Times change and people move in and out of our lives. We don’t always want that to happen but it does. How many of you have had a child move away or you were the one to leave? Moving isn’t easy for the person leaving or the ones left behind. My youngest is getting ready to go off to college. We spent two days at orientation. I feel better about it now that I’ve seen …
In the past week, the news has been filled with the story of another politician who got caught with his pants down. Is there a magnetic pull that causes these politicians’ zippers to lower? It’s not just a democratic problem, republicans do it also. It’s not just politicians. A lot of married people have affairs. Why is having an affair becoming the norm? If you ask some high ranking Christians, they’d tell you liberals are …
I spent the past two weeks cleaning my house, including getting rid of a bunch of stuff for when my mom arrives for Jessica’s graduation. I didn’t go to church on Sunday just so I could finish up. That’s when it hit me. Why am I working so hard to impress someone else when I should be trying to impress God? Where’s your heart? How many times have you caught yourself saying you wish you …
My daughter has a friend who told me he is no longer a Christian. He used to be very active in his church then he joined the Marines and ended up overseas in the war. Now he no longer believes. It got me thinking, why do young people leave God? It seems there are three reasons. 1. Hypocritical Christians, 2. Something you feel God has done (death of a child) or that he allowed to …
Well the doomsday scare is over. Harold Camping, a civil engineer who also has a multi-million dollar media empire predicted the world would end Saturday. He was wrong. I was surprised by what one of Mr. Camping’s followers said. “I was trying to push the skepticism away because I believe in God”. It sounds more to be a belief in Mr. Camping instead of God. How many of you go to church, listen to your …
When you want something in your life, do you wait on God’s timing? Or do you try to make it move faster. Doesn’t it seem every time you try to make something happen on your time it turns into a mess? Maybe you wanted something so bad you bought it without waiting. Now financially you’re struggling. Or if a writer, you chose to self-publish but didn’t get your book edited professionally so now it’s full …
Mother’s Day is over and I hope you had a good one. However, there are mothers out there who had to fight through the holiday. They might have a child in jail. You could be a mother who is estranged from your child. Or worse, a mother who has lost a child. It takes all your strength to make it through the holiday. Use God for your strength. He’s been through those same things with …
This blog is for anyone who has gone through a tragedy like the people in the South last week. You never know what tomorrow, or even the next minute might hold in your life. Just ask the people who survived the tornadoes. It’s just more proof you need to get your house in order, both financially and spiritually. The tornadoes came through and ripped apart peoples’ lives without much warning. It’s easy for me to …
How much suffering would you go through for a million dollars? Would you eat a cockroach? You might for five million. What if you had to suffer through the loss of a loved one? How much suffering would you be willing to go through for God’s blessing, if you didn’t know what that blessing would be? It could be the five million dollars or a car that doesn’t break down on the highway. It’s funny …
Sunday before last started out as not one of my better days. My sciatica acted up ten minutes before leaving for church. When I stood up, pain shot through my left leg, and I couldn’t walk. It finally subsided but I became flustered because now I was late. Once at church, I pulled crooked into a parking space. The one ahead of me sat empty, but in order to get to it, I had to …
