The Lord Carries Us Through

Isaiah 46:4 KJV; God is with us throughout our lives. He carries us through the many years and delivers us.

To Seek And Save The Lost

Luke 19:2-20 KJV; He came to seek and save the lost.

This Too Shall Pass; Everything Will Be All Right!

"Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:" (Phil 1:6 KJV)

We all have days; sometimes, months, and even years that nothing seems to go right. We might even start thinking that we've messed up our whole lives; that we are complete failures. Take heart! God is with you and can make good things come out of even those things that are totally messed up. 

Those times of adversity can teach us how to grow in the way of the Lord if we are paying attention. They will help us to change so that we can live in peace with God; with others; and with ourselves!

There are times; though, when hard times come to us to no fault of our own. Consider the trials of Job. He lost everything when Satan tested his faith. Yet, he was blessed even more richly by God after losing so much.

All is not lost. Have faith; be confident that as God as begun a good work in you, he will continue to work in your life until the day of Jesus Christ. 

God's Peace - Pr. J

The Finder

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10 KJV)

We have a competition around the house; that is to see who is the "Finder." We just happen to lose a lot of stuff. Tools get lost on a daily basis. So does  a lot of paperwork. No one ever seems to have a clue where stuff was left. I lose my keys daily. In fact, I just had to have a key made for the car as it fell out of the fob somewhere during my daily running around. Very, very frequently, I have to have Jimmy call my cell phone when I'm at the church so that I can find it, hoping that I forgot to turn it off or down during worship so that I can hear it ring. I have finally figured out that when I lose the phone at home, I can just go on my alternate Messenger and call my own phone.

We take turns being the "Finder" at home. But, the reality is that there is no better "Finder" than Jesus. It was not just things that were lost. He did not come to find inanimate objects. He came to find the lost so that we could live in his presence. We were the lost and without Jesus we would remain lost. He came to find the lost. Thanks be to God!

God's Peace - Pr. J