All I Have Is Faith!
As I look at my life it appears as though I am the biggest of hypocrites. I have spoken to others about the goodness of God and His faithfulness, I've heard all the stories, I've lived the Christian life, I've walked the talk and talked the walk; I've memorized literally thousands of verses including most all the epistles of the Apostle Paul, brilliantly explaining the work of salvation through faith in Christ alone. Even through all this, I find myself saying "it appears as though God does not exist." When I look at all the evil in the world I come to the same conclusion as the atheist, if God exists why does he let this happen. Have you seen an aborted child? Have you seen the effects of aids on millions of orphaned children living with aids themselves? Have you seen the effects of poverty? Have you heard the stories of children being physically and sexually abused? How can God let this happen? Then there is my own life as a living testimony of evil.
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Prayer For Snow
I was looking back at one of my attempts to keep a journal from a few years ago and I was reminded of Gods faithfulness. It was about 3 years ago I remember standing by our fireplace praying about a lot of things, I said jokingly, "God give us the most snow we've had in 30 years." This was in March, and two days later it snowed, it snowed a lot. In fact I was watching the news the night it snowed and to my surprise they said "This is the most snow we've had in over 30 years for the month of March." I was reminded by reading this that God does indeed answer prayers and He often does it in spite of our lack of faith.
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God's Calling
I originally posted this in my previous blog on May 17th, 2005
Today has been one of those days when everything in life seems like a chasing after the wind. I'm tired physically, mentally, and spiritually. The words from II Corinthians 4:7-11 have great meaning tonight,
II Corinthians 4:7-11
"7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh."
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Humbled
This week I have been humbled by someone younger and perhaps more mature than myself. I needed to talk to this person about something and in so doing I was humbled. So often when confronted with a problem most people, including myself will try to make excuses for our mistakes and failures. We try to justify why we do the things we do even though we know they are wrong. In talking with this person there was no attempt to try and make excuses or justify their actions, but only a genuine desire to correct the problem. My respect for this person continues to grow each time we talk and God continues to use this person in my life to show me my weaknesses. It's encouraging to me to be around people who care more about doing what is right and following God than pursuing their own selfish means. May God continue to change heart!
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