Wisdom & Understanding

"  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."  John 3:16 Such a simple truth, "For God SO LOVED..."  Love is the foundation of our very beings.  Just think God loves us so much that He allowed us to be born and have a life on this earth. While some may see it as a curse, shame on them!  I know that this life is not perfect, it is filled with sadness, pain and grief and hurt, BUT STILL, if you are living and breathing, you have a chance to change that.  Do I live in a world where there is always pink clouds and fairy tales? No! I have tasted the affects this world has to offer and believe me it ain't pretty.  But I also know that if you have hope, there is always a chance to make things better.  But many of us have lost the Love; whether if it has been through the bitter trials of life or some may have never experienced the true, pure lov...

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye." Psalms 32:8 Oh! how I needed to read this word from the Bible!  Lots of decisions and so much on my mind. Trying to figure things out and unnecessary concerns about things that were none of my business. Plus I'm retiring the end of this month...lots of changes... John 21:20-24 talks about Jesus giving Peter the assignment of "Feed my sheep" and Peter asking Him what about that disciple, meaning John, and Jesus basically telling him "What is that to do with you?" In other words "Peter don't be distracted by how I use anyone else, but concentrate on what I ask you to do."  I think that was part of my problem plus I had heard some sad news about some folks that I love very much. It threw me into a tailspin of anxiety, but thank God for family and dear friends that talked me through it.  Have you guessed? I'm not perfect.  :-)  I'm just som...

"To every thing there is a season , and a time to every purpose under the heaven..." Ecclesiastes 3:1  Front doors Dining room Kitchen Front porch Foyer  

At the point of decision...what should I do?  I don't want to miss Your plan for me God. I'm feeling anxious, edgy, don't like that, I'd rather have Your peace.  Those were my feelings a few weeks ago. I was at the point of a major decision in my life and usually that comes with a lot of stress for me.  That is until I can get my focus adjusted.... Then I "saw" it, a picture in my mind, yes God speaks to me in "pictures".  And in this picture I saw a little girl about to cross the road, she was looking both ways trying to be careful, but was still afraid.  Then a person (Jesus) appeared at her side.  He said nothing only extended His nail scarred hand toward her. The little girl in turn no longer afraid, easily slipped her hand in His and He led her across the road. Instantly I knew God was speaking to my heart, that as long as I trusted in Him to lead and guide me, I would be okay. The fear that was trying to conquer my confidence for weeks vani...

"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13 We need God. In this world I don't see how anyone can think that they do not. Unfortunately sometimes it takes a trial to realize that without Him we are really helpless and hopeless. In August 1994, I was at a church in Philadelphia singing as a guest. Shortly after sitting down in my seat next to my husband I suffered a brain aneurysm. What followed was a great trial for me and my family, but through it all God proved Himself totally in control as we in our helplessness allowed Him to take control.  There were times during this trial that I have no memory of, but there were times when I was conscious, that I distinctly remember God's work at hand. After they rushed me to the ER in the first hospital I remember coming awake in an X-ray room propped up in a sitting position and strapped to a gurney. I remembe...

"  Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.  And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.      And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.   Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;      does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;      does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;  bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.   Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, i...

"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."Psalms 51:7 There is nothing more beautiful that fresh fallen snow. In the area where I live we are now into our 4th major snow storm and though I do not like the clean up part, I confess that I love the snow when it is falling and fresh on the ground. If you go outside when the snow is beginning to fall there is a holy hush, a serene quietness, almost as if nature is standing in awe of it's own beauty.  And when it has fallen to the ground and no man nor animal has marred it's surface, it is the cleanest, purest, and most pristine sight!  And yet the scripture says that when God cleanses us, it is even whiter than snow. What a wondrous miracle that is!  That He loves us so much that when we ask Him to take away our sins and mean it from our hearts He removes them and cleanses us of all unrighteousness.  [I John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just...