Tomorrow!

Vance Havner told the story like this, "A little girl was taking a train trip with her mother. They rode through a long tunnel and as they emerged she fairly shouted, Oh, mamma, it's tomorrow."
All of us are on our own journey. If God is leading, we go through tunnels that ultimately have a way out. When we are leading, we end up in caves of our own making without any way out. The God-lead tunnels in our lives are dark and trying, but there is an end or a tomorrow or a forever if you prefer. If we find ourselves in a tunnel just now, let's remember that God is with us and has a purpose. We will eventually emerge from the tunnel, perhaps proclaiming, "Praise God, it's tomorrow."

Enough?

Did you hear of the man who believed that he was to have only 200 possessions. Think about this for a minute. What 200 possessions would you keep if you were led by God to do such a thing? My Bible would be #1 on my list, but where would I go from there. Some clothing, shoes, toothbrush, phone, house, etc.
In I Timothy 6:8, it reads, "And having food and raiment(clothing) let us be therewith content". Do we personally know anyone that is content with food, clothing, and shelter? I hope we can answer yes to this question for I hope that each of us are content with the necessities and are grateful for each one. The question for each of us might just be, when is enough, enough? Well enough of this, blessings to all as we follow him.

How Will They Know?

John 13: 35 says, "By this shall men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." How will people know that we are Christ's disciples, well according to the above word by the fact that we have love one to another. I John 3:18 says, "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth." To tell someone that you love them and to show someone that you love them are horses of a different nature. Our words of love are confirmed by our deeds and the truth. Have you ever experienced a powerful victory in your life at the same time one of you friends has had a great loss? The word teaches us to prefer one another over ourselves. It is a spirit led powerful transition when we in the midst of our victory can truly mourn with our brother. Our mind is saying rejoice over our victory while our heart says weep with those that weep. Will they know that we are his disciples? I hope and pray that we all will have love one to another. Blessing to you!

Silence Is Welcomed

Silence is golden or so goes an old saying. To me silence is welcomed. I remember back when I would go deer and elk hunting that my favorite part of the hunt was sitting alone in the woods and listening to the silence, or at least it was silent of man's noise. There would be plenty of sounds coming from nature. Birds were singing with all their might and creeks would be cascading down with the sound of peaceful and needed waters, as they meandered to the flat lands. You could hear branches falling from trees, and animals walking, and the squeaking of the chipmunks and other critters, usually no deer or elk sounds, but that was okay, for my heart needed to hear from the living God through his creation. It is good to be quiet at times and listen. We may hear a still small voice, or we may hear birds chirping and singing, or as one of my sons used to ask to his mother and I as we sat quietly outdoors, "What are you guys doing, listening to the grass grow? We always replied, that we were , but it was much more than that, we were just being quiet and listening as life continued on. One thing I remember, we always heard something and were the better for it. As we go through life let's listen and see just what we will hear!

TGIF

"Thank God It's Forever"! Yes I just want to thank God that Heaven will go on forever, and in Heaven, forever there will be light, forever the gates won't be shut, forever nothing that defileth, or commits abominations or tells lies will be there, forever the tree of life will bear fruit every month and the leaves of her tree will be for the healing of the nations, forever there will be no sickness, no sorrow, no tears, no fear, no divorce, no envy, no lust, no stealing, no political parties, no politicians, no sorrow, no etc. Forever there will be love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, humility, righteousness, purity, family, community, committment, loyalty, and every good and perfect thing. Heaven, what a wonderful place. "Thank God It's Forever!!!

Perspective!

Life can be so daily, so monotonous, so wearisome, so demanding, etc. It could be all in one's perspective, the good one or the bad one. We know, that this is the day that the Lord has made and that we should rejoice and be glad in it. Speaking in regard to perspective, did you know that what a caterpillar calls the end, God calls a butterfly. I really like the way God looks at things. It is impressive to find a person that sees things the way God does. We get worn out with the burdens of life and when this happens, God says in Galatians 6:9, "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." God really does know us. I pray that He will continue to remind us to see things the way He does. It will invigorate us. Open our eyes Lord!

That Will Be The Day!

Well here I am, I have finally reached it. It happened this morning and was unbelievably awesome. I honestly thought that I would never live to see it, but happily I did. What am I talking about? It involves going to the car dealership for a recall repair on one of our cars. After receiving the recall notice via mail, I called to see if I needed an appointment, and was told that it would only take 10 minutes and to come in any time preferably in the morning. I said that I would see them in the morning and that is where I went early this morning. Before I left a made a mug of tea to take with me, packed a snack, picked up a book that I been planning on rereading, and got a pen and small notebook for the notes I planned on taking as I was reading the book while waiting for my 10 minute repair to be completed. I'm a veteran in these matters, I've been through this before and was going to be prepared. I've been told in the past that a repair would take so long and much later in the day (or on one occasion even the next day) it would finally be done. I'm like the dog that has been trained well. When told the repair would take 10 minutes, I thought "That will be the day". I just wanted you all to know that, that day arrived today. Actually they completed the repair in just under 10 minutes with me sitting in the car waiting. It was unbelievably awesome. Wouldn't it be great if when we told someone something would happen a certain way, that we would do everything within our capability to make it so; a man or woman of their word. What would this world be like? Oh well, enough of my rambling for, "that will be the day".