I will be away from the computer for a few days attending the 45th reunion of my high school class, in Webster City, Iowa.
I have faith that while traveling and meeting up with class mates from the past that...
...the Lord will bless me and keep me,
...the Lord will shine His face upon me and be gracious,
...and the Lord will lift up His countenance upon me and give me His peace.
He'll do this for me as He will do it for you!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Wondering or Worrying About The Future?
If we wake up in the morning and immediately become a slave of the day's bad news as reported from the night before, or if we go to bed remaining a slave of the bad news of the day, coupled by the day's event for our life...aren't we carrying a burden we need not carry?
I remember back to when I was a child. We lived about 20 miles away from my Grandma Ricke and at least once a week we'd take a ride over to visit.
Back then the kids didn't have control of what station the radio played. To begin with there weren't all that many to choose from and those which were available we wouldn't have selected anyway.
In our car it was dad who selected. Many times the dial would be tuned to a station which played song hymns and one I recall very vividly was "What A Friend We Have In Jesus." I remember it mostly because my dad thought he didn't have a good singing voice but when that song came on, he rocked! And he'd always whistle it around the house; maybe not the best singer but oh, how he could whistle.
The words of the song are comforting and peaceful and the tune was easy for kids to sing along with:
What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer.
O, what peace we often forfeit
O, what needless pain we bear--
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.
--Joseph Scriven
You can Google the title of the song and you'll be taken to a host of sites, some of which will have a recording of the song you can listen to. If you're reading this blog it probably means you would have time to do it right now...go ahead, Google the words, What a Friend We Have In Jesus. Find a site that plays the song and close your eyes as you listen to it...then come back.
Wow! Just think of how many nights you try to fall asleep with the weight of the world on your shoulders, or how many days you attempt to journey through, with tons of excess baggage holding you back from doing the best you can.
You may think you don't have a good singing voice but I bet if you can't whistle you can probably hum!
Blessings, as you travel in your journey of faith through the obstacles...and pleasantries of life.
I remember back to when I was a child. We lived about 20 miles away from my Grandma Ricke and at least once a week we'd take a ride over to visit.
Back then the kids didn't have control of what station the radio played. To begin with there weren't all that many to choose from and those which were available we wouldn't have selected anyway.
In our car it was dad who selected. Many times the dial would be tuned to a station which played song hymns and one I recall very vividly was "What A Friend We Have In Jesus." I remember it mostly because my dad thought he didn't have a good singing voice but when that song came on, he rocked! And he'd always whistle it around the house; maybe not the best singer but oh, how he could whistle.
The words of the song are comforting and peaceful and the tune was easy for kids to sing along with:
What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer.
O, what peace we often forfeit
O, what needless pain we bear--
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.
--Joseph Scriven
You can Google the title of the song and you'll be taken to a host of sites, some of which will have a recording of the song you can listen to. If you're reading this blog it probably means you would have time to do it right now...go ahead, Google the words, What a Friend We Have In Jesus. Find a site that plays the song and close your eyes as you listen to it...then come back.
Wow! Just think of how many nights you try to fall asleep with the weight of the world on your shoulders, or how many days you attempt to journey through, with tons of excess baggage holding you back from doing the best you can.
You may think you don't have a good singing voice but I bet if you can't whistle you can probably hum!
Blessings, as you travel in your journey of faith through the obstacles...and pleasantries of life.
Friday, August 20, 2010
I'll try to remember to provide the link for Max Lucado's, Max Lucado Daily: It Was Love
Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:01 PM PDT to Walt Timm's email and from there, copied to here.
"I lay down my life . . . No one takes it from Me.” John 10:17-18, NKJV
Jesus knows the meaning of the phrase, “It’s just not right.”
For it wasn’t right that people spit into the eyes that had wept for them. It wasn’t right that soldiers ripped chunks of flesh out of the back of their God. It wasn’t right that spikes pierced the hands that formed the earth . . .
Was it right? No . . . Was it love? Yes.
Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:01 PM PDT to Walt Timm's email and from there, copied to here.
"I lay down my life . . . No one takes it from Me.” John 10:17-18, NKJV
Jesus knows the meaning of the phrase, “It’s just not right.”
For it wasn’t right that people spit into the eyes that had wept for them. It wasn’t right that soldiers ripped chunks of flesh out of the back of their God. It wasn’t right that spikes pierced the hands that formed the earth . . .
Was it right? No . . . Was it love? Yes.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
4HIM video where they sing, WHERE THERE IS FAITH
The link at the bottom of this post will take you to the CHRISTian, contemporary singing group, 4HIM, where you can watch and hear them singing WHERE THERE IS FAITH.
More often than not, faith is for many people something hard to believe and even harder, to live. Faith can't be in any human terms, explained. Faith is something to accept. Faith is NOT to be understood.
In all that is happening on this day in 2010 it's pretty difficult to have faith. That's because as we look at the events of this day, a day which the Lord has made and one in which we are to rejoice and be glad in, regardless, we try in vain to make sense of what's going on so we can have an answer to the question, "why?"
"Why" implies understanding. "Why" does not imply acceptance.
I pray that the Lord will use me, allow me the opportunity of being one of His humble servants, and use me in such a way that all which I post to this site, will be to His glory.
May you continued to be blessed, as I am, whether you know you are, or not...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE0Dh-cogcU
More often than not, faith is for many people something hard to believe and even harder, to live. Faith can't be in any human terms, explained. Faith is something to accept. Faith is NOT to be understood.
In all that is happening on this day in 2010 it's pretty difficult to have faith. That's because as we look at the events of this day, a day which the Lord has made and one in which we are to rejoice and be glad in, regardless, we try in vain to make sense of what's going on so we can have an answer to the question, "why?"
"Why" implies understanding. "Why" does not imply acceptance.
I pray that the Lord will use me, allow me the opportunity of being one of His humble servants, and use me in such a way that all which I post to this site, will be to His glory.
May you continued to be blessed, as I am, whether you know you are, or not...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE0Dh-cogcU
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The inspired Word of God says to us in Hebrews 11:1 that “faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.”
Simply put, faith is a belief. Faith indicates I believe in something. As I grow in my relationship with God the Father and become more acquainted with Him, by His grace, faith becomes more than just a mere belief.
Belief is exchanged for confidence. And as I become more confident I become more trusting; trusting to the point I don’t stay awake all night to make certain the alarm goes off at the right time. I grow more confident that my dad will catch me because he hasn’t dropped me so far. And I’m confident that my parked car is still there because every time I’ve returned to it so far, it’s always been there.
Once I become confident to the point where I “always know” I then become trusting. For me, when I put my trust in something there is no doubt. No second thoughts. No second guesses. I have the full assurance in my mind that nothing is ever going to change the way I feel. I know with full confidence what I believe in is rock hard, solid truth and what I have faith in today will remain that way for the rest of my life. It will never change. Never…regardless.
Faith to me is the assurance that I can truly believe in something without having to have proof.
I believe proof insinuates there may be reason for doubt and I have no doubt that God exists, that He is the Creator of the world and to the time of this writing and forever, He will maintain it according to His divine will and purpose.
Do I understand faith? Do you? Do I apply faith in the world and faith in God the same way? Do you?
This is how I feel. In my short life span of sixty-three years, faith in God has never failed me. I don’t understand it but I know without any doubt or any proof that faith is the only thing that keeps me going…all of the time…and without it I have no concept or idea what I would do when something less than the usual events in life take place.
I pray that what I've said will be a blessing to you in your life and I pray you will be blessed as you follow the pathway and walk in the footsteps of faith…
Simply put, faith is a belief. Faith indicates I believe in something. As I grow in my relationship with God the Father and become more acquainted with Him, by His grace, faith becomes more than just a mere belief.
Belief is exchanged for confidence. And as I become more confident I become more trusting; trusting to the point I don’t stay awake all night to make certain the alarm goes off at the right time. I grow more confident that my dad will catch me because he hasn’t dropped me so far. And I’m confident that my parked car is still there because every time I’ve returned to it so far, it’s always been there.
Once I become confident to the point where I “always know” I then become trusting. For me, when I put my trust in something there is no doubt. No second thoughts. No second guesses. I have the full assurance in my mind that nothing is ever going to change the way I feel. I know with full confidence what I believe in is rock hard, solid truth and what I have faith in today will remain that way for the rest of my life. It will never change. Never…regardless.
Faith to me is the assurance that I can truly believe in something without having to have proof.
I believe proof insinuates there may be reason for doubt and I have no doubt that God exists, that He is the Creator of the world and to the time of this writing and forever, He will maintain it according to His divine will and purpose.
Do I understand faith? Do you? Do I apply faith in the world and faith in God the same way? Do you?
This is how I feel. In my short life span of sixty-three years, faith in God has never failed me. I don’t understand it but I know without any doubt or any proof that faith is the only thing that keeps me going…all of the time…and without it I have no concept or idea what I would do when something less than the usual events in life take place.
I pray that what I've said will be a blessing to you in your life and I pray you will be blessed as you follow the pathway and walk in the footsteps of faith…
Welcome…welcome to Where There Is Faith There is…my attempt at wanting to share with others the relationship I have with my Lord. I am not an “expert” when it comes time to being correct in all I’ll be sharing so please don’t quote me, or take me to task.
All I’m wanting and trying to do is share how I feel about my faith and the faith relationship I have with my Lord, with the hopes there may be others who feel as I do or share some of the same concerns.
This is not a battle ground. I ask respectfully that should you choose to make a reply you do it in a way as to not cause offense to others who follow this blog. The world's filled with divisiveness to a level, which I feel and believe is intolerable.
So what's new, huh?
Well then, for the sake of this journal, I ask for agreement that the values of attempting to walk in a Christ-like lifestyle to be the pathway and footsteps everyone will follow.
All I’m wanting and trying to do is share how I feel about my faith and the faith relationship I have with my Lord, with the hopes there may be others who feel as I do or share some of the same concerns.
This is not a battle ground. I ask respectfully that should you choose to make a reply you do it in a way as to not cause offense to others who follow this blog. The world's filled with divisiveness to a level, which I feel and believe is intolerable.
So what's new, huh?
Well then, for the sake of this journal, I ask for agreement that the values of attempting to walk in a Christ-like lifestyle to be the pathway and footsteps everyone will follow.
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