Weldon called this morning to give Willard a message. Weldon told Willard that he and Kay were going to pick strawberries. I told Willard to ask him if he would buy us a bucket full and we will pay him when he got here with them. To my surprise, not only did he delivered the strawberries, but Kay and also baked me a pound cake to go with them. Weldon said that the strawberries and the pound cake were from the both of them for my birthday. I thought this was so sweet, and it has really touched my heart.
Weldon and Kay both are two of the most sweetest people that I know. As I said many times before, Christ can be seen in them. They show Christ light shine with their generosity and their lovingkindness.
Thank you in Weldon and Kay, from the bottom of my heart. I love you both. 2nd Peter 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 2nd Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Until next time, God bless and God save.

My very sweet daughter-in-law Kim Horton Hicks, Bobby's wife put this on Facebook today. It is so true. Many people on this earth only think about the blessings that come their way. They never think that they may be someone else's blessing. It reminds me of a story that I heard long ago that Pastor Donald Harris told. I hope that I remember the story correctly since it's been many years since I heard it. If I get anything wrong, and someone else knows the story, please tell it. Is a very heart moving story. I begin the story.
There was a couple who were unable to have children, so they decided to adopt. The couple had tried for many years to have children without success. They were getting on in age where adopting would be more difficult here in the United States. They decided to go to Russia to adopt. They adopted a beautiful little girl. Upon getting home with their little princess, she suddenly grew very ill. The father and mother sat by their daughter in the hospital room day and night. They prayed to God for the little girl to get well. But as the days went by, their little angel only got worse off. The mother enters into the chapel at the hospital and prays this prayer.
God in Heaven, we prayed so hard to have a child. We waited for years and years for you to answer our prayer. The mother continues her prayer with these words. God in heaven why did you give her to us, if you're only going to take her away.
The minister of the chapel heard the mother's prayer. Knowing that she needed some answers, the minister walks over and sits beside her. Asking her, would it be all right if he talked to her some, with tears streaming down her face she nods her head okay. The preacher began with a question for the mother. He asked, do you believe that God answers all prayer? The woman shrugs her shoulders and through bitter tears, answers I use to. The minister tells the mother that God did answer a prayer, but it was not her and her husbands prayer that God was answering. The little girl knew that she was dying, which the orphanage in Russia purposely concealed from the couple. The little girl prayed that before she died she would have a mother and father who really loved her and cared for her.
You see, the minister had already spoken to the little girl one day when the parents were not there. She had told the minister of her prayer and that God had answered that prayer.
So you see, sometimes we're the answer to God's prayer instead of the beneficiary of prayer.Ephesians 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Until next time, God bless and God save.

If you can't say something nice…….Zip it.

If you can't say something nice...... zip it.

Not long ago, I was unfortunate enough to run into a lady that gossips and back stabs just about everyone she knows. I listened as she gossiped about this person and that person. Unfortunately she used the Bible, God's holy word in her endeavor to stomp all over people's character. She'd say things like, so and so is shacked up with so and so, and then she would quote Scripture of the awful sin they were committing. I was very surprised that she didn't say her usual to me. Her usual comment would be "well Joan, I see you're still fat". She has a very sharp tongue, that will cut a person to shreds.
She even talked about other people who talked about people, LOL. It's really not funny. She really cannot see herself as others see her nor as God sees her. All the other people with their sins, their shortcomings, she's glad to announce to the world. But her own sins, she just doesn't see.
James 1:26 if any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is in vain.
James 3:5 even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Rehold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
James 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Romans 3:13 their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
These are some verses that I really would love to quote to her, if I thought it would do any good. But you know the people, the ones who think they can do no wrong. It's just my own opinion but I believe she is one of those. But there is one thing that I can do for her. I will definitely pray for her.
And when Jesus gets a hold of her, then she'll understand.
I went many years thinking and that I was living all right, thinking I was living a Godly life. But one day, Jesus took hold of me, and made me face the mirror of my own life. I truly did not like what I saw. Ever since then I have tried my best to follow Jesus, and be as much like him as I can.
Being a Christian, a true born-again Christian, is not the easiest life to live. First you are forgiven by Christ's, that's the easy part. Then you in turn have to turn around and forgive others. That's not so easy sometimes. Sometimes it's an everyday process of forgiving, then getting angry and hurt because of the same thing that you were supposed to have already forgiven. Then you forgive all over again. Everyone that has ever hurt me in any way, I have forgiven. But tomorrow, when one of those old hurt resurfaces, I will forgive again.
I've even learned to love the unlovable. Yes even this lady, I love. It's her that I love and not her own wrongdoing. We have to separate the person from the sin, and love the person.
Well, I think I've made the point, tongues can hurt!

Until next time, God bless and God save.

Many people who do not believe in God, will say that they cannot believe in anything that they cannot see or touch.
Okay I'm talking to these people.
There are millions of planets, suns, moons, asteroids, in space. Most can only be seen by a telescope. Especially since the Hubble telescope, there has been many of these seen. In fact new galaxies that we never knew were there, have now been seen. If you have seen the pictures of these that were taken via Hubble telescope, then you know how beautiful God's creation is throughout all the galaxies. Before Hubble telescope, these were unseen by human eyes. Just because we did not see them, does not mean they were not there. Before Hans Lippershey invented the first workable telescope and microscope, mankind was in the dark about many things that have been created by God.
There are millions upon millions of galaxies yet to be seen, even through Hubble. Just because we cannot see them, does not mean that they are not there. There are millions upon millions of microbe organisms unseen by the human eye. Just because we cannot see them does not mean that they do not exist.
God is not going to come waving his arms, screaming here I am. And your disbelief does not cause me not to believe.
Romans 3:3 For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
The only one you affect in your disbelief is yourself. But let me ask you this. What if you're wrong? What if God and all the things written in His holy Scripture are true? What if heaven and hell do exist?
Faith is a conscious choice. If you have to be shown then why have faith at all? For if you have to be shown, faith is not needed.
Hebrews 11:1 now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 10:23 let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;" for He is faithful that promised;"
Hebrews 11:3 through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Things just did not up and appear just because we now have telescopes and microscopes. They have always been, since the beginning of creation. And whether you believe or not, like I said before, is a conscious choice. I chose to believe. Once I chose to believe, then God came to abide in my heart, and although I cannot see him I feel his presence abiding with me always.
You see, first must come faith.

Until next time, God bless and God save.

If your home in heaven was built by how you gave of yourself on earth, what would your home look like? I know some of you whose homes will be mansions full of all kinds of blessings.
One friend of mine for instance. She never forgets to let me know that she's thinking of me and Willard. By sending cards, paying for a prescription in guidepost for me and Willard. Stopping by to see us when she's in the area. She always has a kind word to say. She has a big heart, and you can tell Jesus dwells there.
A lady at the drugstore is always there with a smile, and a kind word every time I go into, Thomas drug store. Her smile is almost addictive, her smile spreads on everyone else's face. God is revealed in that smile. she loves people, and cares about them. She's always there with chicken soup, chicken and rice for people that are sick. Money for groceries for those that are in need. A hand to hold for those that need it.
These are just two of many people in my life that serve others. It seems to me that Jesus puts a special heart inside his disciples. We Christians, are all disciples of Jesus Christ. We are not here to see how much stuff we can get on the earth. If you will remember Jesus and his disciples went on many trips without food or any other kind of provisions. All they had was the clothes and the shoes that they wore. Disciples are to spread the good news of Jesus Christ. Disciples are to help the needy as best we can. We're here to show the light of Jesus inside each and every one of us. If we care more about worldly goods, then we are hiding that light under the bushel basket of our earthly idols.
Luke 11: 33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
I know too many people there are wealthy. And when they see a needy person they turned their backs and head the other way. I know so many people that are needy themselves, but will stop and give all they can to help someone else in need. These needy people, are building mansions in heaven full of the many blessings of God. The heavenly father blesses those who obeyed his son Jesus Christ. And Jesus' final commandment was for us to love one another. We are to love one another and take care of each other, until the return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
He's on his way people, what will your heavenly home look like?
Until next time, God bless and God save.

I was talking with my sister-in-law Janice today. She has been fighting cancer for three years now. And her and I were talking about the daily struggles of dealing with cancer. Cancer is not just a physical illness. The mental stress is not just day-to-day, but sometimes hour-by-hour, it's often torture . She started crying at one time and said she is so tired of struggling everyday to survive.
People without cancer go about their life never thinking thoughts such as, will I be alive next year. But people with cancer, do. We wonder whether we'll be here next year, or two years from now.
I think the most hurtful part of it all is when, we politely sit and listen with a forced smile on our faces, as others talk about their future plans. Or they talk about doing things that we people with cancer can no longer do. Cancer, not only threatens to take our lives, but it slowly takes away from us certain abilities. Chemotherapy and radiation destroys the cells in our bodies. We develop heart problems, breathing problems become worse. Unspeakable side effects that those without cancer cannot even imagine. The energy is sapped from our bodies, Even if we wanted to do something special, we really don't feel like it. And all the while someone is telling us what a great trip they had, telling us about others doing things that we use to enjoy doing. They don't mean to hurt us, in fact I don't even think they think about what they're doing. But the truth be said, they could not hurt us any worst if they had tried. I'm saying this not because of myself. It's because there are many people out there with cancer and other diseases that truly don't know whether they have another month to live. It’s the most cruelest thing in the world, to my opinion, for someone to talk with these people about the future and what it may hold for the person who is not ill. If you don't know what to talk about while speaking to a person in these circumstances, just talk about the past, talk about family members. And if that doesn't work, hey, you can always talk about the weather.
Janice and I are in the same situation. Although our cancer may be controllable, or treatable, both her doctor and mine have both said that our cancer will come back. Of course they can't say how long it will take to come back. They can't say where in our bodies it will come back. We were only told it will. So neither Janice nor I can say whether we will be here a year from now, or not.
I just wanted to give you something to think about, So the next time you go into a nursing home and talk to one of the residents, or to a prison and speak to one of the prisoners or in a hospital speaking to someone dying.
Please think about the topic of your conversation.

Until next time, God bless and God save.

Evolution says, a long time ago when there was nothing there was a big bang that came from nowhere and that's when things started. There was nowhere, for nothing to be. LOL. And the people that believe this philosophy say to God believing people- prove there's a God.
Well let me try.
Well first, let me give you my philosophy of the big bang. When Almighty God opened his mouth to say let there be. That's when there was somewhere for something to be. The creation of somewhere would cause such tremendous pressure on the emptiness of nothing that the sound was heard in the uppermost Heavens. Almost like a balloon popping in reverse. Think of a balloon being blown up inside an already blown up balloon. As the balloon inside inflates it causes such pressure on the outer balloon that it pops. Bang. So now somewhere is created.
After somewhere was created, God finished his sentence by saying what would ‘’be’’ created. God creates planets, suns, moons, plants, animals, even the water that fill our lakes, rivers and oceans.
Okay, so now they say, I can't see God, I can't hear God, I can't touch God, so prove God.
Well let me see. I could say that I see God in all the wonderful creations that he has created. Millions upon millions of God's creation. None of which were by happenstance. Oh, that's right, evolution believes that all of this was from nonexistent organisms getting together and forming all this. I'm sorry but I can't help but laugh at you if you believe that. If organisms did get together, God created them, and they came together as God willed them to. God created each individual thing, each individual person, as he wanted them to look. And that's my fact.
I could say, that God talks to me all the time. I can hear his gentle loving voice in my heart. Every time I'm hurting, every time I'm lonely, every time there's any need and all, God is there whispering, I love you, telling me everything will be all right. But wait a minute, that's right, if you're not a child of God, then you can't hear Him, can you?
I could say that I feel God in the gentle breeze that blows on a summer's night. Or I feel God in the embrace of a loved one. I could say, that I feel God when the Holy Spirit moves within me. That's when I feel how wonderful God's love is for us all. But that's right, if you don't believe in God, then how can you feel his love?
You see, the thing is that without faith, There really is nothing to believe in. You see, I need no one to prove there's a God. I first had faith, then I saw God, I heard God, although I could not touch God, God touched me! And I now feel God's presence with me at all times.
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Heb 11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
Heb 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things, which are seen, were not made of things which do appear.
Until next time, God bless and God saved.