Luke 10:20 – However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. Family, our home is not here. I love my country and would, with all of its faults, I choose no other place to live. I’m blessed that I live in a location minutes…
Continue ReadingThere is a Song I hear. It surrounds me. More than sound, Substance that sustains, Invades my mind, Swarms my soul. It is the high note of a flute, The low notes of the base, The boom, boom, boom of the drum. A music that is praise, Epiphanies from God, That opens my eyes, And…
Continue Reading1 John 1:1-3 – That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the…
Continue Reading2 Corinthians 5:1-2, 5-9 – For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan,longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given…
Continue ReadingLet’s live up to this! Matthew 5:43-48 – 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and…
Continue Reading“Mark!” Mom called out. Then she called again “Mark!” When she received no response she tried again “Mark, are you out there?” He gave her heart a jump when he suddenly appeared on the steps saying “Yes mom?” Mom could see by the big smile on his face that her being startled was certainly his…
Continue ReadingOn FB I often see Posts that people are listening to this or that song. Thought I’d let you know not what I’m listening to, but singing. It might be a little obscure? “When I get to heaven gonna walk with Jesus. When I get to heaven gonna see His face. When I get to…
Continue ReadingGracious and sure is Your loving hand Almighty God How wonderful are Your blessings Fresh every morning they are Their sweet aroma greets me as I wake Wondrous and pungent like fresh cut flowers I am refreshed as I breathe them in You Almighty God are my sustenance Like a hearty breakfast you energize me…
Continue ReadingIsaiah 1:16-17 – 16 Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. 17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. James 1:27 – Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and…
Continue ReadingI’m finishing up the book “DOG MAN, An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain”. It is the story of a Japanese man, Morie Sawataishi and how, in the face of strong Japanese tradition, he was a man who went against tradition and common expectations. The major part of his life was saving, loving and breeding…
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