Psalm 45 My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
What have we all to share with each other except what flows from within our hearts? Therefore it’s so very important to pour into ourselves the life giving word [...]

Plato once said, “He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.”
When one contemplates the cost of being a good servant you realize that you have to be willing to give up all your own desires before you can truly be free to serve.

There are many times when we want to do something nice for others and yet when we check out the motivations within our own hearts, things become suspect don’t they? I am not talking about the buying someone a cup of tea or perhaps a soda from one of those vending machines. I’m talking about [...]

There’s a guy out there singing my heart…that is if I could actually express myself in a musical sense. Shawn McDonald gives life to the words living in my own heart and head with his lyrics for “Take My Hand”.
Take my hand to the promise land
And on You I want to stand
‘Cause I cannot do [...]

When one puts their heart up for a fight, the target practice commences! I am taking hits for sure but my battle gear is not your normal stuff.
Eph 6:10-11 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your [...]

I have been carrying something rather large upon my back for a while and yet it didn’t ever feel too heavy until recently. Now I just need to relax long enough to put it down and walk away.
So what are you carrying around?

I love waking up with anticipation in my heart! This morning my alarm clock never beeped yet I could sense my Father’s presence so I got up very early. Anxiously I will greet the sunrise and on my lips will be words of joy to speak out into the atmosphere.
Psalm 118:24 This is the day [...]

Does anyone remember those “Highlander” movies? They were pretty much geared for the testosterone audience, especially men who wanted to wield heavy swords and wreak carnage on an obvious bad guy. It drew the chicks in too because the guy could love an “older woman” to her dying breath, a feat not often seen in [...]

“Like a bell tolling from another world, Jesus’ promise of rewards proclaims that no matter how things appear, there is no future in evil, only in good.” Philip Yancey

As time passes we all notice the truth in changing seasons. Part of those changes relate to people who come in and out of our lives. Several years ago I was quite close to a friend who impressed upon me questions and hope simply by telling me about a life changing event he’d had.
When I [...]