I can't do what  JESUS CAN DO, but I wish I could. I can't turn water into wine. I can't raise the dead. I can't save souls. I can't be nailed to a cross wearing everyone's sin. So maybe it is a good thing that  I can't do what JESUS CAN DO, because JESUS IS JESUS  and I am not. ONLY JESUS CAN  bring REST  to the WEARY.   ONLY JESUS CAN be THE PEACE  that transcends all understanding. ONLY JESUS CAN  CHANGE  your HEART  so drastically the moment you BELIEVE IN HIM, because JE

BLOOM LOVE~ " LOVE [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies,  [make it a practice to] do good to those who hate you,   bless and show kindness to those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.   Whoever strikes you on the cheek,  offer him the other one also [simply ignore insignificant insults or losses and do not bother to retaliate—maintain your dignity].  Whoever takes away your coat,  do not withhold your shirt from him either. Give to

You only have a  SECOND. And this SECOND  is going to be your best SECOND.   Because in this SECOND you are experiencing THE PEACE THAT TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING. But then the  PEACE stops, because you are trying to UNDERSTAND how you could have PEACE  in this  SECOND  because you know that you should not have PEACE   because your circumstances are not PEACEFUL. Have you been there? You want PEACE. And GOD  fills you with HIS PEACE. But you question whether you really are

"The great thing about faith in GOD is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance" (Oswald Chambers). UNDISTURBED. UNSHAKABLE. UNSWERVINGLY. Now that is FAITH that can not see, but KNOWS GOD is here and knows that you are found by JESUS~ "Rejoice with ME; I have found MY lost sheep" (Luke 15:4-6). And at the moment you look up and see HIS eyes looking right into yours. You can only cry life changing tears, because HE sees you and reaches out HIS hand

Only GOD can do what GOD can do. And ALL HE asks is for us to TRUST HIM with our most PRIZED POSSESSION which is our HEART. HEART~ "the locus of a person’s thoughts (mind), volition, emotions, and knowledge of right from wrong (conscience) (logos). Our beating HEART that pumps blood throughout our body, so that we are able to take our every breath so that we can LIVE . But a beating HEART that is void of LOVE, HOPE, PEACE, & JOY, isn't ALIVE . Your body just becomes

TODAY  is going to be the PERFECT DAY.   What will you do? Where will you go? Who will you spend it with? Because TODAY  is going to be the PERFECT DAY because you will make it PERFECT .  Nothing will go wrong because TODAY  is going to be the PERFECT DAY   because you have PERFEC T  control over it . And then it happens! You get out of bed & what you wanted to do~ CHANGES! Where you wanted to go~ CHANGES! . Who you wanted to be with with~ CHANGES! TODAY  is not going to be t

Every story begins with ONCE UPON A TIME that takes you to the very beginning, whether you are watching it on the big screen or little screen. or reading it on the first page of a book. or in hearing the cries of a newborn. ONCE UPON A TIME is the perfect beginning to every STORY, but isn't the STORY   really about what happens after those 4 words? Or is the  STORY  really about what happens on the very last page of the book? Or  right before the movie credits  begin to scrol

I read a sign with the words LIFE IS NOT A DRESS REHEARSAL! As I thought about these words I believe the opposite that LIFE IS A DRESS REHEARSAL. Think about it. A DRESS REHEARSAL is about making REAL CHANGE. because A DRESS REHEARSAL is defined as PRACTICE~ " Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the GOD of peace will be with you" (Philippians 4:9) And as a TRIAL RUN~ "Blessed is a man who persev

Would you BELIEVE   me if I told you~ " What a GOD we have! And how fortunate we are to have HIM, this FATHER of our MASTER JESUS.  Because JESUS was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven—and the future starts now! GOD is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you’ll have it all—life healed and whole"* Would you BELIEVE  me if I told you~ " I know how great this makes

He did it. He actually held the knife above his son as he was about to kill him~ because GOD  asked him. And then at the moment of no return GOD  shows up~ "And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice. At that moment the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, 'Abraham! Abraham!' “Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear GOD. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son”