Psalm 34:8 Oh taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! There are times that my heart cries out as I watch how we as westerners attempt to establish a relationship with the infinite Lord. We tend to believe that a spiritual relationship is derived…

Why is it that we find ourselves struggling and striving to prove ourselves in the eyes of others? Depriving ourselves of the momentary pleasures that pass us by each day. Fearful that if we take our foot off the accelerator then someone will pass us by and leave us in the dust. I have often…

We will always have some people who view us as plain and ordinary, perhaps even worthless. Some people focus so much on the external that they miss the beauty of the internal. We humans are far more than our outer shell – our bodies – our surface conversations. There is depth in everyone. Sometimes we…

What a question to ask! I guess it would depend on whose perspective you were looking from. Remember that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. Let us start by looking at a portion of scripture in Luke 6:1-11. Here we find Jesus and His disciples walking through a grain field on the Sabbath and…

The year was 1979 and I was 19 years old and entering the second year of my automotive apprenticeship. I loved working on cars, but I especially loved working on “Muscle Cars”. This love was so strong that I had an unofficial side business of being the “poor man’s” muscle car shop. Young people that…

Love must be the heartbeat of everything we say and do if we are one with Christ. If you take love out of Christianity you are left with a set of rules, a list of do’s and don’ts and rights and wrongs. This misses the heartbeat of God. God is love – true love, not…