Tuesday... We can get so distracted.

I am sitting here in my coffee shop and there is a big window looking out on a mountain and I am here striving to get a thought to write. Now the view can distract me until a thought or a word comes to me and the word for today is the word distracted and I now no longer see the mountain.

Now life has so many distractions that can get us off the path that God has for us.

Proverbs 16:17 (NLT) says, "The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives." Without a doubt, evil can be a major distraction. Even as Christians we can get so distracted by all the evil that is around us to the point that we lose sight of God and his plan and his glory and his greatness. The Amplified Bible says, "The highway of the upright turns away and departs from evil; He who guards his way protects his life (soul)." So let's not get distracted by evil.

Verse 20 (NLT) says , "Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord." We can get so distressed and distracted that we don't spend time in God's Word which builds our trust not our fear. Again the Amplified Bible says, "He who pays attention to the word [of God] will find good, And blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who trusts [confidently] in the Lord."

And we also need to not let anything distract us from this fact, from this truth. Acts 4:12 (NIRV) says, "You can't be saved by believing in anyone else. God has given no other name under heaven that will save them." The New Living Translation says, "There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved." That is right to the point. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless. It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...

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