A Work in Progress

I love the fact that God is so patient with me.  As I look back on my views on different things, I wonder if God looked at me the way I would look at at child who had not lived long enough to learn many of life’s basic lessons.  I believe He does.  I have [...]

Thinking on Easter

I have to admit that at Christmas time I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the birth of Christ.  I know that as a Christian I should be focused on Him at that particular time of the year.  But it does seem that in all the hustle and bustle of the shopping, cooking, [...]

No Room in a Thankful Heart

I remember having a conversation with someone several years ago and this person told me that she really struggles with the fact that there are some people around her that seem to have everything.  It appears that everthing in their lives is perfect.  She  has good looks, a good husband, well behaved and intelligent children, a good job that [...]

When We Don’t Feel God

Over the last few years since we have been in the ministry I have had people come to me with various problems they we facing in their lives.  Most of the time the solution to their problem was prayer.  When I would suggest this to them they would always tell me that they had prayed [...]

Psalm 149:1-5

 1Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
 2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
 3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
 4For the [...]

To Delight in Him

 I taught my SS class this morning and as a result, learned something. Which is , by the way,  a very good reason to go out on a limb and teach.  One of the main reasons I like to teach is that in the studying I learn so much myself.  We went over the concept of delighting in [...]