuse to live out our days like they don’t matter, then they … More Oh THE WONDROUS ORDINARY
Charles Stanley says in his IN TOUCH devotional that “we put our common sense on the throne and then attach GOD’S name to it.” What a clear-cut statement! It is interesting because most of us feel we do have good common sense and probably have relied on it often. PROVERBS 3: 1-2 “…….BUT LET YOUR … More GOD SENSE VS. COMMON SENSE
To set our minds on GOD and all things above takes asking the LORD to help us and at the same time it requires an act of will. Our mindset is either above or on the earth. It’s the battlefield of all our thoughts and our flesh that makes this living so very hard sometimes. … More THE BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND
I love walking and therefore I love any path I find. It’s always a “wonder where this will take me kind of thing.” And so we are all on this path we call life……..some choose it without GOD, others are chosen by GOD to walk alongside HIM. Honestly a life without GOD must be so very … More PATH OF THE JUST
How often do the very voices in our heads lead us in the wrong direction? How often do these voices resemble the world around us? My own conscience can be very critical and misleading. And the voice coming from the enemy is always a tear down, a question and a distraction away from the LORD. … More RECKLESSY ABANDON
In everything, it doesn’t make any difference because GOD DOES make the difference. Going through trials and tribulations can make or break us. But GOD with us makes all the difference. WE GROW THROUGH WHAT WE GO THROUGH And we grow through what we go through because our GOD in Heaven knows us best and knows all … More THE DIFFERENCE
In our lives, GOD often closes a door only to open another one for us. I believe this is due to the fact that HIS plans are always better than our own. ISAIAH 55: 8-9 “FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS, NOR ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS, SAYS THE LORD. FOR AS THE HEAVENS … More THE CHALLENGE OF A BLOCKED DOOR
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