Category: Writing

Forgiveness

Always remember that your sins are forgiven not on what YOU have done but instead all about what HE did! No works or religious practices can earn you favor with God; only the blood of Jesus did that…

Agape Love,

David

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great Easter weekend. What a passage God has given us this morning; that He did indeed provide a way to be saved from the judgment to come.

Let us show others today that path through not only our words but our actions as well. Have a great day everyone!

Blessings,

David

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A Little Lighter Note

Emma

I know, I know. I have you probably totally confused why I am posting this. But, I thought a break from all the serious stuff for a minute to bring you the picture of my only Grand Daughter Emma. Isn’t she adorable??

Peace,

David

YouTube!

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One last post for today. I actually started a YouTube channel so if you want to check it out, click here and you can be part of that as well. I warn you I’m not a pretty face but war is war and I need to use everything at my disposal.

Blessings!

David

Paul Harvey

I came across this browsing around today and I have heard it before but it bears repeating….

This speech was broadcast by legendary ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey on April 3, 1965:

“If I were the Devil. . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree, so I should set about however necessary to take over the United States. I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: “Do as you please.” “Do as you please.” To the young, I would whisper, “The Bible is a myth.” I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that what is bad is good, and what is good is “square”. In the ears of the young marrieds, I would whisper that work is debasing, that cocktail parties are good for you. I would caution them not to be extreme in religion, in patriotism, in moral conduct. And the old, I would teach to pray. I would teach them to say after me: “Our Father, which art in Washington” . . .

If I were the devil, I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull an uninteresting. I’d threaten T.V. with dirtier movies and vice versa. And then, if I were the devil, I’d get organized. I’d infiltrate unions and urge more loafing and less work, because idle hands usually work for me. I’d peddle narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. And I’d tranquilize the rest with pills. If I were the devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects but neglect to discipline emotions . . . let those run wild. I would designate an atheist to front for me before the highest courts in the land and I would get preachers to say “she’s right.” With flattery and promises of power, I could get the courts to rule what I construe as against God and in favor of pornography, and thus, I would evict God from the courthouse, and then from the school house, and then from the houses of Congress and then, in His own churches I would substitute psychology for religion, and I would deify science because that way men would become smart enough to create super weapons but not wise enough to control them.

If I were Satan, I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg, and the symbol of Christmas, a bottle. If I were the devil, I would take from those who have and I would give to those who wanted, until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. And then, my police state would force everybody back to work. Then, I could separate families, putting children in uniform, women in coal mines, and objectors in slave camps. In other words, if I were Satan, I’d just keep on doing what he’s doing.

Paul Harvey, Good Day.

Hits Home

Good morning and Happy Saturday my friends! Made it through another work week, amen? For those that have to work on the weekends; I salute you. Was there for many years and I know it stinks but praise God I have a job now that affords me the weekends off (usually). So with that said a couple of things before I get started.

1. The intent of my post today was to be about the killing of innocent life; AKA abortion. It is a subject that is near and dear to my heart but after the events this week, God gave me a different message for today. rest assured though I will get back to it.

2. The above picture is of my boys with the exception of one who is down in Florida. (Love you Aaron!). There is NOTHING I would not do for any of them and here is where my message really begins….

So as many of you know, this last year has been very difficult. From my hip replacement surgery and subsequent leg issues afterwards, to my Bride and her back/spine issues, to sickness and I could go on and on. There have been times where I thought my family was truly being punished for something. Then came Thursday…

My Bride had me call her at home because my son Josh had gotten back some blood test results that were not good. She was hysterical as any mother would be and so as any Dad would, I ran home from work to find out exactly what was going on and what we were dealing with. Turns out he has something called NASH disease of his liver. In his case its pretty rare because typically this is found in someone overweight or who is an alcoholic; neither of which he is. So, for the next five months, he is going to be getting more blood work done to develop a baseline and confirm all of this. In the meantime, he will have to never drink any alcohol again and be on a very strict low carb diet. If he does not follow this regimen he could go into liver failure by the time he is 45. Not exactly what you want to hear about one of your kids….

So, of course we have his back completely on this, in fact I texted him this morning to let him know that I was doing the no alcohol thing with him for support. I don’t really drink that much anyway so its no biggie. Our family always has and always will stick together; at least from this guys perspective anyways….Now the question you have all been waiting for, “Where is God in all of this?” I’m glad you asked!

On the way home, my first instinct was to think, Not this one God, you will not take my son from me…..Then almost immediately I thought of Abraham and how he and Sarah had waited so long for a child and then almost right away, God asks him to take Issac up to the mountain and sacrifice him. I’m sure Abraham’s first instinct was something like, Really? We waited all this time to have a son and now you want me to kill him in a sacrifice? But alas we know the story and Abraham took Issac up to the mountain only to discover that God did not want this sacrifice at all but instead to test his faith. He passed with flying colors and so then here I am making these crazy demands to God. I mean it could be so much worse and here I am DEMANDING things from the Creator. I’m sure He had a momentary chuckle. Then something else happened….

I WANTED to be angry but for some reason instead of anger, I felt POWER. Power that I had never experienced before in that I couldn’t get angry but instead had a calmness and faith like I have never had. I knew in that moment coming home that no matter what, God had our backs and would be with us till the end of the age. That we may not truly understand why things happen the way they do but in the end, God has a plan and that plan is to see us fulfill our destiny with Him! I hope I conveyed that in writing ok; it was a feeling I have never had since being a Christ follower. I guess because in that moment I also knew that no matter how much I love Josh and the rest of my boys, I will never love them as much as He does.

So to this and everything else, I place it at the foot of the Cross. I know that Jesus loves me and my family and anything thing we go through He will use to make us better. My prayer for all of you today is that you would allow God into your heart today and let Him give you that same peace. Amen? Have a great Saturday everyone!

Love and Blessings,

David