If the Lord wills

James 4:13 - 15 says, "Go to now, ye that say, today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year and buy and sell, and get gain: whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareath for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, if the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that." Where are you going tomorrow? I'm going fishing, that is, if the Lord wills.

What is on your list?

Do you have a wish or want list? The kind of list where you list the things that you want and wish that you had. What would be on your list if you had one? Maybe a new car or a larger home or a husband or wife or kids or a pet, etc. What should be on our list? Should we even have one? In I Timothy 6:6 - 8 it says, "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment (clothing), let us be therewith content." I can see it now, the want/wish list having on it such things as: new socks or one dozen eggs or brussels sprouts or milk, etc. I'm not 100% certain of the answers to the questions that I just posed, but I know God's word wants us content and not always striving like those in the world who want more and more. Hebrews 13:5 throws light on the subject. It says, "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." Blessings to you.

Just any day now!

In Proverbs 15:3 it says, "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good." God sees all and God knows all and God is all powerful and he will take care of all the evil that is going on around us. In the same chapter of Proverbs in verse 29 it says, "The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous." As we await the Lords return we are told to watch and pray and be sober. Let's lay the burdens of our hearts out before the Lord and leave them all with him. Daily we should be looking for and anticipating his return for just any day now our Lord is coming.

How is your ticket punched?

I sat and was taken aback by the vileness of the old man as he spewed out curse after curse. Surely at some point in this man's life someone told him the 10 commandments of the living God. Surely he knew better than to take the Lord's name in vain, but I guess he doesn't believe the word. Hopefully I will be able to speak with him soon about the things of the Lord. There are many who don't believe God's word so they don't believe in a Heaven nor a Hell and they don't believe in God or his son Jesus Christ the Lord. It really does not matter what they believe for they aren't in charge of life, their life or any other life for that matter. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Everyone has a ticket to their eternal future punched with only two possibilities, either to Heaven or to Hell.