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02/22/2026

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02/15/2026

"Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
The Holy Bible: New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1984), Mk 6:31.
Still good for us today! Learning to be at rest in the silence will help us be at rest when we enter into the noise of the world around us.

02/14/2026

A wise man said a fool can be known by six qualities. Anger without cause. Speech without profit. Change without motive. Enquiry without an objective end. Putting trust in strangers. Inability to determine friend from foe. My patience has been tried and perfected by fools. I’m praying for patience with an individual whose mind and mouth move at the same speed and motive. He never stops talking and his thoughts race in a million directions without purpose. He asks many questions about needless things that won’t profit him. He makes demands on other peoples time and energy placing himself above all. I recognize that this individual is making demands on my understanding, compassion, and patience. I will pray for him. And I will investigate my own unwillingness to patiently work with this person for the glory of God and for his own relationship with God and others. If you are finding yourself struggling with someone in your life that irritates you, then I suggest you do the same. How you respond to such individuals is your responsibility and not thiers.

02/12/2026

What is not good for the beehive is not good for the bee.

02/02/2026

Never place your hope in a thing that is impermanent. Your hopes will surely be potentially dashed to pieces. Our hope should lie in the only thing that is permanent. This is the very character, nature, and promises of the eternal God alone. If I were to be mature in my hope, then I would, as Thomas Merton suggested, hope only in the love of God for me, through me, and for the world. A love and a nature that fulfills His promises and purposes for us all. So I don't hope in a new heaven and a new earth alone, but only the love and character of God that stands behind the promise of a new heaven and new earth. Why should our hope be in anything but God's love and very being alone.
Hebrews 11:1
Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.
It is our faith in what we hope for that becomes the evidence of the Love of God in which we do not necessarily see tangibly with our eyes. To have faith in the hope of God and His very nature is to live and believe that we are meant to share this Love of God, as well as being the recipients of it. Meditate deeply upon this and see if it is not true!
Thomas Merton once wrote, "Hope is the wedding of two freedoms, human and Divine, in the acceptance of a love that is at once a promise and the beginning of fulfillment."

01/29/2026

Have you ever meditated on the impermanence of all things? We will not live forever, the earth will not last forever, and neither do our sorrows and woes last forever. They will come and go. It is when we hold onto them as if they are permanent in an impermanent world that we suffer. Suffering is meant for a season. Let your sorrows like sea billows roll... off your back and into the realm of patient endurance... knowing our troubles will not last forever.

01/14/2026

I watched him with his ear buds in. Rap music was playing. I know it was rap because he decided to sing the lyrics out loud in an area where there were many people. He did his little dance moves and then looked around to see if anyone was watching or if anyone was approving of performance. It made me think. What makes us look around for other people's approval? What makes us want to be seen and acknowledged? Is it low self esteem? Pride and ego? One sign of spiritual maturity is the ability to function in healthy ways without the need of approval or acceptance from others. It is a place of freedom. Jesus once talked about the religious leaders of his day placing heavy burdens on the people's backs, causing them to seek the approval and acceptance of the leadership to make sure their relationship was right with God. He also accused them of not lifting a finger to help them overcome obstacles in their life. A sure sign they were operating under a worldly system based on the need for approval and acceptance and not the way of the Lord. The way of the Lord is simple. Look at Jesus. What does his word and actions speak? They speak of a freedom beyond religious approval seeking and acceptance. Jesus once told a woman at the well that there will come a time when people will worship God anywhere, when they worship in Spirit and in Truth. This is a place of freedom. Not the place of needing acceptance religion. It is the place where one hears the voice of Jesus and they recognize it immediately as the way, the truth and the life. They recognize Him voice and acknowledge he is the Good Shepherds. Today I am free indeed because he freed me. Free from needing the acceptance and approval of others to function in healthy ways. How about you? Are you still looking around to see if someone approves you or accepts you. Turn to the Savior of the world. He has a path to freedom from this unhealthy need.

01/06/2026

Come to the Table and talk with me.... Some of you may not like what I am about to say... but hear me out.
Jesus’ declaration “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (John 14:6) means he is the exclusive path to God, the full revelation of divine reality, and the source of both eternal and abundant life. This I believe. This is why I say Jesus is the "T"ruth.
I would also say "t"ruth, defined as what is really real, can be found piercing it's way into the lives of every nation through a multitude of scientific, philosophical, religious, and mundane settings. For me the "t"ruth shines in every crevice of creation, "and that the heavens pour forth speech" that is meant to illuminate the "T"ruth to all the world. This is why "what can be known about God has been plainly revealed so that no one is without excuse." I don't fear any truth.
What I do fear are Christians who feel they are the only source of "t"ruth bearing witness to the "T"ruth. These dogmatic Christians plop the bible on people's heads calling all to hear the master's voice based on their books of traditions, doctrines and beliefs based on a book they call the bible.
But the master's voice is being shouted from the heavens and day by day the heavens rain forth speech (The Truth and truth) into the souls of every living creature through the gift of the Holy Spirit. Before there were churches, church bells, pews, disciplines, theological tomes, or even a bible there was wisdom and truth bearing witness to the ultimate source of Truth.
Some would say we need not look any further than our own bible and church halls to be safe from error. I say the minute we enclose God and the Truth in the pages of our theological texts, wrap God in our religious language, and cage Christ in our church halls we often become the hypocrites of our day. We turn into the Pharisees and Sadducees of the first century Israel as we demand allegiance to our caged Deity with tithes and offerings.
You may not understand what I am saying.... and may believe what I am saying to be heretical... but is it really? Can we contain our God in the pages of a book no matter how Holy we believe it to be? Our problem is that we read the Holy book through unillumined religious interpretation and revelation. The Bible is a source of truth bearing witness to the Truth. The Bible is not the fourth member of the Godhead. It's a tool which has been used for some of the most heinous and even glorious endeavors in known history.
I believe truth can be found in many places.
I am not saying that all religions are just different paths to God. They are too contradictory for such a case. What I am saying is that religions and wisdom traditions may bear some truth given to reveal the Truth to all creation and are worthy of our study.
Don't get me wrong. One day every knee will bow before the ultimate Truth. When He returns I will fall to my face in adoration. But until that day I am not a fan of organized religion. I see it's usefulness... but I also see it smothering the truth and Truth of God in our day and time in cultish behaviors, perceptions, traditions and approaches.
The Holy Spirit strives to illuminate the truth on behalf of the Truth to all the nations despite us. He does not need our bible. He only needs to be recognized and adhered to in our soul. Jesus is far more than we make Him out to be and is bigger than the single name we give Him. We often diminish Him when we try to cage Him with our limited religious perceptions and theological musings.

01/05/2026

I want to build a table of wisdom and awakening. I want to invite all my friends and family and any stranger who will come to that table. At this table wisdom and truth will be cherished and enjoyed. At this table only Love will be present. At the head of this table is Jesus. His love amazing and tender. His hope bright and prosperous. Our faith will be strengthened at this table. Our eyes opened. And I am humbly grateful for what is to come no matter how dark the skies become or how hopeless our world will be. Welcome to the table... lets break bread... let us feast upon the goodness of the Lord.

01/03/2026

The Illusion Of Not Being Free.
Oh the things we want freedom from. They can be numerous and overwhelming. Freedom from pain, suffering, conflict, financial woes, personal conflict, meaninglessness and the like can convince us we are not free. The Truth shall set you free. It doesn't mean the absence of such things. It simply means the absence of being attached to such imprisoning notions to the point that they are no longer overbearing burdens to us.
The message of Jesus is that the Truth shall set you free. Jesus is the Truth. There is a freedom to be had in his words concerning life and it's worries, the world and its evils, and the struggle and attachment to notions that cause us to struggle and lose our inner peace and joy.
Oh that we might learn from Jesus... The Way... The Truth... and the Life... Oh that we might own these things in ourselves for our freedom. If Jesus through his words and actions sets you free... the Bible says.... We are free indeed!

12/24/2025

ABC's Prayer

Amazing father in heaven,
Be our bright morning star.
Calm our spirits through your Spirit.
Deliver us from evil.
Enter our life in a powerful way.
Forgive us Father for all of our sins. Great and holy is your name. Holiness is what we desire in You.
Indwell us with your Spirit in powerful ways for your glory.
Jesus our guide and savior visit us with your love and care.
Kindness is your way for us.
Let your love fill our hearts.
Make in us a new heart.
Never leave us or forsake us.
Order our days and by your hand may we grow into your likeness.
Provide us our daily bread and necessities.
Quite our doubts and fears and let it be replaced by faith and hope.
Remove the barriers between us Lord.
Save us by your mighty hand from the world and its ways.
Thank you for all of your goodness.
Understanding your will is what we seek. Help us understand.
Victory is all yours our God. we are victorious in you.
Wash us whiter than snow. Let our sins be remembered no more.
X ray our lives and reveal our inner faults
You are our great redeemer
Zeal is what we need. Help us to be zealous for you.
Amen

12/20/2025

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me.
—Psalm 139:23–24

Make your thoughts a clean sanctuary. To God, our thoughts are things. Our thoughts are the decorations inside the sanctuary where we live. If our thoughts are purified by the blood of Christ, we are living in a clean room no matter if we are wearing overalls covered with grease.
Your thoughts pretty much decide the mood and weather and climate inside your heart, and God considers your thoughts as part of you.
Thoughts of peace, thoughts of pity, thoughts of mercy, thoughts of kindness, thoughts of charity, thoughts of God, thoughts of the Son of God—these are pure things, good things, and high things.
Therefore, if you would cultivate the Spirit’s acquaintance, you must get hold of your thoughts and not allow your mind to be a wilderness in which every kind of unclean beast roams and bird flies. You must have a clean heart.

A. W. Tozer and Marilynne E. Foster, Tozer on the Holy Spirit: A 366-Day Devotional (Camp Hill, PA: WingSpread, 2007).

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