The blessed life the Prodigal seeks and longs for comes only from confessing and forsaking the sinfulness of their wayward life. Like the father in Christ's parable of the Prodigal Son, God is waiting and willing to forgive and restore to fellowship and blessing. There is mercy waiting...
Leah’s story is often told as a tragedy because she was caught between Jacob’s love for Rachel and the weight of her own longing to be chosen. But when we look deeper, we see that Leah wasn’t a mistake in Jacob’s story. She was a miracle in God’s plan.
John 11:25-26 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
A great truth to consider: Eternal life does not start when you die and go to Heaven.
Love is demonstrated by the things we do, not by the words we say or the feelings we have. Biblical love is an "action" word not a "state of being" word.
Learn from the eagle: don't fight crows.
Never miss an opportunity to learn what God has to teach you in His wonderful world of nature.
The Christian life is a lot like those rose bushes. In order for a rose bush to produce more flowers you have to remove all the dead roses from the bush. In much the same way, God gets a Christian to produce more Christlikeness when the dead weights and sins are pruned from a believer's life.
Grief has become once again a part of our family’s heart condition. The fact that I have a master’s degree in counseling and have done some counseling with those going through the grieving process does not ease the feelings of loss I feel. Over the last few days, I have returned to my books and studies on the issues of grief.
“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer.” After all, only the Father knows.
