Alone, in her darkness, she wondered again if it would ever end. She already knew the answer. The screams never stopped. The hot smell of burning rotting flesh tore at her mind. The acidic sulfuric gases had long ago burned out her sense of smell. Her eyes were wide open and yet she could not see whatever was bumping into her, clawing at her body. Her mind raced in so many fearful directions and then again the screams. Continue reading
Is It Supposed To Be This Hard?
Here is one long lonely thought: Is it supposed to be this hard?
God has allowed that adversity in your life so that you may glorify Him. That which is your limiting weakness is the evidence and assurance of His strength. Who can deny His power, His presence, His personal involvement in your life when you are driven to overflowing fullness in Him by your infirmity? If you have overcome your adversity then you have done well and you may take credit for your tenacity and perseverance. If you can’t do it then He has done in you a mighty work beyond what you can think or imagine. Continue reading
Ten Becauses
Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.(10) Because at the root of all sin is the covetousness which is pride. Satan is the father of that lie which says “I will”. I will have what I want when I want without regard for what the Lord wants for me. Coveting is Lusting. Lust is not in the love of God but is the perversion of the devil. It demands more than is right and sets the whole of man at odds with his Creator. Continue reading
The Worst of Times
Charles Dickens started his story of The Tale of Two Cities with this now familiar line; “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times”. There are many days in our lives where we can apply that thought. This was one of them. Our youngest son James had been born after a troublesome pregnancy that saw his mother spend the last seven months almost completely bedridden. Yet out of that fear and sorrowful trial came ten fingers and ten toes, perfect in every way. Within a few weeks as he lay dying in St. Petersburg’s Children’s Hospital, I poured my entire heart and soul out to the Lord who desired to provide deliverance. It was a mountaintop beyond description when the doctors declared the spinal meningitis had mysteriously disappeared. Continue reading