Ahhhh, Peace and quiet, can you feel it? No? Blessed is the person who has found it, or so they say. I am usually too busy grasping at the wind to find it. But now, I think I am just getting OLD. Funny, but they say when Solomon wrote the book of Ecclesiastes that these were in his “older years”. Well it almost feels blasphemous to say what I seek ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation: I cannot understand God.
Why do I try to understand God? As I read Ecclesiastes this morning I realize how much I do not know and how much I do not understand. No, I am not depressed I am restating this affirmation that came from Ecclesiastes 11:5: As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: The LORD will hear my voice in the morning.
We have entered into a new year. New hopes, new dreams, and new directions are wished for and even planned by many. Some plans are new and some are just renewed commitments to old plans. As we project our thoughts on the paths I pray we all stay on God’s path. Once again David has pulled on my heart strings as he shared his heart in the Psalms. ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: My soul praises the LORD!
Do you want to be “happy”? In those times when you are not happy can you recognize those things that are making you feel less than happy? David, in Psalm 146:5 in the New King James version tells us what those who are truly happy do: “Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God” On a personal note, I ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I present myself to God as being alive from the dead.
Overwhelming, that is what this God thing is. Choose Him and you will not be disappointed. No not disappointed but blown away. This is one of those days where God is overwhelming me. He is in control and He will take you and me where He wants us to be. If we choose to listen, choose Him, He will show us things we have never seen or ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I rejoice in the Lord always, again I say rejoice.
Ok, just one chapter out of 1,189 in the bible. Philippians 4 has many affirmations we can write on our hearts to take on the character of God. Looking for an affirmation? Just go to Philippians 4 and search for one. Below are some of the variations that touched me. Lord, I am overwhelmed by your goodness may there be less of me and more of you. I ... Continue Reading »
Affirmation of God: I find life in the Word.
Today’s affirmation is taken from John 1:4: In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. Verse 5 shows our natural reaction to this light “And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” Can we live but not be alive? In the first three chapters of John this morning I am reminded that there is a huge ... Continue Reading »
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