Thoughts and Reflections

Psalm 32: 7 Thou art my hiding place ; thou shalt preserve me from trouble ; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.   Maybe it is my personal failing in trusting God, Maybe its weak faith, or maybe I just do not listen to His quiet promptings to pay attention to his Word. Any way you look at it I do not receive words of wisdom often. Does this mean I quit looking? Does this mean I give up? No, of course not. This is one area in my life that I want to continue to grow and learn. That is why when I came across this part of scripture, my mind began to wonder. What does this mean? Sure, I know what preserving means. You can, dry, or prepare food for long term storage. It has been set aside for a later date when the season of the food is no longer here, but you want to enjoy it still. What I was not putting together was God preserving me, so I grabbed my dictionary and looked it up. Sure enough, my definition was there. But then I discovered more… ...

Romans 6:11-16 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body , that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin : but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you : for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? We are born into a sin filled world. We “take possession” of a sin filled body. We live our lives striving to fulfill the lusts of our bodies desires on a daily basis . It is when we come to the point of realizing ou...

So life will take you in directions you never thought they would. People will betray you. People will cause you pain you never thought you would have to face. How will you respond? How did you used to respond? You can change the way you treat people when they are acting in selfishness and sinfulness, causing you hurt on levels you did not know existed. Most of the time we decide to lash out and strike back with our own "weapons" of pride, bitterness, and resentment. However, there is a better option. An option that only God can give you the power to accept. It will be a daily, hourly, or minute by minute choice to be made. God will bless you and help you as you make the harder choice. I am in a place in my life where I have been betrayed on so many levels. The pain is immense. The injustice of it all is unbelievable. I am by no means a perfect man. There was only one perfect person and that was Jesus Christ. I have my faults, failures, and sins that I commit. I have seen th...

Lost… Beaten… Damaged… Scarred…. That is the situation that described the state it was in. It was a warm summer day and I had decided to go out and attempt another fishing excursion. I usually did not travel far and today was no exception. I headed off to one of my more frequented locations. I normally had fair success there and figured that today would be no exception. I enjoyed my time there, soaking up the sun. The success of my fishing however was a let-down. I wandered up and down the shoreline just enjoying being outside when I caught a glint of sunlight off of a foreign object partially buried in the rocks. I walked over and stooped down. Picking it up, I discovered that I had found a Leatherman. Too bad I had not found it sooner I thought. I just purchased a new one not two days ago. This discovered tool showed a lot of wear and tare. The abuse it endured was obvious. I rolled it around in my hand, brushing the dirt and grime from it. I noticed on one of the sides that ...

Hey, How's it going. Yeah I am still here. To be honest, I do not know what to write. You see, life has taken an unexpected turn. My plans for the past few months were vanquished. My dreams and plans for the near future have been "rewritten". I am becoming "okay" with it though. God is working and has a plan. He loved me and those involved more than I will ever understand. I see His hand moving in my life and others. Do I see all that He is doing in me and for me? No, but He is moving. I was looking back at some previous postings and saw things that I wrote that I did not understand the true impact of what is there. Many times God has used a sermon that I heard before to teach me a "new" truth. It is new to me because I was not ready to see it the first time. Looks like He has done that with my own writing. I find myself in a place where I have had to learn to fully trust God. It is a large task for me. Trust is a very week area in my life. But G...