Why Am I Doing This?

There are some days I get a feeling and stop! I ask God, “Lord, what am I missing? Is there something I need to be doing that is escaping my attention?” I may not get an answer. I may not, still, see beyond my own plans. However, I have stopped long enough to realize God is working on me in His season, so I relax and just trust in Him. 

 

Why Am I Doing This?

 

What is there to life? 

I mow the grass, it grows, and I mow again.

What is there to gain.?

I clean the house, it gets dirty, and I clean once more.

From all my labor, what is there in store? 

I go to work, return home, sleep and repeat;

My life seems set into columns within a spreadsheet.

I draw a paycheck which seems to disappear within my hand;

I work for another, but it never goes toward what I planned.

What do I achieve? 

What in life do I weave? 

What is the aim if all stays the same?

Mowing, working, cleaning, cooking-

For something more, I am constantly looking.

What do I gain from my toil as I walk this earthly soil? 

These are only questions I ask about life’s task,

For I cannot fathom all that God has in store with every chore.

But I know within it all, God has a plan within my lifespan.

So, I’ll rejoice and enjoy my life-

its God gift to me;

I’ll just do my work, love God, and be carefree. 

 

Mary Crisp Jameson  2/1/2026

 

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV 

 

 

A Heartbeat Away

Time is just a heartbeat away. At the end of the day, I may say, “This has been the longest day,” or I could say, “I can’t believe the day is already over.” It’s the same within a year, it moves so slow or so fast, yet, it is all, just, a heartbeat away. 

 

A Heartbeat Away 

 

My heart beats today,

Which means another one, on earth, to stay.

From the day I was born, I was being prepared

By the God who created me and cared.

Numbered is every hair. 

Who else could do something so rare?

God made it all 

In order to respond to His call. 

Even the flower has its power.

The stars are not the same;

He gave each one a name.

There is a purpose to every season,

And I have life for a reason.

Every day comes into play;

Rather I sweep a floor or paint a door;

Rather I attend a meeting or express a happy greeting;

Rather I go to the store and more.

It’s really up to me, within every heartbeat,

Who I let direct my feet,

And the source of who I let navigate my course.

Within the beat of my chest

I have another grace-filled day to be blessed-

Another day to live and a purpose to find-

A reason to exist among mankind. 

I won’t find it in a self-help book;

There’s a better place for me to look. 

I won’t find it on a TV screen.

I won’t accomplish it by being selfish or mean.

Like the flower, 

It’s in Christ I have my staying power.

One day my heart will stop

And from earth to heaven’s home, I will swap.

You see, I was really made to last forever,

And wasn’t God clever?

He made a way, in death, for me,

‘Cause I accepted Christ, you see.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson  1/31/2026

 

“He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.” Psalm 147:4 KJV

 

Chasing the Wind

Solomon was given great wisdom, yet even he pursued pleasures. Later he set a course to test or examine all he had gained and determined it was all vanity without God in it. Studying about Solomon’s experiments led to the following: 

 

Chasing the Wind

 

I was chasing after the wind,

Deep in sin,

Living in the fast-lane,

But there was no pleasure to gain. 

I filled my closets full

With silks and worsted wool,

Diamonds and jewels,

And attended the best of schools.

Yet, there was a void

Which left me empty and annoyed.

I bought the best of trucks and cars

In my wishful, lustful pause.

Their shiny luster did not last-

My joy soon was past.

Meaningless! Meaningless!

All was chasing after the wind

With a hopeless sting.

I was employed by the best;

With work, I was obsessed

And achieved financial riches untold,

But my heart was left chilled and cold.

My mind did not rest upon my bed

For who would gain when I was dead?

There was no satisfaction in it all

Until God came to call.

My laughter, my riches, my gain

Held no joy without the One who was slain-

Without the One who removed my sin-filled stain.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson – 1/30/2026 

 

“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” 

1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV 

Good

I have been iced in for a few days from the ice storm that swept through. During this time, I had two different neighbors text asking if I needed anything. My response was, “Thank you, but I am good,” and I was. I had plenty of food, warmth, and all was well or good in my soul. It reminded me of the song written titled, “It Is Well With My Soul.” The author could just as easily said “good instead of well”. 

     In Genesis after God completed creation, He saw that it was “good.”

     In Romans, it says that, “All things work together for “good” to them that love God.”  

     Good is used in scripture many, many times to describe God and His goodness, for God is “good.” In fact, it is good with my soul ‘cause, “God is good all the time, and all the time God is good.”

Keeping Up With the Jones

“Keeping up with the Jones” is something I have heard all my life. Some do it quite well, financially, while others only thrive to do it and, in so doing, stay in financial debt. What is it about wanting to do and have the same as others? Truly, we are all the same in some ways:

1.     We all struggle with fleshy desires. 

2.    We all wake up and then go to sleep. 

3.    We all have hurts and get ill from time to time.

4.    We all have cheerful moments and sad moments.

So, what make a person really, really different in a special way? 

1.     Some make wise decisions while others make foolish ones.

2.    Some choose Jesus’ thoughts and ways over Satan’s.  

3.    Some have been given the Holy Spirit while others have not.

4.    Some have the hope of eternal life while others do not. 

I think I would rather “keep up with the Christians” than “keep up with the Jones.’” I found that to keep up with the Christians, all I had to do was to “Believe” and I became financially rich. It has never put me in financial distress. 

 

“For where you treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Luke 12:34 KJV

 

     

    

Sillent But Heard

When I observe nature, I often find truth as found in Psalm 19 where it says, "The heavens declare the glory of God...they have no speech, they use no words, no sound is heard from them."  Take for instance, the snow we just received. It could not be heard. The sun, shining bright across the snow-capped ground, certainly made me squint my eyes, yet there was no sound. The air is quiet yet peaceful but cold and with no sound, but it stirs me to wrap my arms tightly around myself trying to stay warm. Even consider the rainbow! Its wondrous colors announce its arrival; there is no sound.

Silent But Heard 

 

When I look at the heavens in display

whether at night or in the day,

They speak, though there is no sound,

but God is there to be found.

He paints a picture in the sky

and I, in His glory, sigh! 

For God’s power formed the clouds

sailing over the crowds.

He named the overhead stars

and established the planets like Jupiter and Mars.

God paints the sunsets in glorious hues  

of reds, purples, and blues. 

I glory in the early morning dawn 

with the sun rising in bronze.

Even when the sky turns gray,

I see hope within the day,

and I pray. 

I see the beauty for what it is;

The work of the Creator’s hand across the land;

Silent but loud and proud!

They declare His glory- 

A magnificent gift from God!

 

Mary Crisp Jameson  1/27/2026

 

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” 

Psalm 19:1-4

 

 

Come To The Father

Our roads and streets are covered in ice this Sunday morning, and most all churches have been dismissed for safety purposes. That still does not mean there will not be services given on social media and television. Witnessing for the Lord continues. God said, “Go ye therefore and tell all nations.” That is what I seek to do today during this cold, icy day. Please read and share: 

Come To The Father 

 

Belief in God’s Son is the only way

To see the Father in death’s day;

For to the Father, no man cometh, except through Christ

Who paid the price.

So, believe in the One God sent for all mankind-

Be not blind!

For heaven’s gate will be closed tight

In the unbeliever’s plight.

Come today!

Jesus is the way!

God says, “Whoever believes will be saved,”

So, be not Satan enslaved-

Everlasting life can be obtained; 

Just believe on the Cross that was blood-stained.

The Bible gives the true word

Which is more powerful than a two-edged sword.

Believe what the scripture saith,

And accept in unquestioned faith. 

Why knock at Satan’s door,

When the Father offers more?

Believe today!

Don’t throw life away!

For God so loved the world that He made a path

To be washed in a snow-white bath.

There’s forgiveness in salvation’s plan

For every child, woman, and man.

So, I plea to thee, 

Come to the Father, through His Son,

Before death is done.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson  1/25/2026 

 

“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” John 7:38 KJV

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 KJV