Choose Life

Heaven is real.  Hell is real.  Earth is the dressing room.  We are only here for a short while.  We must choose life.  We choose life by choosing Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  If we do not choose life we automatically choose death.  When I think about anyone going to hell it makes me sick to the pit of my stomach.  

If anyone reads this and you have not made the choice to accept Jesus I admonish you to choose now!  Don't wait another minute.  Choose now!  

The Bible says today is the day of salvation.   Jesus is waiting with outstretched arms, inviting you to come to Him.  Come today.  Come to Jesus.  Your life will be forever changed and you will have the peace that passes understanding.

Jesus loves you!

Faith Bible Verses

Faith Bible Verses

There's No Place Like Home

It was a little hard to get up this morning and go to work.  It always is after time off.  It's difficult to get back into the swing of things.  I felt like I was running behind and could never gain momentum, but I made it through.  

I was delighted to come home and find my husband had made us a nice dinner.  That was one less chore I had to deal with and it was a welcome blessing.  Plus, it was a healthy meal.  Another added bonus.

There's no place like home.  There's no place like home.  I agree with Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.  I love coming in out of the cold and the rain to a nice dinner, a warm fire, and shut the door to the world and all the problems out there.

This reminds me of the blessings of the Lord.  We can stay under the umbrella of His care and protection or get out from under the umbrella of his care and protection.  I choose to stay under the umbrella of His care and protection.

Me Too!

All I can say is "me too" to this beautiful song.  Thank you Father for your Grace which is embodied in your Son Jesus Christ.

Too Much Divorce

There's too much divorce these days.  What happened to 'till death do us part?"  Where's the commitment?  Tell me where's the love?  People are so selfish these days.  They are totally wrapped up in themselves until they don't care even about the children.  It's all about "me" these days.

I heard a story about an elderly man whose wife had Alzheimers Disease.  He visited her every day and took loving care of her.  Someone asked him why he didn't just go on and live his life without worrying about her.  After all she didn't recognize him any way.  She would never realize it if he didn't come by to see her.  His reply was,  "Yes, that may be true, but I'll know."  That's love and commitment.

Remember the two men who went up to the temple to pray?  One was a Pharisee, the other a publican.  The Pharisee prayed a very selfish prayer telling God how good he was.  He went on and on and on about all the good things he did.  I'm sure God got sick of hearing it, just as we would.   The publican prayed a very unselfish prayer telling God how good He (God) was.  The truth is we have no righteousness except the righteousness that comes from Christ Jesus.

The Bible tells us the publican was justified rather than the Pharisee, so don't go bragging about all the good deeds you do.  "For every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."  Luke 18:14 KJV


I love to see families playing together, cooking together, working together, going to church together.  There's nothing that warms my heart more than to see a man and woman who love God, love each other, and love their children.  It's a beautiful, most sacred thing.  God instituted marriage and loves the family.  The Bible says God hates divorce.   People who have experienced it say it's almost worse than death.  I believe that to be true.

I admonish anyone in a marriage to do everything in their power to stay in that covenant relationship.  If it's a bad relationship take it to God in prayer.  Ask God to heal your marriage and restore your love for your spouse.  Get someone to help you pray.  Ask God if you need to change.  Maybe it's you and not entirely your spouses fault.  God is able to restore.  Don't bail out too quick.  Give it a fighting chance.

I was coming home from work this afternoon and was scanning through the stations when I heard this old Michael Martin Murphey song.  It touched my heart and got me thinking about the many failing marriages in our own community.  Every time I hear of a couple getting a divorce it just breaks my heart.  I hurt for the couple and I hurt most of all for the children.  God help our marriages and our families.  Heal the hurting today Oh Heavenly Father, I pray.

The Few Video

Amazingly Beautiful

One of the most beautiful hymns of all time sung by one of the most talented singers of all time.

Love this version.  

C.S. Lewis

You don't have a soul.
You are a soul.
You have a body.

C.S. Lewis

Let It Go

I goofed!  Have you ever goofed?  You know goof is such a funny little word.  It means to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, to make a mess of something.  Well, that's definitely what I did.  I made a mess of something.  Have you ever done that?  I thought so.  We humans goof up from time to time.

It's not the first time I've goofed and I'm fairly certain it won't be the last.  I would like to think that I will never goof up again, but that's only wishful thinking.

I must admit that I am a perfectionist.  Not that I do everything perfect, but I want everything to be perfect.  I'm the type that straightens pictures in my house, but the problem is I want to straighten the pictures in your house too.  Of course, I constrain myself and keep my hands off other people's pictures. However, I do slip up sometimes and straighten pictures in my daughter's house.  She brings my attention to it with a smile.

Another problem I have is after I goof, I go around beating myself up for 2 or 3 days.  But you know what?  I'm learning (it took me a while) to forgive myself and let it go.

Yesterday I saw a picture of a balloon floating away and the caption read, "Let It Go".  Such good advice for us all.  Let it go and let God.  Let God handle your goof ups.  I'm trying to remember to be quick to ask His forgiveness and then forgive myself.  Just like the picture of the balloon, just let it go.  I'm going to do that.  How about you?

A Ham Sandwich With Joyce

This evening I was eating my ham sandwich and listening to Joyce Myers.  I always enjoy her because she keeps it simple, speaks to where we're at, and does it all with a sense of humor.  Besides that, she has the most amazing testimony of the healing grace of God.  She's a living testimony of what God can do in a life yielded totally to Him.

To summarize her message, she said we, as Believers beat ourselves up too much.  Of course, the devil helps us in that department.  But then she began to say we will never be able to live a victorious life until we realize who we are in Jesus Christ.  I totally agree with her.  I believe that right believing produces right living.  Her message reminded me of Christ's love for us and what He did at Calvary.  Just like the old song me and my sisters use to sing, "Life Begins At Calvary" and it absolutely does.

As she was talking about the goodness of Jesus Christ it brought tears to my eyes.  I thank God for His Son, Jesus Christ!  I'm so thankful Jesus was willing to come and die on Calvary.  Where would you and I be if He had not been willing to come?  Thank God, He was willing to drink the bitter cup of suffering for you and I.  

Brag On God

Do you hate to hear someone talk about themselves all the time?  It seems like 'they' are their favorite subject.  Does it seem like "I" is their favorite personal pronoun?  It gets tiring very fast, doesn't it?  Have you ever been around someone like this?  I have and I'm sure you have too.

Last week was a tough week.  I faced some things that I wish I didn't have to face, but life happens.  I wish I could go back and just erase some of the events that did happen, but it's not possible.  I must admit it left me feeling a little down and I was ready for a boost.

I had my morning devotions and someone invited me to go to a Bible study.  My first reaction was to politely decline because I had a lot of things I needed to do, but I thought, no, maybe that's just what I need, so I accepted their offer.

It was just a few minutes into the study, when I realized it wasn't a Bible study at all.  It was a Praise fest, but not for the One who is worthy to be praised.  It was a praise fest for some of the ones who where there.  It was bragging on who brought what, and who did this, and who said that, and on and on and on.  I hate to sound negative and I hope that I misunderstood, but that is what I saw.

I left there feeling cheated.  I went expecting to hear a good word from the Word, but all I heard was words of praise for each other!  Now don't get me wrong, we are supposed to do good works and I appreciate it when someone does something for me, but I don't think we're supposed to talk about this in a group.   I definitely think we should thank that person who does something for us and return the favor, but I believe we should brag on Jesus.  That's right!   We should brag on Jesus.   By that, I mean we should talk of all His goodness and His greatness.  We should tell all the wonderful things He has done for us, especially how He saved our souls.  When we brag on Him, it will lift up the one who is worthy of all the honor and glory and praise!

Psalms 71:24 says, "My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long."  Let's be careful not to life up ourselves, but to brag on God.  He is worthy!

Thank You!

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day in the United States and besides being happy that I have the day off, I am also happy and thankful for the many Veteran's who served in the Armed Forces.  There are thousands of brave men who gave all for the freedom we enjoy.  I am proud that members of my own family have served in the Armed Forces.

So to all of our Veterans I want to say a great big "THANK YOU!" We honor your service to our country.

Angels All Around Us

It was about 2:00 A.M. the other morning and I couldn't sleep so I turned on the TV.  It happened to be on a Christian station and there was a young woman singing.  She had a beautiful voice and a beautiful personality as well.

When she finished her song she began to talk about an experience she had with her young son, who was only 3 years old at the time.  She said he began to have bad dreams, which eventually turned into night terrors.  She shared how hard it was for her to have her precious little boy suffering such fear and torment from these horrible nightmares.

She taught him Bible verses hoping this would alleviate the night terrors.  She prayed with him before he went to sleep and then she remembered a little song her mother had taught her.  She said the song had brought her much comfort, so she decided to teach it to him.

The song was about angels.  I can't remember all the words, but it went something like this:
"Angels are in front of me, up above me, behind me, they're all around me........"

 As I listened to her sing this heavenly little song, it gave me chills and brought such comfort all at the same time.  She said after she taught him the song he began to sing it.   The night terrors left him and have not returned.  He now sleeps peacefully at night.

Thank God for His ministering angels.  The next time you feel disturbed, worried, fearful and can't sleep, just remember His angels are all around you too.

A Covenant Man

Last night my husband made a confession to me.  No, he didn't confess he'd been unfaithful and no, he didn't admit he ate the last piece of candy in the house.  He confessed something to me before it actually happened and I believe it happened because he confessed it to me.

Does that make sense?  It does to me.  Let me explain.  The Bible tells us to call things that are not as though they were.  In other words, you can't see it with your natural eyes, but call it like you want it to be and see it with your spiritual eyes.  Another way to say it is see it with your faith eyes, or eyes of faith and soon you will see it with your natural eyes.  It's called living by faith.

I know it's totally opposite of the way we humans operate, but that's what the Kingdom of God is like.  You might say it's an upside down Kingdom.  His way of doing things is opposite of the way we do things.

You might be wondering what my husband confessed to me.  Okay, I'm going to tell you.  We were at our grandson's soccer game.  They were playing for the championship.  The team that won would receive a huge trophy.  The game was almost over and neither team had scored.   My husband leaned over to me and said, "Logan is going to score."  He also reached over and told our grandson, "your going to score."  He was actually sitting out that quarter of the game.  We all shook hands on it, in a symbolic gesture of agreement that it would happen.

The next quarter the coach called Logan back into the game.  He wasn't on the field but just a few minutes when he made a goal.  In fact it was the only goal made that night by either team and so with a score of 1-0, our team won the championship!

My husband and I just smiled.  After a celebratory meal at the local Huddle House, we went home talking about the blessings of the Lord.  My husband proudly said, "I'm a covenant man."  And you know what?  I agree with him!