Knowing and embracing facts about God: Strengthens our heart.Gives understanding and peace to our minds.And keeps us focused on spiritual things. So I believe all the Lord’s children benefit from these absolutes that remind our hearts and minds who God is and what God does. Facts To Know About God (1.) The One true God. Oh, there are other gods. But there’s no other god like our God. “For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.” Isaiah 46:9b Continue Reading
God Has Something Better for You {The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – LINKUP}
“God has something better than what you left behind.” — Anonymous I've seen the meme circulating on social media through the years. It is a drawing of a little girl holding on to a teddy bear, while Jesus bends down with a stretched arm, prompting her to hand over the stuffed animal. "Just trust Me," the caption says. The words above the teary-eyed little girl show the reluctancy of her heart: ”But I love it, God.” From the spectator's viewpoint, the graphic shows what the little girl cannot Continue Reading
God’s Boundaries for Our Trials {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
I aimed my phone camera at my feet, and snapped the picture at the moment the first wave touched my toes. I stood there for a moment, shivering as another wave brought the icy waters all the way to my heels. I moved the camera and took another picture, this time, showing the perfect border that the foam of a new wave created on the wet sand. The boundaries of the ocean. I closed my eyes, saying a prayer of thanksgiving, as I remembered a verse that talks about the relation between God’s Continue Reading
Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys (Recharge Wednesday Linkup)
I was taking a month-long class in Ecuador. We traveled around the beautiful country- even into the Amazon rainforest. There, a few monkeys determined to do what non-cartoon monkeys in tourist traps do: harass people. The agile creatures stole anything loose they could grab. We tried to ask how to get our stuff back. A tour guide laughed. No one owned those monkeys. No one controlled them. He suggested we try trading goods with the animals. In the end, he might as well have said this Continue Reading
The Bear, The Lion {and Your Current Circumstances}
Standing at nearly ten-foot-tall, the man must have looked like an armored tank to young David. He wore a helmet of brass upon his head and a coat of scale armor of about 125 pounds of bronze. The bible describes the armor and war tools in details, giving us a vivid picture of Goliath’s fearsome stature and strength. David had come up from Bethlehem with the mere purpose of bringing food to his brothers, who were battling the Philistines in the valley of Elah. But as he arrived at the camp, Continue Reading
Ebola, ISIS, End-Times Events – An Anxious Church?? – My Weekend Column for the Atlanta Journal
A second health care worker in Texas is diagnosed with Ebola. ISIS allegedly has control of chemical weapons. Border security agents are struggling to maintain enough manpower to contain the influx of undocumented immigrants from Mexico. Is it any wonder that worry is permeating our society as never before? The harmful effects of anxiety are well known to the medical community. In the U.S. alone, 40 million adults suffer from anxiety disorders. When our bodies are under stress, our nervous Continue Reading
