Because of Jesus Christ, I am now forgiven! But does that mean there are no consequences for my sin? Better is a car carefully driven, Than a terrible crash, and all the trouble I’ve gotten myself in! Would you have a tenderly cared for broken arm? Physicians at your...
It had been snowing all day and all night -- Blowing snow, that light, fine, powdery stuff that traveled where every breath of a air took it. There was probably a foot or so accumulated on the deck, burying the dog's chain -- and anything else that had...
"Don't let your hearts stray away toward her. Don't wander down her wayward path." — Proverbs 7:25 (NLT) We were sitting at the kitchen table having a family discussion. My grandson, Victor, showed signs of boredom, when he began to wiggle in his chair and gaze all...
“. . . So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ . . .” (Php 1:10) There isn’t anything that is much more irritating. You place your foot firmly on the ground, and—OUCH! There it is! That sharp point pushed...
Father, why did You chose Your own flesh and blood To die on the cross for our lives? Why couldn't You have chosen a goat or a ram? Seems to me that would have sufficed. I guess it just took more than a ram To cover the transgressions of men. You had to give up the...
Who can say that they're sin free? Not him, or her, nor you and me. Who can say they haven't strayed From the righteous path that God hath made? The Good Book says we all fall short, When it comes to pleasing God. We all sin, as each day passes, As along life's path...
In this sin marred world, The curtain is drawn against heaven, God is just a fragment of glass, Shredded into grains of sand, Flowing through our fingers, Into emptiness - gravity. Man's word has pronounced, The death sentence on us all, Hope concrete room; hell,...
Last week we learned that in the midst of our worst fears, God NEVER sleeps! If we don't sense His presence, then our job is to exercise our faith, to stand firm that He is right there and He already has everything under control. He's already prepared the way out. Our...
"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." (Acts 3:19) Showered and pressed, I felt fresh as a crisp autumn morning. I arrived at the airport early. With few people in line at that hour,...
As I glanced through the wad of applications, it struck me how many pluses these people had. I held the applications of twenty-five perfect people in my hand. And I didn’t know there were twenty-five perfect people in the whole world, let alone present and applying...