Fresh heart for the journey
“Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?” Matthew 6:27 NLT Let me tell you about my sad launch of this day. I woke up in the dark in our friend’s RV (in town for the memorial service for her mother) worried about the three steps down to where my clothes […]
Question # 1: “Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?” Matthew 6:27 Question #2: “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye yet fail to perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?” Matthew 7:2 Question #3 “Do you believe I can do this?” Matthew 9:28 “Why do […]
I really feel good today—as if I didn’t have a care in the world. Ever met somebody that didn’t have a care in the world? There is a smile on their face. There is no anxiety obvious in their emotions. They’re not fidgety. You know they are financially well off. Their family seems grounded and […]
It’s like sitting in your living room in a poorly-built apartment building when the neighbor upstairs drops his heavy work boot on the floor, scaring you half to death. And you hold your breath … waiting for the other shoe to fall. Some people live their entire lives in that negative, anticipatory manner. And […]
There is no purpose to worry … it serves no useful good. Joanie woke up this morning with the look of someone who fought gallantly with her pillow all night and lost convincingly. We have been packing for what we trust will be our ‘last move’ (No … not that ‘last move. We’ve been […]
“Hide me from the plots of this evil mob, from this gang of wrongdoers.” Psalm 64:2 New Living Translation I saw my first zombie movie around 1950 on my cousin’s black and white television. I’m not sure I’ve seen another one since! Obviously the cinematography, make-up and graphic details can’t match today’s movies, but […]
After a two year absence from dentists and a move to another city, it was time to have my ‘not-so-pearly-whites’ checked. As I lay back with mouth gaping and rubber clad gloves probing my mouth, the dentist called out his findings to his assistant. She filled out the chart as he made the round […]
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT TUESDAY. AREAS OF WEST WINDS 2O TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 70 MPH. US Weather Service alert for Apple Valley, CA This was the alert I read last night, and true to the prediction the wind shook […]
– “The world has just exploded into chaos. My home is gone, resources have dried up and there appears no help forthcoming. Where in the world is God?” – “There is fear in my heart. The political landscape is frightening beyond anything I have ever known. The future is blacked out. Is God aware? Where […]
I am a pastor, teacher, and encourager. I am a happy husband and leader of a family tribe now numbering 13. I am President of Fresh Heart Ministries and consider called of God to help you grow in your spiritual walk … let you know how special you are to God … and have some fun while doing so.