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This message could not have been more appropriate than today. It’s Father’s Day, and we are being deluged with stormy weather. Through all the storms of our lives, we must remember that Jesus Christ is in the midst of those storms. He walks on water for us, and says, “It is I; do not be afraid.” Many of us fear that our boats will sink in the rougher winds and waves of our tumultuous lives, and we begin to say,…..
The Biblical story talks about a young man who had everything, a good name, power, wealth, good health, and education, but his brothers sold him down into slavery in Egypt. He had lost everything except for one thing; he had God’s dream for him locked away in his soul. That dream was his life raft in a steady stream of struggles and pain. Like this young man called Joseph, we should never lose sight of God’s call on our hearts……
God sees our homes as holy and sacred. The people of those homes may be different but the importance of home is not. In the Garden of Eden, Adam was given the job of naming all of the animals, birds, and insects, but he asked God for mate for himself. God created the perfect mate and companion for Adam by taking one of Adam’s ribs to make Eve. Thew family was God’s idea from the very beginning in that a…..
I have been writing about people of great faith and courage in the past months. It is said that when a person uses their faith in striving to do good things for humanity, that faith gives them the courage to do the impossible. I have written about Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Corrie Ten Boom, Tony Nathan, Eric Liddell, Luis Palau, David Wilkerson, Sister Helene Studler, St. Peter, Pope Pius XII, and Pope John Paul II; all of these…..
As our streets are once again running in blood and unrest, I wonder what God is saying as His children are letting the sins of racism, misogyny, and lying eclipse anything that most Americans are trying to do for their brothers and sisters affected by COVID-19. None of us deserve the hatred, violence, and cut-throat negativity that have reared their ugly heads in recent days in Minnesota. These three sins need to be destroyed forever. Only Christian love and true…..
In Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, we learn there is a season to everything and a time for every purpose under heaven. There’s a time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to harvest; a time to kill, a time to heal; a time to break down, a time to build up; a time to weep, a time to laugh; a time to mourn, a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, a time…..
As I watch the news reports about the coronavirus, are we ready for an epidemic of these proportions? Are we, as a nation of prosperity, prepared to lose many of the things each of us has worked so hard for? Why did the program that would help us face such an outbreak get cut completely from our federal budget several years ago? Change is never easy, and many of us can’t fathom a world that would be vastly different from…..
Where is America being led and who is doing the leading? Are you concerned about whether either party, Republican or Democrat, is headed in the Right direction; ever wonder if an independent party would run the country in a more positive way? I just re-watched an older movie entitled, “The Postman,” and suddenly, I realized America is not much better off than the story line for this movie that took place in 2013. In the movie, our country had suffered…..
I’m reaching the point in my life where I have to make a major decision. Is it time to fully retire? I’ve been retired from public-school teaching for almost thirteen years, but I have continued to teach private music lessons since that decision in 2007. I’d like to say I’m confident in my decision-making skills, but for some reason, this decision scares me. What will I do with my time that has been filled with students? They have literally been…..
We are all given the ability to paint our life’s purposes and values on a blank canvass. Someone looking at that beautiful life painting can see who we are. I am a child of God, and I will raise my praises to God, the Almighty King, in faith, hope, and charity. Praises to God, the Almighty King Let us rejoice and be on our way. Christ has conquered and destroyed every foe. Christ is our security; Christ is our heart……