You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. ~Genesis 50:20~ Asking God to “use” me for His glory has been a difficult thing for me to get used to. There was a time in my life when I allowed people…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Who’s using you?
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. ~1 Corinthians 11:1~ I’m not sure anyone really gets it. The reason I feel that way is this; no matter who I ask about their idea of salvation and what it means to be a devoted follower of Christ, everyone has a different answer. Some believe…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Maybe I’m the Problem…
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. ~1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)~ If there is one thing that completely and utterly confuses the human mind, it is the concept of love. Most people look at being in “love” as something that is vital to their very existence…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Crazy Little Thing
I’m a child of the King, yes I am, yes I am I’m a child of the King, yes I am, I know I am I belong to the Lord, yes I do, yes I do I’m a child of the King, yes I am! ~Gospel Hymn~ I have been feeling a little down lately…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Time to Testify!
“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.” ~John 11:27~ Not to get too deep here, but I just read a question someone had about what it means to say that Jesus died for our sins. The person who asked it…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Sweetest Name I Know…
I feel something different these days. I’m sitting here, having spent several hours de-cluttering my daughter’s room, and I’m looking around at my house and thinking, what can I do now? It’s not like I haven’t already been busy today, yet I can’t seem to be okay with having finished something. I can’t seem to…
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The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden forever. 1 Timothy 5:24-25 New International Version (NIV) You know you aren’t doing enough to shine…
Read more Today’s Pondering: Pouring it out…
But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. ~1 Timothy 1:16 (New International Version)~ The closer we get to God, the more often we find ourselves…
Read more Today’s Pondering: Forgive, forget and flourish…
Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. ~Hebrews 2:14-15 (New International Version,…
Read more Today’s Pondering: If Tomorrow Never Comes…
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow…
Read more Today’s Pondering: And Justice For All…