Trust God's Timing

Have you ever prayed and asked God to help you achieve a goal in life and when it seems its taking longer than you expected, you become impatient? The Apostle Paul waited fourteen years before he every went back to Jerusalem to meet with the elders of the founding church of Christianity. There is no indication from Scripture that Paul was impatient while waiting.

If you are asking God for help with something right now, be willing to trust His timetable. "My times are in your hands..."[Psalm 31:15]

"Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him..."  [Psalm 37:7]


"There is no need to arrive anywhere before God wants you to be there," David Jeremiah - Pathways

Valentine Love vs God's Love

There is no question, we are in love with love! We want to be loved and we want to give love. But what is the TRUE definition of love? Kari, a five-year-old said that, "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy put on shaving cologne and they go around and smell each other!" Not exactly!

The difference between Hallmark Love [Valentine's Day] and God's love is one is an emotion and one is an action. The world defines love as how we feel. God however, defines love my what we do. That is why Jesus commanded us to "love one another" and to "love our enemies." You cannot command yourself to "feel" a certain way toward another person but you can show love by your action. 

'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,..." Space does not allow me to follow this wonderful truth to its ultimate conclusion but remember you don't have to feel a certain way to show God's love.

Who Are You Cheating?

Many of us were taught from childhood that cheating was wrong. But in reality we cheat every day. Allow me to explain what I mean.

All of us have demands on our lives: school, home, work, church.etc. There is only 24-hours in a day and usually we do not have time to get everything done. So what can you do?  You have to cheat. When you take time away from one area and give it to another, the first party feels "cheated." When you stay at work long hours. taking time away your family, your family feels cheated. You can explain why you need to work so many hours and they might understand the why but they will still feel cheated.

What gets the 'lion's share' of your time shows what is valued in your life. It is the better part of wisdom to give your time to things eternal: God, Family, and the Kingdom. I have never heard anyone say with their dying breath, "I wish I had spent more time at work." But I have heard people say, "I wish I had spent more time with my family. Or my relationship with God."

"Cheat" where it will make an eternal difference.

Don't Leave Home Without It

“Cell Phone vs. Bible”

(author unknown)
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone?
What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated it like we couldn’t live without it?
What if we gave it to kids as gifts?
What if we used it when we traveled?
What if we used it in case of emergency?
This is something to make you go….hmm…where is my Bible? Makes you stop and think “where are my priorities?”
Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don’t have to worry about our Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill. And no dropped calls!