Friday, September 5, 2014

Don't Go Alone



Life can be tough and often it feels like no one else suffers the pain and agony that you do. While it is true that no one else feels exactly what you are feeling, there are some who care. Those who want to be there, and really would like to understand and help. Let them in! Please, do not go it alone. You do not have to be alone, especially now.
(Ecclesiastes 4:9-10) “Two are better than one; …For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.”
Someone who loves and trusts God will be able to love you and you will be able to lift one another up in these difficult times. In verse twelve, it says that two together will prevail and that when the third cord of the Lord is braided into your relationship you will not be easily broken. 
The more you pull away the lonelier you will feel. The more you push others away the bleaker your condition seems. Friends will not have all the answers but they will wade through the mud to help you find them.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

HOPE OF HEAVEN



Do not lose hope my friends, there are better days coming! Revelation 21:4-5 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away…”
Today’s problems will seem so small when we reach Heaven’s gates. Those things that have brought us to the edge of our sanity and to the depths of despair will mean so little. God, with the gentle consoling touch of a loving mother, will completely wipe away every pain and sorrow. Oh, what a glorious thought, The God of Love who saved us through His only begotten Son is waiting to deliver us from every pain and sorrow forever.
We must not allow ourselves to be overwhelmed with today’s difficulties but press on in the HOPE of HEAVEN. It will be worth it all when we see Jesus!
Tap in to His peace and hope and He will carry you through.

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Loving Encouragement




One of my favorite things to do is to sit with each one of my sons and listen to the things that motivate him and affects his life. Seeing and hearing the passion and listening to his strategy and plans to overcome. I love the connection I feel and the opportunity that time provides to lead thoughts toward godly responses.
Fathers, there is no greater way to lead your children than with a loving touch and encouragement to live godly. Paul wrote, “As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, That ye would walk worthy of God…” 1Th 2:11-12
He speaks here of exhorting (drawing our children near) in comfort and encouragement so that as we charge (give instruction) to walk worthy of God there is safety, love and genuine concern. These active attitudes will open doors to your children’s hearts and lives that pressure and force never will.