A Passionate Heart For The Ways Of Jesus
Oh how easy it is to forget. Simple, really, to believe the twenty-four hours which make up my day (waking-sleeping) belong to me. The truth is it’s in HIS purpose, HIS plan, HIS hand, HIS time. –A confidant revealed in a time of muted desperation. –A friend who remembers and meets for lunch (another for [...]
The other day, I heard a pastor use an interesting illustration to make the point about being drawn to or hiding from God —who is The Light. He looked at us very sincerely before asking “What kind of bug are you?” As we all know, there are insects which are drawn to sources of light [...]
I went to church on Saturday night. We had a guest speaker (a pastor from a sister church in Richland, MI). You see, our pastor took his wife and a whole SLEW of people on a trip to Israel this past week. I went on Saturday because my birthday was on Sunday — (and yes) [...]
"As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater," Isaiah 55:10
Well, if you have come to visit my blog in the last week you will have noticed some goings on.The blog literally disappeared for several days. Gone. Kaput. Database no where to be found. Four YEARS worth of words, thoughts, and emotions vanished for some unknown reason which we still have been unable to parse [...]
What does it say about a nation (a people) when reports of mass killings are almost common place? July = Aurora, Colorado mass shooting at movie theater. August = Oak Creek, Wisonsin mass shooting at Sikh temple. September = Minneapolis, Minnesota mass shootings at business. December = Clackamas Town Center, OR mass shooting at mall. [...]
Yesterday, I missed the Advent devotional from Bible Gateway but I found it today. There are four verses shared but this is the one I wanted to share with you. Through the Bible, we have been given hope and encouragement because even as we wait for God’s future promises to be fulfilled, we can look [...]
Yesterday, I received an email from a young woman who is a Wiccan. As I was reading through the message, I thought she was making some excellent points. Therefore, I thought I’d address those points on my blog (and with her permission) share some of this young woman’s thoughts with you. There are many Christians [...]
When I was a kid, my church (which was traditional Methodist) always made a great celebration of Christmas throughout the month of December. There was a cantata performed by the adult choir. A Nativity play performed by the children’s Sunday School classes (over the years I got to be a shepherd and The Angel of [...]
“God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” John 1:3-5 NLT Five years ago, I was a witch, medium, and ghost hunter. Halloween [...]