Can you believe that 2024 is almost over? I dare say that most of us have asked that question recently. Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. It seems like it went by like a blur. Maybe because I’m getting older or maybe because I’m always busy, my perception of time is that it’s...
Have you ever been in a season you thought would never end? You begin to wonder if you heard the Lord correctly when He directed you to this situation, because nothing is changing. You are weary and feel like you can walk no further on this road. You wonder if you should exit the circumstances,...
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” – Proverbs 3:5 Watching my son, Christiano, navigate the Howler’s Peak Ropes Course at Great Wolf Lodge was an inspiring lesson in trust. From the start, he was confident. The staff showed him how his harness would hold him securely,...
We who have experienced the new birth and come into relationship with our G-d have been blessed beyond anything imaginable. While it is true that any one of us under certain circumstances may succumb to a flesh failure. It is also true that because of this unique and privileged relationship we enjoy that our G-d will not...
There’s a lot of things that drive me crazy and one of them is the Participant’s Award. You know the one…the award for simply being there. In fact, even if you did nothing you got it. (Probably for your “part” in taking up space at an event…with little “pant” involved) They hand them out to...
Fall has always been my favorite season of the year. The temperatures cooling, the leaves falling, the baseball postseason starting, and Thanksgiving arriving. It’s just a splendid combination of nature’s beauty and more time spent with friends and family. It’s also the joy of knowing that Christmas is right around the corner. While all of...
“See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me?” (1 Kings 21:29) Bad people deserve the evil they get as much as good people deserve goodness, right? Isn’t that the way we’re wired? Vengeance is necessary in order for justice to be served. Only, not so much when it comes to our own offenses. I’ve said it before and I’ll...
“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:” John 1:12 Be still. Let that sink in. When we turn to Jesus and accept His offer of salvation, God gives us an inheritance of eternal life with Him. That makes...
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1 As Romans 12:1 states to present your bodies a living sacrifice. A sacrifice is a place, an act or a victim. To present is to exhibit or yield....
This year has broadened my perception of how to approach things. I have really seemed to grasp much deeper that despite everything going on, time does not stop, but it seems to just go by even faster. These thoughts and memories remind me when I coached our town’s Rookie ball league. Now, as joyful as...
