Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword? What is the goal when a believer goes through tough times? Let me ask this another way: what is the end objective when the enemy brings hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty... Continue Reading →
READY OR NOT?
When you're being picked up for an event to a place you know not and at a time that you know not, your best chance of making it is to go by the assumption that "it could be any day and anytime" and thus prepare accordingly. Jesus words today in Acts 1:7 are not very... Continue Reading →
CHALLENGES WITH ASSIGNMENTS
Saint Paul today gives a glimpse into his life, and a specific situation for which he sought intervention from God.2 Corinthians 12:8 reads 'Three different times I prayed to the Lord about this and asked him to take it away.'However, on every of those occasions, God's answer was the same: “My grace is all you... Continue Reading →
HE WHO SITS IN HEAVEN LAUGHS
DAY 65/366 I have been stuck in a loop today on the words found in Psalm 2:4 " The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them." Often, when one laughs in the face of a challenge that makes everyone else shudder, it is because they know something others don't. God laughs while... Continue Reading →
OBSTACLES IN THE WAY
DAY 269 Luke 8:19 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they couldn’t get to him because of the crowd. There will always be things that stand between where we are and where we desire to get to. In today's Gospel, the crowd was the obstacle to reaching Jesus. Such obstacles are... Continue Reading →
WEIGHING THE CHALLENGE
DAY 200 Moses' response to God’s charge to go and lead Israel out of Egypt was crystal clear: Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? (Exodus 3:11) This was a very valid conclusion which he had drawn. It was the... Continue Reading →
LOVE IS NOT A WALK IN THE PARK
30/365 LOVE IS NOT A WALK IN THE PARK 1 Corinthians 13:4-8Love is kind and patient,never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude.Love isn’t selfish or quick tempered.It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs that others do.Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil.Love is always supportive,loyal, hopeful, and trusting.Love never fails! It is easy for... Continue Reading →
BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US
DAY 332 OF 365 IN 2021 BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US There are many situations where some form of response is warranted, a reaction that acknowledges that one is aware of the requirements of the situation. The hymn 'oh bread of heaven' written by Saint Alphonsus Ligouri triggers a challenge whenever I hear it and... Continue Reading →
NEED CAN SHAKE FAITH
NEED CAN SHAKE FAITH DAY 213 OF 365 IN 2021 Exodus 16:3 The Israelites said to them, "If only the LORD had let us die in Egypt! There we sat by our pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted! You brought us out into this desert to let us all starve to... Continue Reading →