Month: November 2013

Over the years I have discovered that there are a great amount of nuggets uncovered every day in our scripture reading, if we slow down and take the time to meditate on them. For instance, my morning reading today in Ezekiel had me on my knees in worship. I’m so thankful for my everything, because He has opened my eyes to all that He is doing for me and in my life. I was able to actually picture myself as a woolly sheep grazing in the pasture; I compared it to my daily work life. I get up, I listen…

I wanted to share an article written by Dr Harry Schaumburg, I definitely could not have written this any better be blessed! All forgiveness is not created equal. Broadly speaking there are two types of forgiveness: biblical forgiveness and therapeutic forgiveness. Therapeutic forgives has been defined as, “as integral to authentic healing from addiction-indicating that one is released from carrying the burdens of guilt, shame, resentment, fear, sadness and anger (Kurtz & Ketchum, 1992). This process of forgiveness takes a holistic approach to changing one’s lifestyle, accepting responsibility for one’s actions, and reaching a place of self-compassion and forgiveness towards…

First and foremost I can’t imagine how a person that is gay feels or thinks. I have never had gay thoughts or tendencies; so I cannot relate. I do know that gay people are loved by God and that their choice to love the same sex is an action they have chosen. It’s just like when I made my choice to marry my wife. They made that decision based upon how they felt and were led to choose their partner. There is so much debate over this topic based off of interpretation of biblical insight. Many people that have no…

One of my heroes of the faith has been George Mueller. In his autobiography he shares with us his story of what a Christian life looks like when we fully put our trust in God. What makes his story so great and such a blessing to me is that he proves without a shadow of doubt that our God is real. I to have used his understanding of total surrender and I to can testify that there is no mistaking that everything the Bible says about God is true. As a Christian we are never promised life will be easy,…