Like a camera, we have the ability to zoom-in and focus on things in the distance. We can magnify the object in view and see the little details. We gain clarity in our picture. We can bring sights close where we can almost reach out and touch them. It seems so close, so large on … Continue reading Clarity
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New Things
There is nothing new under the sun. Sometimes that is a scary thought. To us, we have new experiences, we meet new people, we even take new paths…starting a new job can be a little frightening. Maybe we take the bus for the first time and we are alone in the journey; it’s totally new … Continue reading New Things
A Time
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV)So many times in my life I try to force things… I force relationships…I force deadlines… I force decisions… Conversations… Writing…and I know these things are forced and therefore fruitless. Nothing works on “my” time. I must … Continue reading A Time
Prayer
Have you ever needed to pray for something, but didn't know the words to use? Have you ever sat and cried just because it was all you could do? Have you ever sighed so loud, with so much weight on your mind? Or ever stopped in your tracks, looked up, helpless as a child? These … Continue reading Prayer
Wait and Hope
“Remembering mine affliction and my misery, The wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, And is humbled in me. This I recall to my mind, Therefore have I hope.” Lamentations 3:19-21 (KJV) In Deuteronomy, God tells Moses to warn the children of Israel that they will depart from Him and great … Continue reading Wait and Hope
Reactions
Your life may suck, but it’s your example that matters. Your life can go wrong in every way shape and form, but people are watching your reactions: they want to know how to react. People are always watching you. So yeah, you’re gonna have it bad and there are times that you’re not going to … Continue reading Reactions
Endure
Light weight in quick repetition increases endurance. Maybe that’s why the Children of Grace are subject to opposition… Usually it’s the little happenings that chip away at their resolve. Not the big things. When something monumental happens, we are surrounded by people who love and care for us. We have a support system that builds … Continue reading Endure
Resistant
Roots of doubt and sin run deep. We can pull out the roots and clean up all the trash, but if we leave just one piece behind, that one piece is enough to start a new plant. Think in the natural sense, how bulbs are cut and multiplied. These plants become resistant to all kinds … Continue reading Resistant
Rest
Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day. That’s a true statement. Too often we all dwell on everything that is going wrong, but if you’re reading this, then something is going right. GOD didn’t rest until HIs work was finished. HE stepped back and saw that “everything was … Continue reading Rest
Faith.
Faith. Things hoped forEvidence of unseenConfidence in the goodOf what is to be. Faith moves mountains And up-roots treesMakes the dumb speakAnd blind to seeFaith gives strength Follow as HE leadsMakes the sacrifice Parts the seasIn the dark cavesHE supplies your needsFaith is there Until you’re freedFaith. “Increase my faith “If this is your prayer,The … Continue reading Faith.