Why forgive God?

Why forgive God?

Have you forgiven God? As Lary and I talked one morning about life and tough times in our past, I almost said but caught myself, “I forgive Him”. The thought grabbed me. I bit my tongue and chastised myself for almost going there. I began to think… I began to think maybe I need to go there. And, maybe you do too. Can we accept that God is big enough, secure enough, loving enough to…

Because…we look forward

Because…we look forward

Across Facebook we see posters share the “my year in review” post and I think, do I want to review my year? How about you? Let’s be honest, there was some craziness in 2014. I’ve had some- Oh Lord, Please Lord, No Lord, Yes Lord, Don’t Lord, Why Lord, Help Lord and a lot of Thanks Lord. A wise woman told me in 1991 during a health crisis, “In six months you will look back on today…

Jesus on Jesus…

Jesus on Jesus…

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.  And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,     because he has anointed me     to proclaim good news to the poor. He…

Because we feel average…

Because we feel average…

“…Mary was engaged to be married to Joseph.” Matthew 1:18 NLT Joseph had waited patiently for Mary to be his in every sense. The contract was signed and that meant marriage in Jesus’ day. To break it, there would need to be a divorce. He was preparing for his bride. Building the marriage room and probably working overtime to get it done. After all, he and his friends could not go to collect her until…