How Much Is Enough?

We seem to be stuck.  So many with their feet in the quicksand.  Statements like; “She is not living with God in her life. It pains me that I will not see her in heaven”.  God loves her just like you!  Proclamations like “She died without knowing our Savior, I guess there is no hope”. …

Don’t Eat The Fruit!

“DO NOT EAT OF THE TREE OF GOOD AND EVIL!”  Why?  What is good and what is evil?  I truly believe that the tree of life gave forth a never ending spring of love and kindness.  It produced in Adam and Eve all the fruits of the spirit.  However the tree of good and evil…

Anticipation!

As I sat in the middle of thousands of people, she decided to go shopping.  “I will be back shortly” were the words she lovingly used!  A kiss was given and I sat down to wait. More time passed then I thought, so I found myself constantly surveying the crowd, anxiously waiting for the return,…

Forty and Three!

He started with forty and ended with three.  Forty days… alone… tempted… fighting… satan in his face each step of the way.  Each day was a battle and each step grew harder and harder.  After the forty he came out of the desert having dealt with satan.  It was not over!  Three years later on…

Torture and Love!

We tend to glamorize it.  We even make beautiful jewelry out of it.  We don’t want to face the truth.    The whip had metal, and bones, in the ends.  As Jesus was struck, flesh was torn away from his back… his sides… his neck.  This would continue until near death.  Our Saviors raw muscle,…