INTERESTING TITLE, HUH? YES, it is… AND the analogy rocks! But I’ll get to that in a little while. Right now I want to point out to you that the dark and damning celebration of Halloween is once again over. Alleluia! The darkness is passing away: the Light has come! Halloween is a celebration of death easily seen as the costumes get gorier and gorier — and so very many people think: “That’s cool!” Really? Are you serious!? Children…..
FOR THE DISGRUNTLED, THE ‘HOPELESS’, THE SUICIDAL… Let me take a moment to explain life to you! Matthew 22:35-40 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor…..
I hear the LORD ‘a coming… He’s coming ’round the bend and I ain’t seen the devil… since I don’t know when! SINCE I SLUNG THE BLOOD OF JESUS… that bozo had to flee! And when the blood keeps on slinging… he’s in misery! WHEN I WAS JUST A SINNER, the Father told me: “Son, bend your knee to Jesus and you’ll become undone!” NOW I’M A NEW CREATION…. been washed in the blood! AND JESUS IS…..
ONE GREAT DAY (Every one is! Every day is a gift from God!) my mother and I were walking home from the grocery store. We had about five blocks to go to get to our home in South Saint Paul. It was there where I grew up. There was light, fluffy snow drifting down, the temperature was a pleasant one for that time of year. As I was enjoying the snow, looking all around about how very pretty it was,…..
ONE OF THE QUALITIES I love about myself is my refusal to give up when I know what I’m supposed to do! The Bible denotes perseverance as constancy, endurance, a patient enduring. It is the characteristic of a man who is not swerved. He has deliberate purpose and loyalty to his faith. There is piety even regarding his greatest of trials, his sufferings. This is cute: I even had difficulty spelling and writing p-e-r-s-e-v-e-r-a-n-c-e! Some words you type are much…..
Idea: When those you know are sinners, the kind that groan, moan and complain, gossip, badmouth, swear, use God’s name like a dirty rag — and then have the nerve to say: “Good morning.” YOU SAY: “IT IS!” WHY? BECAUSE: YOU KNOW these kind of folks are not having a good morning! They can’t! They are not inviting God into their morning! Pray they see you’re not accepting their lie; pray they receive the Holy Spirit’s conviction – because their…..
AS A YOUNG GIRL AND LATER ON, AS A TEENAGER, I WAS TOLD sometimes: “Ann Marie, you wear your heart on your sleeve…” The impression I got about this was bad, that it was not good to let anyone know how I was feeling, what I may be thinking according to the smile, grin, scowl, look of timidity or anger seemingly reflecting in my face, my body language… Remember, I did not have godly parents. I really…..
THIS MORNING WHEN MY ALARM RANG I SAID: “In the morning when I wake the devil, he will squirm & quake. As I speak the good report, my enemy cannot retort… He is filled with wrath & shame! He is a fool & is insane!” WHAT A GREAT & SMART WAY TO START MY DAY! SCRIPTURAL TRUTH: You will guard him and keep him in perfect and…..
TODAY A GENTLEMAN ASKED ME: “How long have you had that red hair?” (I get many, many compliments on it.) Immediately I joyfully replied: “Ever since my husband brought home the wrong henna!” Now, I am very familiar with Proverbs 16:31: Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life. BUT: personally, I am not willing to be gray yet! LIVE LONG & PROSPER!!!
TWINZZ! TODAY, FEBRUARY 16, YOU ARE SIXTEEN! You probably know this! (SMILE!) In honor of you, Chanelle, this “JOY STORY’ is dedicated… Before I get to the main point of my story, TWINZZ, I first have the pleasure of telling you something about Chanelle. She is my firstborn granddaughter – and loves me very much, as I do her, of course. Chanelle has some of the most amazing blue eyes: those she gets from her mother. Truly, they are the…..