Author: Faith

Recently, there was a piece of news, barely covered as usual.  A case asking the Supreme Court to start drafting girls into the military went to the Supreme Court.  Thank God (literally) that they refused to hear it.  But the issue itself is not over, and Biden says he is working on it. 

It was shocking, and very saddening, to see that so many supported this idea.  For God made men and women different!  I realize that’s not a very popular statement to say today, but He did.  And we need to trust that God did so for a good reason!

Popular culture says men and women are equal, and they are.  But they are not the same!  There is a reason that women have babies and men do not.  Just as there is a reason that men go to war, and women support them at home (as they did in WWII).  Redefining roles that God has already defined is a mistake!  And a big one!

God made each of us, men and women.  He loves us equally, but God did not make us the same.  We need to Trust Him! And we need to keep praying that God’s Will be done 🙂

Hope: “Our Hope, indeed our Help, comes from the Lord” 🙂

Faith: “Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” 🙂

Love: Our Lord’s Greatest Commandment. “You shall love your Lord God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind. The second, “Love your neighbor as yourself”.

With all of these things, as with God, all things are possible 🙂

What, if in the future, people become to scared to say God’s Name?

Consider what current times are like. Are there those who are too afraid to Pray In Jesus’ Name out loud? Are there those who are afraid of “offending someone” or getting “cancelled”. What about getting fired from your job or going to Facebook Jail? Are some afraid to share Biblical Truths and God’s Word, less it offend someone? Lest we be accused of evangelizing?

Charles Spurgeon once said, “Believe what you do believe or else you will never persuade anybody else to believe it.”. And he was right! If we are to scared to share God and God’s Word, what does that say about our own faith? For if we truly believe, scared or not, we Will put our trust in God. 🙂

In view of what our current times are like, is it really impossible to conceive of a future where it will be scarey to even mention our Lord’s Name?

So what should we do?

We keep praying out loud in Jesus’ Name and try not to allow our world to go that far down evil’s path. For “woe” to those who follow it.

If there comes a time where Christians are truly persecuted (right now we are just seeing peer pressure in America), than we still need to find a way to Pray together.

During the time of the Roman Persecution of Christians, many Christians used a Fish as a symbol of where Christians could meet together to pray. We need to find a way to pray together too.

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them”-Matthew 18:20

Be the Light 🙂

“If you can?” asked Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.” -Mark 9:23

From Max Lucado’s Calendar

Sometimes we don’t get our way. We pray and we pray. It’s for a “worthy cause”, or so we think :). It seems like it “should” happen. But accepting God’s Will is just easier when it goes “our way”, lol. Thank God that God understands that we are only human (espcially since He made us 🙂

As we try to process God’s “no”, sometimes we can feel our hearts tighten or even harden.

And that is when we need to keep praying. And we also need to remind ourselves that God doesn’t know just all of OUR tomorrows; He knows all of EVERYONE’S tomorrows. Sometimes I need to remind myself of that daily, lol. Reminding ourselves of that may not soften our hearts immediately, but it will help 🙂

There is something else that can help us too. We need to tell our Father God how we Honestly feel. It’s okay to tell Him we are struggling; He wants us to tell Him! And He will help us through our struggles if we let Him 🙂

Whatever we do, we need to keep praying-no matter how we feel.

The best advice I ever got about Faith, I got from my Dad.

“Faith is not about how we feel on any given day; it’s about who we choose to follow every single day!” Amen 🙂

Following Jesus is a Path, and a “Narrow” one at that.  It’s important to remember that while many of us may be on the Path, we may be in different Places on it.  And that’s okay as long as we keep Following Jesus.

Our lives have many seasons.  And I myself would hate to be judged by my worst day.  And let’s face it, we all have them ?.  So just because we meet someone on their worst day-today, does not mean they won’t be our Best Brother or Sister in Christ tomorrow ?.

Ultimately, we want every single person to reach Heaven and they can only do that through Jesus Christ. 

How can we best help each other reach Heaven?  By encouraging each other to keep Following Jesus and Loving and Forgiving  each other every day. And having the courage to be Honest with one another and Sharing God’s Word. 🙂

There is no doubt that in the times in which we live, the choices we face will get harder. Do we tell others the truth? Do we tell them that they must accept Jesus as their Savior if they wish to go to Heaven? Do we share with others the Truths found in God’s Word? Do we share with others that the Bible is the only real source of God’s Word and Plan for our Lives?

It can be difficult, especially these days. And fear also plays a role. Sometimes for ourselves, but also sometimes for others. We fear God’s Truths may make others run away. “Too much too soon” , has often been said by those who care.

But True Compassion also knows that Jesus may arrive tomorrow. What then? What happens to the person that we failed to be honest with? God’s Word says, “But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so, they will die for their sin, though you yourself will be saved.”

Notice it says, that “if we warn the wicked…we will be saved”. So as Christians, we do have a responsibility to do so.

But here is the comforting part, the effort may belong to us and is our gift to God, but the outcome itself belongs to God :). We can share the Truth with others, but whether they choose to hear it or follow it is not up to us and is not our responsibility.

We need to Trust God to do the “heavy lifting”; we just need to find the courage to share God’s Truth with love.

The American Armed Forces have given us a country that millions wish to come to and millions more are grateful to live in.

Their courage and sacrifice will long be remembered both now and in the future.

Memorial Day is also a great time to remember all that this country has been. Blessed by God, a Shining City on a Hill, Hope for all Nations…America was built as a Christian nation and was God’s Blessing to the world. It’s values and traditions made it what it was. But it could never have become all it was without the courage and selfless-sacrifice of so many men and women serving in our Military.

It’s hard to find the words to show the appreciation our Military deserves, but Thank You!

We Thank God for YOU!

And know that our Prayers are with you, always!

I’ve heard often that if you have enough Faith you will never Fear.  Good thing that’s not exactly true, because I have a lot of faith, but I have my struggles with fear and worry too.

I think it might be said better if it was said, if we Focus completely on our Faith, we will not be able to Focus on our Fears. ?

All moms worry for their children.  And I can share with you that I am no exception, especially as they grow older and live their own lives.  When they are little, it’s easy to feel that we can fix every hurt, but we can’t always do that as they grow older.  And that is when we really need to Focus on our Faith.

So what does that mean?

On more than one occasion, I have woken up in the middle of night and known that one of my children was facing a potentially life changing choice or a situation that was unsafe.  And I felt the call to kneel and pray for them, and I did.  And after I did, I felt only Peace.  I knew that, whatever the issue, God had taken care of it ?.

But my battle was not completely over. I had to hold onto the Peace that God had so generously given to me.   First we give our behavior to our Lord, and then we give our thoughts to the Lord.  Reigning in our thoughts can be particularly difficult, but with perseverance it can be done.  And that means that once the Lord has so generously dealt with our fears or worries, we need to leave them with God.  And if they return, we just need to shift our Focus back to Him ?

We all fear and worry at times, but God did not create us to live in Fear.

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”-Isaiah 41:10