Many times in our life, we let our view and our value of a situation or person affect our ability to love that person or even have them as part of our life. We let past experiences or even what the worlds say taint our ability to witness or love on someone. When in reality, God cares deeply about all of us. One of his greatest Commandments to us is that we should love everyone as we do our self. Mark 12:31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ The

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. The truth is for me and my life, whatever I am seeking and striving for is what I end up having. Now this can be good or it can have a negative impact on my life. When I seek the Lord and do just what Jesus is teaching in this passage. I obtain just what I am seeking, and that is relationship, and more of Him. The truth is Jesus makes us a promise, makes a covenant with us. When w

I've been thinking a lot about the necessity of hardship lately. The necessity of the trench, the dessert place or whatever you want to call it. Just the total need for hard things to encounter our lives. Hardship has a way of producing tenderness and compassion. It has a way of slowing the quick judgements and instead lending a helping hand. Hardship places a God given mirror to our souls to show us what is really inside. The Lord has a way of taking a situation we may have

I had a picture of a beautiful field of wheat, golden; ready to be harvested. But when one looked at the sky, there was dark storm clouds rolling in. There is a song written by Lanny Wolfe, the chorus says, My house is full, but my field is empty; who will go and work for me today? It seems my children all want to stay around the table, but no one wants to work in my field. Push away from the table, look out through the windowpane; just beyond the house of plenty lies a fi

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Song of Solomon 2:5 Every year our town gets an influx of SNOW BIRDS. Tour buses, filled with seniors come from all over the US and Canada to shop, eat, and visit our many music shows. Usually, when the bus arrives they are given a local step-on guide to assist them during their stay. As they enter a theater, the guide holds up a bright colored flag or banner to lead them to their seat. When you book a t