Lifelines

I read today in my feed of someone who is representing the United States in the Olympics, yet they don’t want to hear the national anthem played, believing it was an affront to them personally. I remember a time when I was barely 21 and I sat in protest when they gave the Pledge of…

In the Chicagoland area our grounds have finally received some much needed rain. They were so thirsty that the grass had already started turning brown. And now today, after a few downpours, we are looking at green grass again! What a difference a little rain makes. God is so good, He doesn’t just quench the…

I am currently facing a moral dilemma – not that I am choosing whether or not to sin, rather how chummy should I be with those who sin. The question of course is WWJD? (What Would Jesus Do)? Could there be an answer in scripture: 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat…

We are all familiar with the biblical passage made even more famous when it entered into the public arena when Langston Hughes penned the same words: Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 (NLT) Everyone has within their heart a degree of “hope“. They may…

Just wrote a few days ago about the lazy, hazy days of summer. Thought the living was going to be easy. Trying to remember, but I thought I was retired. Alas, be careful what you pray for. Working on keeping my mind alert and focused, I have grabbed hold of a few projects that have…

There is no doubt that we have had some very lovely days so far as spring slides into summer. The sun has been shining over balmy days, the grass is so green, the flowers are beautiful – what more can we ask? Everywhere I hear of people going on trips thoughts of the pandemic have…

We are now living in what is being called a post-pandemic world As the philosophers try to reckon with it, there will no doubt be many questions asked – that science will never be able to answer. Why did so many lose their life to this deadly disease? Why did one in a household get…

It is great to receive stirring words of prophecies declaring good things to come in your life. Yet, with every prophetic declaration there is a process that must take place before it occurs. We are all quick to quote Jeremiah 29:11, but how many of us read the verses that precede it? 4 This is what…

Whether you know or not, the very God, Creator of the universe came after you like a hound dog chasing a rabbit. No, He didn’t shout you down, or tackle you like a quarterback, but in every way that He could, He came after you proclaiming a love that was unconditional. There was no announcement…

Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what prayer to pray for certain individuals. You know they need a change in their life, but you can’t determine, outside of salvation, what that change needs to be. And the truth is, the destiny of other people does not lie in our hands. Even our personal destiny rests…