The Mystery Solved

“Christ in you, the hope of glory.”  Colossians 1:27b NASB Seven words that can change our lives forever…  How could we have overlooked the   significance of these words for so long?  For all of recorded history, there is evidence that man has entertained the possibility of someone or something beyond ourselves that we “need” […]

Posted on: 21 August 2018 | 3:39 pm

Ashamed?

I want us to spend a few minutes thinking about a word that can greatly affect us both for good and for evil.  It is the word “shame” or “ashamed”.     Its effects are far reaching and can cause humiliation, distress, embarrassment, isolation and fear, but it can bring us to the end of […]

Posted on: 8 August 2018 | 3:17 pm

Shattered Dreams

Jeremiah, in the midst of the 70 year captivity of Israel in Babylonia, wrote “For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.  Then you will call upon Me and pray to Me, and I will […]

Posted on: 27 July 2018 | 10:20 am

The Scourge of Loneliness

Being alone is a part of life and is common to all of us.   We need times to be alone to think, to rest, to recover, to gather ourselves, to gain perspective.  But according to a recent article in Forbes magazine, feeling alone, left out, isolated, separated without remedy is at epidemic levels in […]

Posted on: 26 July 2018 | 2:17 pm

Hope

Hope is a necessity of life.  It is the spice of life that brings a feeling of expectation, desire and trust.  We were designed by our Creator to hunger for it.  The question for all of us is “How do we get it?” We all have come to know that without hope life becomes meaningless, […]

Posted on: 18 July 2018 | 1:48 pm

When No! Is Love

When have you been shut out? When has something withheld from you been good for you? When have your attributes or abilities become a liability? When has knowing too much brought rejection? When have you been ushered out? When have you been driven out? When has someone else been looking out for you? When has […]

Posted on: 16 October 2017 | 8:06 pm

Truth or Consequences?

Mankind  has always had trouble with hearing, believing and telling the truth, haven’t we?  A little omission here, a little addition there, a little blame here, a little excuse there, seems to be the game of us as humans.   We seem to deny that there is  any connection between truth and consequences.  The first family […]

Posted on: 15 September 2017 | 7:54 am

Awareness

How easy it is to become blind to the obvious, to become comfortable in our present surroundings and  to become deaf to the warnings of danger.  Usually we are not aware of  how our choices are affecting us, but even more so, unaware of how our choices are affecting those we love.  Our senses are […]

Posted on: 31 August 2017 | 11:20 am

The Subtleties of Disobedience

Where were you?  What were you doing?  What were the circumstances when you chose to disobey an authority figure’s directive in your life?  What prompted you to even consider not obeying?  Was it premeditated, or spur of the moment?  Had you considered the risk involved?  Had you begun to question the veracity, the motives, and […]

Posted on: 25 August 2017 | 9:48 am

Innocence Lost

Innocence: the state of every child born, the cry of every person’s heart.  Do you remember when it was lost?  What confusion to be exposed to a world of good and evil? What happened to the unconditional welcome, love, acceptance, security, value, hope?  One minute we felt good about ourselves, no doubt, no shortcomings, no […]

Posted on: 7 August 2017 | 11:19 am