Year: 2018

Today's scripture Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. Isaiah 32:2 Our Storms This is September 15, 2018 and we have survived another hurricane in the Carolinas. In my scheduled reading, started over 18 months ago, Isaiah 32 and 33 were the scriptures for today. Isaiah was a prophet with many words of bad news for God's people. Among those discouraging words of doom that man's free will has brought about, there are great encouragements. Although Isaiah was a prophet and recipient of God's omniscience, he had no idea how his words could provide comfort 2,700 years later. Did God know that yesterday…

That is the question On my ride home yesterday this question kept going through my mind. Most people that you encounter during the day ask how you are doing. Sometimes you will hear the answer "blessed and highly favored." For Christians, this is a highly accurate answer. Is it always the way we feel, though? The response that was bouncing around is "highly stressed but blessed." The emphasis on stress in today's society is prevalent in many jobs. We are all under pressure to work faster and more efficiently in order to provide for ourselves and our families. Yes, most of us are highly stressed, but shouldn't we move the emphasis to highly blessed? If your focus is on the great things God has provided for you, it is easier…

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Mark Twain

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Charles R. Swindoll

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." Vincent T. Lombardi