TODAY'S QUOTE

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"I would rather walk with God in the dark

than go alone in the light."    

-Mary Gardiner Brainard

REST VS. INSANITY

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Why on earth should I turn to God and 

enjoy rest, quietness and strength, when

I could ignore him and go crazy?

"For thus the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,

has said,

'In repentance and rest you will be saved,

In quietness and trust is your strength.'

But you were not willing,"

(Isaiah 30:15 NASB)  

WE PREFER FAKE NEWS

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Why is it that we prefer "fake news"?

If we go to the doctor, of course we prefer a "good report".

But, if we are sick and/or hurting, we want the truth.  We

need to know what is wrong and how to cure it.

But when it comes to our lives - that is, our spiritual

lives.  The hart, the mind, the soul.  That which is going

to exist for ever - we want "fake news".

We are like the Israelites of old;

"Who say to the seers, 

'You must not see visions';

And to the prophets, 'You must not prophesy 

to us what is right,

Speak to us pleasant words,

Prophesy illusions'."

(Isaiah 30:10 NASB)  

I may not like the medicine,

but if I do not align myself with God 

and his instructions.  I am headed for 

sure destruction.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"My son, do not forget my teaching,

But let your heart keep my commandments;

For length of days and years of life

And peace they will add to you."

(Proverbs 3:1,2 NASB)

LEARNING FROM A CAT

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My wife has a cat.
Let me emphasize, it's the wife's.

Many years ago I gave up holding it.
The hair in my lap and the claws in my legs
were simply too much.

But, it still hangs around with me for some reason.
Well, I know the reason just like you do.  It wants
to trip me when I walk.

Now that cat knows my movements around the house
almost better than I do.  For example, when it hears me
slid my cup off the ceramic coaster. it gets up, stretches,
and starts walking in front of me to the coffee pot.

That cat knows me so well it can almost read my mind.

I should be that way with God himself.
He created me.  He loves me.  He died for me.
He calls to me.

But, no.  He has to knock me down so I will
look up.  He has to force me into circumstances
that I cannot handle so I have to cry out to him
for help.

I need to spend a lot more time at the feet
of Jesus Christ.

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way which
you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no
understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you."
(Psalms 32:8,9 NASB)

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"Have courage for the great sorrows of

life and patience for the small ones.

And when you have laboriously

accomplished your daily task, go to

sleep in peace.  God is awake."

-Victor Hugo

KIDS - GOD'S KIDS

KIDS.  

Don't you just love them?

Well, that is when you don't want to strangle them.

I am in my "second childhood" now.  So perhaps I 

understand them better.  If that is possible.  But it 

makes me wonder how much like them I am.

The girl above is one of my GREAT granddaughters.

During the period of time above that little girl could have

gotten me to do anything for her.  But not now.  She is 

a teenager now.

What is the point?

See the little rabbit she is holding?

When she came to this old grandpa wanting a rabbit,

I knew that I would end up taking care of it for the 

rest of it's life.

Believe it or not, that is exactly what happened.

But, give the little girl credit.  She probably took care

of it for most of a week.

As a "kings kid", that is a child of God I wonder how

much like that I am.  Starting with a lot of enthusiasm,

but ending up doing lots of other things.  You know,

things for me.

"Therefore, my beloved brethren, 

be steadfast, immovable, always

abounding in the work of the Lord,

knowing that your toil is not in vain

in the Lord."  

(1 Corinthians 15:58 NASB)