As 2019 comes to an end and 2020 begins, I have no regrets. Yes, I would like to have done many things differently, but I have no desire to go back in order to have a "do over." What mistakes I made in the past are behind me. What sins I have committed are forgiven. Thank you, Lord!
In 2020 I only want to go forward with Christ as the guiding force in my life. I am not making New Year resolutions. I am only looking to the Lord for what is to come.
That being said, I do have dreams, ambitions, and desires, but they are nothing in comparison to having the Lord in charge of my life and doing what is pleasing within the will of God.
Isaiah 43: 18-19a "Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth, shall ye not know it?..."
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Monday, December 30, 2019
Faith
2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we walk by faith, not by sight."
I pray that 2020 finds me walking more and more by faith looking to Jesus for my help. Below are just a few things that "Faith" means to me.
F ocus on God
A lways relying on God
I n all things God helps me endure
T rust completely in God
H ave courage knowing God is with me
I pray that 2020 finds me walking more and more by faith looking to Jesus for my help. Below are just a few things that "Faith" means to me.
F ocus on God
A lways relying on God
I n all things God helps me endure
T rust completely in God
H ave courage knowing God is with me
Saturday, December 28, 2019
No Room
NO ROOM!
There was "no room" in the inn for Jesus, yet,
even today, do we have room for Him?
No room!
No room within the dimly lite heart.
No room to halt pride's rising, steaming fume,
stealing, robbing
the soul of what makes whole.
No room for forgiveness;
No room for bearing Christ-filled witness.
No room within the cluttered, busy mind
to seek angelic
finds.
No room for thanksgiving or healthful living;
only a hundred forms
of fearful gloom,
expectant doom.
No room except restless yearnings; desires churning,
leaving emptiness
within life's journey.
No room for admiring simple pleasures;
the flowers that
bloom,
the scent of
fragrance or perfume,
the blessings of
God-given treasures.
No room!
No room to let life bloom
or seek rewards from
heaven's womb.
No room! No room!
There is no room for Jesus.
No room to be grateful He sees us,
He hears us,
He receives us,
He frees us.
No room! No room!
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Gifts of Christmas
As Christmas approaches, most everyone has already bought all their gifts, and they are wrapped and tucked neatly under the tree. These are our annual gifts, yet Christmas is about more than giving annual presents. Christmas is about Jesus who was a gift given to be with us throughout the years and the seasons of life. This is the One True Gift that does not need to be returned or hidden away in a closet. Here we have a free gift and does not put us in debt, but rather, frees us from our sin debt. He is The Gift that keeps on giving.
James 1:17 reminds me further of what good gifts are all about. "Every good gift and every perfect gift is sent down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning."
James 1:17 reminds me further of what good gifts are all about. "Every good gift and every perfect gift is sent down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning."
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Scripture
When we become children of God, we are infants to His Word. Just as we had to learn our ABC's gradually, we have to learn the Word and we can only learn His Word by studying the scriptures.
The following are some of the ways I describe God scriptures or His Word:
God's inspired Word
Gold mine of promises
Anchor to secure and make steady
Promises for life's struggles
Sacred writings
Holy and to be honored and obeyed
When I was younger I could easily memorize scriptures when I really applied myself. As I have gotten older I find memorization harder, but it is wise to study, memorize, meditation on, and claim the truths of scripture.
The following are some of the ways I describe God scriptures or His Word:
God's inspired Word
Gold mine of promises
Anchor to secure and make steady
Promises for life's struggles
Sacred writings
Holy and to be honored and obeyed
When I was younger I could easily memorize scriptures when I really applied myself. As I have gotten older I find memorization harder, but it is wise to study, memorize, meditation on, and claim the truths of scripture.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Joy of Christmas
Christmas is about Jesus and being joyful, but to have joy we need to let go of sin.
Sin as defined is "an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law." And, that divine law is the very Word of God. Scripture tells us how to act, how to love, how to forgive, how to share, and how to control our speech. Scripture further tells us much about the results of sin in our lives.
Yet, have we ever considered what really causes us to sin? The cause of my sin is "me." In order to control my sin I have to lend my thoughts away from "me" and toward those things which don't wrap around the "me factor." Proverbs 30:15 talks about the leech who had two daughters, "Give! Give! they cry." In other words "Gimme! and Gimme more!" The "me" factor is the very reason we see greed, cruelty, hatefulness, envy, murder, and unforgiveness in our land.
When I live in such a way that life is not about me and dwell on life being about God, my Father, Jesus, His Son and my Savior, and the Holy Ghost who dwells within, then, and only then, do I find contentment, peace, and joy.
Sin as defined is "an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law." And, that divine law is the very Word of God. Scripture tells us how to act, how to love, how to forgive, how to share, and how to control our speech. Scripture further tells us much about the results of sin in our lives.
Yet, have we ever considered what really causes us to sin? The cause of my sin is "me." In order to control my sin I have to lend my thoughts away from "me" and toward those things which don't wrap around the "me factor." Proverbs 30:15 talks about the leech who had two daughters, "Give! Give! they cry." In other words "Gimme! and Gimme more!" The "me" factor is the very reason we see greed, cruelty, hatefulness, envy, murder, and unforgiveness in our land.
When I live in such a way that life is not about me and dwell on life being about God, my Father, Jesus, His Son and my Savior, and the Holy Ghost who dwells within, then, and only then, do I find contentment, peace, and joy.
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