Viva God!

There is a restaurant in my neighborhood that serves exceptionally good Mexican food. I also like going there because of its really unique atmosphere. There are several murals painted on the walls. There are also some interesting pictures as well. One of the first things you will notice when you sit down is that one of the murals, and many of the pictures, are of one man in particular, That man is General Emiliano Zapata. Zapata was a key figure in the Mexican Revolution which took place in the early 1900’s. Although he died a violent death in 1919, he still maintains a rather heroic...

Why Me, Lord?

To slightly paraphrase the old hit song by Kris Kristofferson: Why me, Lord? What have I ever done to deserve even one of the [blessings] I've known? Every day, I am astonished at all the blessings the Lord has bestowed on me: wise and loving parents; a sweet, patient wife who raised with me three fine children; reasonably good health; a stable, satisfying job; living in a free country . . . the list goes on and on. Of course, the greatest gift of all is God's infinite love in sending His Son into this world to live, teach, suffer, and die...

Be Reminded….

Large scale farming has not always been as we know it today. Nowadays we call it mechanized agriculture or commercial farming and so on but several hundred years ago it definitely was not like this and the aforementioned names never existed. Now it is driven machines, then it was oxen (yoke). Was it effective? Yes, in its own small way but never in the magnitude that we have today… The above exposition bear some semblance to the work of God in our lives. Over four (4) thousand years ago He sent the commandments and various codes for the...

My Funeral for Sam

This is not my scheduled week to post here, but my friend Sam passed away last week.Sam was not given a funeral, so the following is my feeble attempt at providing him with one... We are gathered here today to give glory to God and to pay our final respects to Sam. No obituary was printed for Sam, so I had to draw on things I have learned from our friendship of over twenty years. Sam held several jobs in his lifetime but he was an artist at heart. To the best of my knowledge, he never made any serious money with his paintings, but perhaps that is just as well. If Sam had managed to make...

Back to the Basics

I recently attended a seminar held at my church which I enjoyed very much. One of the things the speaker stressed in this seminar were the concepts of "essentials" and "non-essentials". Since attending that seminar I have read numerous devotionals, prayers and other types of posts written by my friends. A good many of these dealt with the different types of struggles we encounter. Often. we as individual believers struggle. There are times when entire church congregations struggle. There are even times when it seems that the entire body of believers who call themselves Christians struggle. I...

THE FIRST TWO COMPLAINTS

Numbers Chapter 11  The people of Israel had already left the Sinai, and chapters 11 and 12 reported events accruing in his march to Kibroth hattaavah. When problems arose, the people complained. Herein sinned, and his experience brings us important lessons. Whenever the people complained, the Glory of the Lord appeared. He disliked their complaints. We can be sure that He is displeased with too many believers living criticizing and complaining today. They are always finding faults, and nothing satisfies them. Whether the fire of...

When God Calls

Sesquicentennial. It’s a fancy word that means 150th anniversary. I begin this way because about three years ago I felt God leading me to write and share a weekly devotional and this makes devotional number 150. What’s so remarkable about that? Not much unless  you consider the fact that I never considered writing on my own. In fact, by profession, I deal far more with numbers than words. I followed His lead and I am glad that I did because some exciting and completely unexpected things happened as a result of it. When I first began  writing, it was a challenge for me. I knew...