joey and rory

i've been following joey and rory's blog ... joey is in the last days of her cancer battle ... http://thislifeilive.com/ ...  she's fallen into a deep sleep in recent days ... so bittersweet for her loved ones ... joey and her family know Jesus ... there is hope in that ... eternal hope ... 

update:  Joey went home to be with the Lord March 4, 2016 ...

think on these things ...

i was just listening to a max lucado talk ... i can't really call it a sermon, it was just one of those informal types of encouraging chitchats he is known for ...  max was pondering about a hall of fame for scripture verses ... powerful ones like:  john 3:16, the Lord's prayer, Psalm 23 ... 

he wanted to add another to that illustrious list ... he nominated Philippians 4:4-8  ... he calls those verses the cure for anxiety ... 

my ears perked up and i took a good look at those verses again ... you see i have been bumping into them almost daily - and then some ... in fact, the above poster is one i used on my homemade calendar for February (homemade poster too!) !! ... 

i have had a heavy heart for a few months ... life hands out its fair share of sucker punches ... BUT GOD - knows all that ... in fact HE has prepared a word for any and every season in life we are going through ... 

i felt compelled to write in my blog ... to declare that the bible is more than a book ... it is a living Word, tailor made for those of us who long for the Presence of God to be with us through the hard times .... and through the sweet moments ... in fact through every moment in our lives ... 

read Max's nomination - Philippians 4: 4-8 ... and ... think on these things ... 

feeling thankful ...

i woke up - FEELING THANKFUL ... i gotta testify, GOD has been so good to me ... through it all, i would have no other - but Jesus ... my peace depends on HIM alone, not my circumstances ... to be saved, is to have it all ... 

drifting ...

Hebrews 2:1 says: "So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it." ...

drift away ... it sounds relaxing, non-violent ... non-committal, an easy option ... it is also a real danger to any believer ... making the follower of Jesus blend in with the world ... 

our world is a world of compromise ... a world where having strong Christian values are viewed as being close minded, old fashioned and no fun ...

drift away ...

BE CAREFUL!...

does  your anchor hold?

What is love?

how can something written 2000 years ago, still ring so true today?  i think it's because God was the author of it - even though he used a man named Paul to pen it ... no one has yet to come up with a better description of what we imagine love to be ... what we dare hope it to be ... what Jesus came to show to us - It Is In Him!

trouble ...

it's the day of trouble that teaches me the most about the way i should live ... and if in that day of trouble, Jesus is my Lord  and i am committed to that fact ... then He will give me an underlying peace that helps me to endure ... until that trouble no longer troubles ...