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"For God so love the world that he gave his one and only Son,  t hat whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."  Jn 3:16 Happy (belated) Birthday Jesus Christ!!!  Praise and glory be to our LORD and Savior!  Because Jesus, our King, came as a baby and died on a cross, sinless as our sacrifice for our sins, we are alive!  I pray that this Christmas season has been a time of celebration of this miracle and praising He who gave us the eternal gift of life!! I want to say, right off the bat, if you have yet to make a commitment to Christ I pray that today is that day for you!  May this blog, may this readership, help you any way you need to be helped, and may the LORD Jesus Christ gift me as his servant. As I sit here prepped to write thank you notes from Christmas, I am overwhelmed with joy.  Do you see this picture? We have friends in Illinois that we just treasure.  And through them, we have become friends with a wo...

Wow, it has been a while since I have done a blog.  So many things have happened.  There is time to get to that, but I am writing with purpose today.  Here we are, the Friday before Christmas, and usually, all I would be thinking about is Christ, his birth, why he came and what he did for us.  All of us.  No exceptions!  He died on the cross so the each of us could have life. Joy here on earth in troubled times and eternal life in heaven with him.  All you need to do is believe in him - know that he is your Savior! But tonight, I am writing with a troubled heart, an excited heart, a trepidatious heart...do you see any confusion there?!  You see, God, convicted me several years ago to do several tasks, and I dug my heals in and have yet to follow through.  I can give you a million reasons, but the end result is, I have sinned against my LORD.  He has asked me to do something and I have yet to obey....until now.  Luke 11:28 tells us...

Today is such a treasured day in the life of a Christian.  Those who believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior will conquer death and have eternal life. (Jn 1:25)  But the beauty of today is that Jesus Christ came to save everyone!  There are no exceptions, simply believe. I love to watch the kiddies hunt Easter eggs.  When I was a child, I was my momma's "baby"!  She would put on such elaborate egg hunts for me.  She would gather up cousins and the children of family friends and off we would go, usually out to a lake. We would swim, have hot dogs, eat watermelon; meanwhile, the parents would hide dozens of eggs filled with chocolate and goodies. But for my momma, this was my day.  My egg hunt.  :)  Every year, my mom would buy a golden egg and she would put something very special inside that golden egg.  Oh it varied based on my age, maybe a bracelet, a silver dollar, green money!  It was a prize to me and I was just giddy sea...

Today is Good Friday.  The day we recognize that Jesus Christ died on the cross for all.  Normally, I reflect on Good Friday but since we know that Jesus rose 3 days later to give us life, I tend to focus more on that then his death.  But this year is a somber year for me and I wanted to take some time to talk about this day in particular. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were sinners, Christ died for us. Every day, every day, we sin.  We lie, we covet, we commit adultery.  We gossip, we slander we......... Guys, I have been near tears all day long because our Savior died for us in hopes that we would love one another.  Be kind to one another, demonstrate patience, goodness, gentleness, be joyful, have peace among one another.......have self control (Gal 5:22-23). Therefore, there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 And I don't know if it is because we feel condemned ourselves, but...

"Hosanna to the Son of David!  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the Highest!" Mt 21:9 ESV Wow!  Praise and glory be to our King in the Highest!  Today is Palm Sunday, and upon entering the sanctuary we had the school children fanning us with palm leaves. The kids are so cute! I just wanted to pause for a moment and recognize the magnitude of today, of this week, culminating in Sunday, a day that means eternal life for those who believe in Jesus Christ. You see, I have had a busy holiday season.  Some of you may know that my Dad was diagnosed with throat cancer.  Praise the Lord we found out that after a grueling time of treatment, they told us that the cancer is gone in the current x-ray.  They told us cautiously that we never know, it's cancer....but for now, we are going to claim it to be true in Jesus Name! and move on! :)  He still has a lot of healing to do; no need to focus on what we cannot change. At the first...

Greetings!  It has been a while since my last blog. Too long! So much is going on in the world. There are bombings everywhere, we have South Korea test firing missiles and here in the United States, we had the terrible tragedy in Orlando. And then most recently the shootings in Dallas, Louisiana and Minnesota resulting in huge division that is happening throughout OUR country: white, blue, black.....it breaks my heart.  I think we can all use a little hope, yes? So I wanted to take you back to a time where I found hope in my 10 speed bicycle.  Now although this was a different time for some of you younger readers, I think you will be able to relate and maybe get a chuckle or two. I remember the Christmas that I got my 10 speed bicycle.  Oh the doors I knew that bike would open, all I had to do was wait 6 months for summer.  (6 months!) I digress.  During those 6 months I dreamed of all of the places that I would be able to go on that bike.  You see...

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.  Gal 5:1 Greetings!  Can you just picture Christ, the Savior of the world coming into Jerusalem on a donkey?  The leaders of the Jewish world were not happy with him and were already plotting for his ruin, yet he enters the city as King..... on a donkey. Although the crowd today was shouting "Hosana!," and praising Christ as King, a week later, those same people were shouting "Crucify Him!"  And Jesus Christ who came here, as a man, to die for us, was dead.  Praise and glory that he rose again so that we may have life! So why did he come?  Paul, who was some kind of a sinner (aren't we all), was one of the Jews chanting "Crucify Him!"  And he went further, he believed that those who followed Jesus were blasphemers (one who mocks religion or claims to be God). And he was on a mission, hunting down Christians, and well, stoning them.  Until Christ appeared to him during his hunt and showed him that...