Soul Sister 3:16

This morning I read an awesome meme that said: " The enemy didn't tempt Adam and Eve to murder, steal or tell a lie.  He tempted them to question the word of God.  His tactics haven't changed. "  We live in a world that claims, "this is my truth...".  But too often that means we have we neglected to consider, understand, or apply GOD'S truth.  A nd when we choose our truths over truth itself - we make ourselves our own gods. But there is One above us.  One who knows more, sees more, understands more, and can do more that we ever could.  He is the One who created the universe and keeps our world spinning, and He is the One who gives us breath and allows us to make our choice of sovereignty. When we choose to prioritize OUR truths above HIS, we are choosing to rebel against the One who made us, while Satan laughs and gleefully claps his hands. If you want to know and learn God's truths, open the Bible.  Get a good teacher.  I recommend the Th...

Happy New Year! I woke up this morning feeling PEACEFUL and I am both grateful and a little stunned because certainly  all is not right in the world.  Overnight there was a devastating fire that killed dozens in a Swiss Ski Resort.  The protests in Iran are intensifying.  And Russia rang in the New Year with a massive strike on Ukraine.  The news - as always - is bad.  But I have peace! Years ago, I had a high paying job complete with a company car, 6 weeks of paid time off, and medical benefits.  I lived in a BIG house in an upscale city.  I surrounded myself with loads and loads of people I called friends. I was self-made, self-important, and self-righteous...but I was NEVER satisfied, and I was NEVER AT PEACE. Then, when the pain of divorce and my life choices brought me to knees; when the people I loved, and who I thought loved me, turned away; when no amounts of wine could dull the pain; and when I wondered if running my car into a wall might...

Hi there - today is my 400th post and I am wrestling a bit... so I'm asking for your prayers. I started this blog o ver a year ago, convinced it was something God wanted me to do.  It was way out of my comfort zone, and certainly not something I’d have done 10 years before, but  I had hoped that i n some way, it might help people get closer to Him. I knew that once I had finally given my life to God, EVERYTHING in my life changed, and  I desperately wanted people to experience the same JOY and PEACE I have felt since making that decision.   As they say, “I was like a poor beggar telling others where they could find food”. For months, the posts flowed easily and I would feel the Holy Spirit's inspiration…the words on the page practically writing themselves.  However, I'm not sure that is still the case.  Sometimes I feel as if I am struggling to hear His voice, and I honestly don't want to be writing MY thoughts - I want to be sharing HIS. So, I'm going to t...

" He is Risen! -  He is Risen, Indeed!"... The cries of Easter. Regardless of your faith - Historians all agree - THE TOMB WAS EMPTY! Now, some say the disciples came in the middle of the night - did something to the guards (or sneaked up while they were sleeping), broke the Roman seal on the tomb, rolled away the rock that blocked the entrance, and stole the body of Jesus... But there is another option.  Option #2, the Biblical account - the one which says that when the women went to the tomb to anoint Jesus' body and prepare it for death (because rules had forbidden them to do so on the Sabbath), they found the guards gone, the stone rolled away from the tomb, and the tomb empty! And the women saw two men who "gleamed like lightning" who said, "why do you look for the living among the dead?  He is not here; he has risen!  Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ' The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners,...

Imagine having spent the last three years of your life following around a man you believed was the Messiah.  A man who, just as Moses did with Pharaoh, would deliver your people once again from the oppressive rule of the government - in this case, the Romans... Imagine seeing this deliverer, this Messiah, bloodied and beaten, stripped, and nailed to a cross... Imagine watching him DIE.  No angels to save him.  No miraculous "bursting forth with righteous anger" to do what you thought he would do. No.   His death was the death of a criminal.  A traitor. Imagine knowing the lengths the religious leaders of the day were willing to go to stop what they believed was an insurrection and blasphemy against the teachings of Moses... Imagine your fear - knowing everyone had seen you WITH Jesus.  Following Him.  Being one of his disciples? What do you feel? Frightened?  Betrayed?  Foolish?   Despondent  Hunted?  John 20;19 says "On t...

The dictionary defines g race as "Unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification. A virtue coming from God.  Approval.  Favor." And today, as I think about the crucifixion of Jesus - the word GRACE is certainly one that comes to mind. Of course I think about God's grace for the human race - offering an innocent sacrifice, a Paschal lamb as it were - without stain of sin, to pay the ultimate price for the sake of humanity - but there is more. Think about Peter, Jesus' friend and apostle, who - just as Jesus had predicted, denied knowing Jesus three times - out of fear for his own safety and life.  Peter, who then - after hearing the cock crow, remembered Jesus' prediction and then wept bitterly.  Peter, who - after Jesus was crucified, returned to Galilee.  When he and is friend John were fishing - they saw a man on the shore who said, "'Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.' When th...