A St. Patrick’s Day blessing from a sunburned Irishman (Or so my Dad claimed). May your heart be merry and light, God’s joy upon you at every night. In the early morn when you rise, May God fill your heart with happy sighs. May the best of blessings from you never part, God granting…
Continue ReadingPsalm 84:1-2, 10,12 – How lovely is Your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 10 Better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell…
Continue ReadingNot me Don’t follow me I’m not that guy I tried recently to be and I failed To love without reserve Always intending to help and bless I wanted to pour all that God had taught Into the one who had my heart But I rediscovered how imperfect I am I hoped to receive as…
Continue ReadingPsalm 51:10-12 – 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Oh Lord my God renew me today,…
Continue ReadingLast night I looked to the night sky Desiring to yell into it No longer do I desire to be a man Because men have no freedom To cry out How I want to loudly shout out The hurt in my heart As I clenched my mouth shut I heard and then saw A lone…
Continue Reading2 Chronicles 16:9a – “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.” As the Lord looks over the earth looking for “those whose heart are fully committed to him”, do His eyes suddenly stop and focus on you? With His gaze fixed on you does He…
Continue ReadingMost of us know one of the most famous verses from the bible, John 3:16 – ” For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” If we are His disciples, then we will love ALL that He…
Continue ReadingIf I were to only post “Jesus loves you unconditionally” posts, I could get a whole lot of “likes” all the time. But the truth is I hope to please God by telling His truth. Yes, God so loved the world that Jesus died for it. Yet, how do we handle the following verses? Matthew…
Continue ReadingIs a sinless life my comfort No it is Christ and Christ alone If my heart is right and I am yielding God Himself will sanctify me Since I cannot sanctify myself Because Jesus has created me anew And put me in and at rest Sin is not what keeps me from peace It is…
Continue ReadingRemember the story related in Matthew 14:22-33 about when Jesus was approaching the boat that the disciples were in? They were floating in the boat and Jesus was walking on water. Peter, bless his “Oh, Oh, let me do that too!” heart, he asked the Lord if he also could walk on water and Jesus…
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