TODAY'S PROMISE

"And we are confident that he hears us

whenever we ask for anything that 

pleases him.  And since we know he 

hears us when we make our requests,

 we also know that he will give us 

what we ask for."

(1 John 5:14,15 NLT)

 

PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION

I do not know who the girl is.  But she

is a whole lot better looking than my

self.  And, she looks like a proud girl.

The Scriptures say;

"Pride goes before destruction,

and haughtiness before a fall."

(Proverbs 16:18 NLT)

I have no idea how many times I have 

seen pride make a person fall.  But I just

wanted to share one with you.

Years ago while working for an auto

dealership it sold out to a new owner

and of course changed names etc.

I was working in the parts dept. at that

time and do not know why but was wanting

to see the new business card of the man in

charge of the parts dept.  [He was a fellow

Christian and a great guy.]

When his new business card came out it

was so overbearing with the name of the

new owner that it was even hard to know

who the card was for.  The pride of the new

owner showed up on the card in an over 

powering manner.

When I was looking at the business card

something went all over me.  It almost

made me nervous.  I was acquainted with

the truth quoted above and knew the 

business could not last.

You know what happened, it was only

four or five years until the business

collapsed.

God's word is still true in every way.

PS.

After writing the above I decided to check

up on the owner mentioned above.

[He was a fine man.  I would work for him

again.]. But when looking at his account on

FaceBook over several years all I could

find was pictures of himself in different

situations.  His pride puts him in a very

small world.

 

TODAY'S QUOTE

“C.S. Lewis once said,

‘God is always saving

people in ways that I

don’t like.’”

- Agnes Sanford in

Sealed Orders. -

 

REMEMBERING "CASEY".

REMEMBERING "CASEY"

"Casey"  Casey Jones was my father-in-law.

No, not the ball player.  "Casey" was the 

nickname of Evan Jones.  I think he had 

picked up the nickname "Casey" because 

he used to play baseball long before I 

ever came along.

"Casey" was a simple hard working carpenter

raising a family of six children.  Not highly

educated but a deacon in the Church and 

well thought of through out the community.

The image above is not "Casey".  But what

the above image has similar to "Casey" is,

the mouth is closed.

"Casey" did not talk a lot.  He was a quite

man.  I can remember when I used to ask him

a question I thought he was never even going

to answer me.  It was frustrating to me.  But,

in time I learned "Casey" was thinking about

what and how to answer me.  And you can be

sure that when "Casey" gave me an answer -

it was correct.  He never had to backtrack and

change his answer like most of us have to do,

sometimes.

What was frustrating to me then is the very

thing I admire in the man now.

You and I both know that most people have

plenty of time to talk, but very little time to

listen.  "Casey" was the other way.

Through the apostle James God said;

"You must all be quick to listen,

slow to speak, and slow to get

angry."

(James 1:19 NLT)

May I be more like "Casey".

 

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Then Jesus said, 'Come to me,

all of you who are weary and carry

heavy burdens, and I will give you

rest.  Take my yoke upon you.   Let

me teach you, because I am humble

and gentle at heart, and you will

find rest for your souls.  For my

yoke is easy to bear, and the burden

I give you is light.'"

(Matthew 11:28 - 30 NLT)

 

LAWS, LAWS AND MORE LAWS.

It seems that our "law makers / politicians" think

that passing a new law is going to fix everything.

I just picked this up off the internet regarding laws

in this country.

"Current estimates on the number

of Federal laws in America range

anywhere between 15,000 and

50,000."

WOW!

If that is the case we ought to be near perfect in

this country by now.  But, instead this country 

has never had so much crime, violence and 

corruption.

Why?

We have tried to push God out of our lives.

We are looking to man's laws instead of 

God's law.

Our need is;

"Then if my people who are called by my

name will humble themselves and pray

and seek my face and turn from their

wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and

will forgive their sins and restore their land."

(2 Chronicles 7:14 NLT)

TODAY'S QUOTE

“We read the New Testament, and we

are so intent on finding the hidden

meanings behind the facts that we

forget to look at the facts themselves.”

- K.P. Yohannan -