2 John 4-6 – It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. 5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. 6 And this is love: that we walk in…
Continue Reading1 John 4:1-6 – Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that…
Continue Reading1 John 1:5-7 – 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is…
Continue ReadingA 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 ReadingBorn blind Living in darkness What is real Is a mist Lasting only a moment What I know Is gone and then Forgotten Meaning is elusive Grasping at the breeze My hands are empty Frustrating and futile is Who I am and What I do Not important Reaching to touch Hoping to know Everything that…
Continue ReadingYoung. Standing up for what I believe, Refusing to relinquish what I want, Or who, or what I am, Battling for my rights, Pushing back against the hand of wisdom, Leaning into the strong wind, Out shouting the thunder, Being who I am. Being true to who I am! I will be me! I will!…
Continue ReadingIt’s ironic that those who claim to not believe are those who are helping to usher in the prophecy proclaimed by Jesus. This prophecy is being lived out today because one holds to the truth of God and another will not. Pray for those who will not see, who prefer darkness to light. Mark 13:12-13…
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