This morning I only have a few minutes to write but I feel the need to say something. This economy is going in the toilet bowl and everyone seems to be enamored by it swirling down the porcelain highway. Cats and dogs do the same. Gas prices are skyrocketing, food prices are high… $2.89 for a head of lettuce?… So what are we as Christians going to do about it?

The job market is like finding Waldo. Only once you find him you lost him again. Jobs across the country are being cut and not replaced. Even the more important jobs for our future are facing layoffs. So what do we as Christians do about this?

Moral values are being attacked. It’s like the censorship boards were laid off along with our teachers and policeman. This generation of students are growing up seeing their parents split. They are seeing very immoral acts being modeled to them not only in their home but also in the media. So what are we as Christians going to do about it?

Has anyone thought of what their New Year’s Resolutions are going to be? Are they the same as last year? Most people have the same goals and resolutions. Most often it’s to lose weight and start working out. Don’t believe me? Go to the gym, I mean a popular gym such as 24 Hour Fitness or Balley’s. See how many people are there and then go in the same gym around June to see if those same people are there.

Have you ever just been plain in a funk and you wanted to stay there for a while?
Did nothing seem to go right in life? Were you irritable and just wanted to be left alone? And when you were alone you felt like crying like haven’t since you were young?
Did others notice it and avoided you on purpose?

You can choose to be this way OR you can choose to be the person God intended you to be.

“Trust, but verify.” I love this quote from Ronald Reagan. During his time on office, the former US President wanted to believe everything that he was told in his political dealings with others. But since the security of his country depended on the truth being told – he strived to verify everything.
Acts 17:11

Okay, I confess. I am a procrastinator. I do not know why I start these things and then not even keep up with them. It’s hard! Afterall I have a family and a household to take care of and run.

The reading today (actually yesterday) was from Genesis 9-12. It is the recording of the account of Naoh and his three son getting off the Ark and ending with Abram getting kicked out of Egypt because he decieved Pharoh about his wife Sarah.

I have been trying to figure out whether or not to continue using this or try and find a new website. I really want to sell items and promote gospel awareness.

God, has really been teaching me things. I have had a renewing of my mind. When one thinks of getting revenge, that person has been wronged. Jesus taught us to turn the other cheek and I never knew what that meant. I didn’t want to know. I wanted that person to know that they wronged me and it hurt. I didn’t want to hurt the other person or anything like that but to simple let them know that they are in the wrong and they needed to change.
What does it meaen to turn turn the other cheek? Let the incident go?
I love teaching elementary kids. They can teach me some of the greatest lessons on life. One day there was a scuffle on the playground and I was inquiring about what had actually happened.
“He hit me first.”
“Well, he took my pencil”
“You pushed me in the hall yesterday”
Each one was blaming the other. Not because they were in a fight but they were blaming each other because they were caught. Our tendency is to act the innocent and blame the other for the wrong doing. We can not help this.

After last weeks snowstorm I have resumed my “normal” routine. This morning God has been showing me things about faith. Now I kinda knew what faith was… things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen… but I never really pondered upon it. I have always heard the term used in a manner to describe a Christian such as: “Oh he has found faith” or ” He lost his faith”. But if we really examine the Word of God to know what it means it might just blow you away just as it did me.

Faith requires our ENTIRE trust in the Lord. What I mean is when we say we have faith it is like we have just given control of our lives to God. It is an action that is contrary to our nature. At first it is harder to give up control but just like any domesticated animal, then over time we accept it. But, because of our fallen nature we tend to want to take back control. In the Christian maturity this seems to be less often. Faith in this manner requires an action. If we were to truly give God total control, we will see Him do things in our lives that only He can do. The Bible tells us that we need only the faith the size of one of the smallest seeds known, the mustard seed. Once we see God working in our lives from our faith , our faith grows and it gets a little easier to put faith into action. It is not always easier and we don’t always want God to be in control of our situations but when we see God working in our lives it should spur us on and increase our faith.

For those who are not saved  (“saved” definition coming soon) faith is the action one must exercise to see God. It is the agent that one MUST have in order to receive grace. (“Grace” definition coming soon.)

Please I enjoy reading comments. If you have one, submit it!

After last weeks snowstorm I have resumed my “normal” routine. This morning God has been showing me things about faith. Now I kinda knew what faith was… things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen… but I never really pondered upon it. I have always heard the term used in a manner to describe a Christian such as: “Oh he has found faith” or ” He lost his faith”. But if we really examine the Word of God to know what it means it might just blow you away just as it did me.

Faith requires our ENTIRE trust in the Lord. What I mean is when we say we have faith it is like we have just given control of our lives to God. It is an action that is contrary to our nature. At first it is harder to give up control but just like any domesticated animal, then over time we accept it. But, because of our fallen nature we tend to want to take back control. In the Christian maturity this seems to be less often. Faith in this manner requires an action. If we were to truly give God total control, we will see Him do things in our lives that only He can do. The Bible tells us that we need only the faith the size of one of the smallest seeds known, the mustard seed. Once we see God working in our lives from our faith , our faith grows and it gets a little easier to put faith into action. It is not always easier and we don’t always want God to be in control of our situations but when we see God working in our lives it should spur us on and increase our faith.

For those who are not saved  (“saved” definition coming soon) faith is the action one must exercise to see God. It is the agent that one MUST have in order to receive grace. (“Grace” definition coming soon.)

Please I enjoy reading comments. If you have one, submit it!

After last weeks snowstorm I have resumed my “normal” routine. This morning God has been showing me things about faith. Now I kinda knew what faith was… things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen… but I never really pondered upon it. I have always heard the term used in a manner to describe a Christian such as: “Oh he has found faith” or ” He lost his faith”. But if we really examine the Word of God to know what it means it might just blow you away just as it did me.

Faith requires our ENTIRE trust in the Lord. What I mean is when we say we have faith it is like we have just given control of our lives to God. It is an action that is contrary to our nature. At first it is harder to give up control but just like any domesticated animal, then over time we accept it. But, because of our fallen nature we tend to want to take back control. In the Christian maturity this seems to be less often. Faith in this manner requires an action. If we were to truly give God total control, we will see Him do things in our lives that only He can do. The Bible tells us that we need only the faith the size of one of the smallest seeds known, the mustard seed. Once we see God working in our lives from our faith , our faith grows and it gets a little easier to put faith into action. It is not always easier and we don’t always want God to be in control of our situations but when we see God working in our lives it should spur us on and increase our faith.

For those who are not saved  (“saved” definition coming soon) faith is the action one must exercise to see God. It is the agent that one MUST have in order to receive grace. (“Grace” definition coming soon.)

Please I enjoy reading comments. If you have one, submit it!