What You Want Plus Consequences

Scripture So YOU gave them what they wanted, but later YOU destroyed them with a horrible disease. ~Psalms 106:15, CEV Quote All actions or choices have consequences and you are responsible for your actions and choices, so make them wisely. ~Holly Lisle Psalms 106 is a running commentary on the Israelites experience in the wilderness.…

America Repent, Please!

Scripture Your country lies in ruins; your cities are in chaos. Foreigners and strangers take and destroy your land while you watch. Isaiah 1:7, JEV Quote “Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.” ~Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville Isaiah chapter one in context is about Israel but this passage describes America to a tee.…

You Know That You Know

Scripture You know the LORD is God! He created us, and we belong to Him; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. ~Psalms 100:3, CEV Quote You can’t know, you can only believe–or not. ~C.S. Lewis God way of relating to humans is by faith. This method of operation is God’s choice not…

She Lives

Scripture They laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead. ~Luke 8:53, NIV Quote Faith is not about everything turning out OK; faith is being OK no matter how things turn out. ~Source Unknown The folks who laughed at Jesus were professional mourners; they were not strangers to death. They knew when a person’s breath…

Lamentations

Scripture Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love. For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow. ~Lamentations 3:32-33, NLT Quote Emotional pain is less dramatic than physical pain but it is more common and harder to bear. ~C.S. Lewis A part of the…

A Time Is Coming

Scripture “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?” ~Luke 24:38, NIV Quote Expectation is the root of all heartache. ~William Shakespeare Luke 24 begins with the grief, sorrow, doubt, fear and the troubled hearts of the disciples following the death of Jesus. Two disciples are walking on the road to…

Why Do The Innocent Suffer?

Scripture “We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.” Luke 23:41, NLT Quote No cause justifies the death of the innocent. ~Albert Camus Albert Camus was a French philosopher and he said some good things but the quote I used above has an exception. Jesus was innocent and He…

The Greatest

Scripture Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves. ~Luke 22:27, NLT Quote You may not be able to help everyone but you can help someone.…

Watch Out!

Scripture “Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” ~Luke 21:36, NIV Quote Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable. ~Omar Vizquel You change a baby’s diaper and clean…

Judicial Murder

  Scripture But YOU are opposed to dishonest lawmakers who gang up to murder innocent victims. ~Psalms 94:20-21, CEV Quote Abortion stops a beating heart. ~Joyce Fecteau What would you call a person who went into the nursery of a hospital, took a pair of scissors and stuck them into the back of a babies…