Deficiencies


In the production of building materials, regardless of their use or chemical characteristics, a refinement process is required.  If the producer is slack in his application of refinement the product will fail.  The negligence of the producer will be painfully obvious, and quite often at the most inopportune moment.  We are the producers of our … Continue reading →

The Shaking


Mistakes are made by even the best intentioned, yes.  Sin abounds in this corrupt place of testing, yes.  But even these serve the Lord’s purpose.  Relax.  Rest and know that the Lord is God.   For in the “Shaking”, hearts are tested.  “Who will love Me?  Who will not?” By His Grace

The Tree Decides?


I did not put in a special request before I was born.  Life appears before us and we endure what we are born into.  The Lord has established the nature of things in this place of testing.  We are the ones who do not understand.  He has set things in motion long before our life … Continue reading →

“I Know Love”


Men and women say, “I have understood.  There is no truth but what I have understood.  And if I have not understood the entirety of truth, how can I be blamed?” Have you approached God?  Have you asked for understanding?  Or did you simply accept your own wisdom as the sum of possibilities?   You live … Continue reading →

God Will Redeem


Awake!  He has sent a word for you.  Listen as you sit on the edge of your bed.  Pause and get your bearings.  It is He who will guide your mind and heart.  Even your feet and hands will find direction as they swing from fore to aft. He has loosed the mooring ropes.  He … Continue reading →

Fearless Movement


13 A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!” 14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. __________________ The spider bites and no flesh is there.  The Lord has already caused you to move.  Gather wood without fear, for it is … Continue reading →