“I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty…the almighty has afflicted me?” (cf.Ruth 1)

Naomi had just lost her two sons, and her husband preceded them in death.  On top of all that she was away from her family and relatives.  She had no means to support herself.  What is she to...

“…For you are the temple of the living God.  As God has said: ‘I will dwell in them and walk among them.  I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” - 2 Corinthians 6: 16

As a follower of Christ, do you seek His will for you?   And if so, does God really have a perfect will for each...

Do you consider yourself Patriotic?  Defined as, “feeling of love, devotion and sense of attachment to a homeland and alliance with other citizens who share the same sentiments.”   It’s good to be patriotic.  Although I don’t always agree with our elected leaders, nor do I  always condone what...

“…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - …”

The Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776

I love my country!  I have been so blessed...

Life is messy.  We are broken people living in a broken world - precisely why Jesus came.  Jesus came to make all things new.  We can experience that newness now, through the new birth, but life is still messy.  Someday Jesus is coming back again to restore all things (no more mess)!  His word declares He is going...

Happy Father’s Day!

Although men and women express their love differently, their love, and the expression of it, is of no less importance to the family structure and to the health of our culture.  The bible reminds us, “and now bide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians...

The power of choice is God’s greatest gift to you and me.  God has created us with the free will.  The free will to choose between right and wrong.  The free will to believe or not believe.  The free will to obey or disobey.  The free will to serve Him or to serve something or someone else.  The free...

Have you heard the saying, “If there is one thing we learn from the scriptures, it’s that we never place a period where God has placed a comma.”   This saying is meant to help us move forward.  The challenge is discerning God’s will in our life.  Life has a way of putting up many walls  in our...

“What do these stones mean?” 

Memorial weekend is a “time to remember.”   A time to remember the men and women who gave the greatest sacrifice, their life, to defend the freedoms that we enjoy today - a time to remember their families too.  A time to remember those who were once in our lives - now...

God told Joshua to be “strong and courageous!”   Not only once, but three times within four verses!  Joshua had already been an eyewitness to the mighty hand of God through the previous leader Moses.   God had promised the land over the Jordan to His people and Joshua was going to lead them there, but as in...