The long awaited hope of spring. In the throes of February up in the north country this is a familiar theme. Snow flakes fall as a howling wind blows. The earth frozen from temperatures dipping into the single digits, the white barren landscape, and the stiff dark trees against a pastel sky echoe the bleakContinue reading “Spring, a time for Hope”
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God’s Guarentee
There are many uncertainties in life. Few things if any are guaranteed. In fact the very nature of our lives reminds us of it’s unknowable character with each unfolding day. For we are warned not to boast of tomorrow, as we don’t know what a day may bring forth. Anything awaits us, as we areContinue reading “God’s Guarentee”
More than Words
“These people draweth nigh unto me with their mouths, and honoureth me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” Matthew 15:8 “More than words is all you’d have to do to make it real” “Then you wouldn’t have to say I love you, because I’d already know”. “What would you say ifContinue reading “More than Words”
The Grace of God
“ “Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say or what they affirm. But we know that the law is good if a man use it lawfully. Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners,Continue reading “The Grace of God”
Comfort in the Storm
“The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live forever. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.” Psalm 22:27 God’s kingdom is coming. No one can stop it.Continue reading “Comfort in the Storm”
Just an Illusion
“Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pense and the money given to the poor? This he said not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag and bear what was put therein.” Sometimes things are not as they appear, and sometimes people are notContinue reading “Just an Illusion”
Taken by Surprise
“If there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels of mercies, Fulfill my joy, that ye be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” Philippians 2:1 The comfort of the love of God, reaches into the deepestContinue reading “Taken by Surprise”
Not Many Mighty
“But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first and said, Son go work today in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir:Continue reading “Not Many Mighty”
“The Way We Chose”
The way we chose is often as simple as “we let it happen”. This statement was made in a movie back in 1985, but I never forgot it as there is deep wisdom in these words. So often we want to imagine that life’s circumstances just happen to us. That it is not our fault,Continue reading ““The Way We Chose””
The Imminent Return of Christ
Something is coming in our world. There is a sense even if you are not spiritually minded, of a drawing closer of a catastrophic event. Signs are everywhere that life as we know it is crossing a line, approaching a turning point and one day soon will climax to an epic finish. The forces ofContinue reading “The Imminent Return of Christ”