Be The Few

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." I don't know who originally said that but I like it very much. For me, that friend is only one person: Jesus. Over the years, I have often "forgotten the words." In fact, there were a great many years when I ignored and even rejected my friend and yet he kept my song snugly tucked in his keeping until I was ready to sing again. There have been times in life when words failed me trying to explain what I was going through. It seemed I couldn't even explain it to myself. Yet deep down I always knew that there was one who understood me better than I understood myself. On top of that, he believed in me and knew that in just the right time, he would start my little song and prompt me to sing it once again. I don't know what you have been through - maybe life has been very rough. Any hopes you started with were abandoned long ago. Maybe y...

Surrendering all to God is not a simple and easy thing to do. It is difficult, because surrendering means giving up. In our culture we are not taught to give up easily. We are mostly taught to hold on to things and press on to get, what we want. But, this is not how it works with God. The truth is that He is the one, who is control. When you surrender to God – your life, your family, or other circumstances, – you have to give up the control over them to Him. It is like you are no longer steering your own car. You give the wheel to someone else. You are not in charge any more. This does not mean you have to give up on your life and surrender to all the negative things or circumstances in it. God is the only one we should give up or surrender to. And, we have a good reason to do so: He loves us! He is the one, we can trust. And, He is in control of the entire Universe around us. The only thing He is NOT in control of is what’s inside you, of your soul. He cannot and will not surr...

I recently had the privilege of interviewing Evangelist  Jeremy Hodges from Google plus.  We explored the New Testament position on violence.  There was a particular emphasis on Self Defense . ***Warning ***   This topic is extremely unpopular and may challenge your current beliefs. What does the New Testament say about violence? What does the New Testament say about self Defense? I encourage you to take a listen as we explore some recent threads I posted relevant to these topics.  You can find most of the links here!   http://goo.gl/oSt83 Below you will find a lot of the scripture references that we discussed - and then some. Strap on your seat belts as you put on your headphones and ask yourself  - "What does the New Testament say?" (Download audio here:  http://goo.gl/Wr07X  ) As you listen ask yourself  - " Are there any post cross scriptures that encourage self defense by using ph...

Sometimes I  have to laugh out loud. As you know, I have been on a faith walk for several months now.   Glynda Lomax has been holding my hand through this rough time and even mentioned me a couple of times in her new book “The Wilderness Companion”. Buy it here   http://amzn.to/GOz1Q7 Check out my review here:  http://goo.gl/O2uuT I often ask myself how I got into this situation.   I start blaming myself for poor decisions and second-guessing. I have to remind myself, God didn’t withhold manna from those that made poor decisions.  Jesus did not withhold bread from the people that sinned or made poor investments.  He fed them all during their time in the wilderness. Today is an amazing example of my wilderness walk. I woke up, still in overwhelming debt.  It was the first thing on my mind as my eyes opened.  I had to force myself to listen to the bible and pray. This morning, I listened to the bible as the caffeine was kicking ...