As I mentioned yesterday I am helping with our Kids Kamp at church. It is so much fun and warms my heart to see all the kids having such a good time learning about Jesus and begin understanding the Bible. We also have our 8-year-old great nephew spending the week with us and attending the Kamp. We are so blessed to have him here. It is awesome not only to be with him but to also share Jesus with Him. …..
I will never understand how people run marathons or do the Ironman! How can they be that disciplined and strong? They must work so hard every day to get in shape and then to get even stronger and stronger with more rigorous exercise. In their own way they are doing God’s work, demonstrating what humans can do with their body that He made. I am tired just thinking about it. The reason this came to mind is that I am…..
As I begin each blog, I go to the Lord in prayer for inspiration and to ask what He would like me to share with each of you. In pondering the topic for this blog I was drawing a blank so I began searching scripture. I’ve done this many times in the past and the Lord always comes through for me. I read a scripture and knew that this is it – Are You Happy! In my previous blog, I…..
As we start our day with all our comforts and luxuries it is so easy to take everything for granted. We slept in a comfortable bed kept cool by the air conditioner. We have a cup of coffee ready for us when we awake because we set the timer last night. We have a delicious breakfast and put the dishes in the dishwasher. What else could we possibly need? Maybe think of those less fortunate? We know there are millions…..
Happy Independence Day to you all. Praise God we live in this great country that was established as “one nation under God”! We take so much for granted. We are so blessed. God bless America. Thank God that our Founding Fathers acknowledged God in almost every document they produced. God has blessed America beyond our dreams. We are the land of the free and the home of the brave. People are clamoring to get here as fast as they can……
Last night in our Bible study we were talking of Satan’s tricks. We discussed John 8 where Jesus is telling the Pharisees that they are children of the devil because they do not believe that He is the Messiah. Please read his description of who Satan really is: 44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no…..
Do you ever think maybe, God is smiling? Most of the time we are serious when we think of Him. We think of Him as the God of wrath who punishes His children. We conjure up guilt and shame because we know that we just can’t be good enough. But these are the words of Satan and not our God and Father. God never expected us to be perfect. He knew we would sin and fall short of the righteousness…..
If you asked me to describe myself in one word, the last word I would use would be holy. Holy sounds so righteous and beyond reproach. It sounds so perfect and so “Godly”. This absolutely doesn’t describe me. I am a sinner and one of the worst. Yet, 1 Peter 1:15-16 tells us: “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.’” Holy…..
What a glorious three weeks we had in Costa Rica. It is the most beautiful, lush country filled with lovely, gracious people. We are so thankful that we got to go on this adventure and we are so thankful to be home. It is good to step aside in your life and looks at things from outside your normal routine. That is what we were able to do. In an entirely different country you see things in a completely different…..
What a fabulous time we have had in Costa Rica. I hope you have enjoyed me writing about it. There is just no way I can describe it. You will have to plan a trip down here. Let me know and maybe we’ll join you. We are, however, on our way home today. Even though we have had such a great time, we are anxious to get home to our house and our bed! We actually came to Costa Rica…..