“In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.” (Job 1:1-5)
What I learned from Job
July 30, 2008 at 5:19 am (Beliefs, Christianity, thoughts)
Tags: Biblical lessons, blessed, Job
If You Died Tonight
July 22, 2008 at 4:27 am (Beliefs, Christianity, Poetry, thoughts)
Tags: death, heaven, hell
Would you slip away
with ease and comfort,
or fight for every breath
you took for granted?
Would you wait with eagerness
to see the face of God,
or tremble in terrible fear
of the last judgement?
Would you enter heaven’s gates
marching with the saints,
or be thrown into hell’s fire
where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth?
Are you at peace
with the Lord of Heaven and Earth,
or must your life change
from the way of the wicked?
Hear Me
July 10, 2008 at 3:36 am (Beliefs, Christianity, Poetry)
Tags: family, hope, pain
Dear Lord
Hear me I pray
For my heart is burdened.
In your care
I am safe, I know,
But my heart trembles.
For my father,
My brothers, and my sisters,
In heaven I will not find.
From your path
They have strayed,
As wandering sheep.
Open their eyes,
Tour love they’ll see,
Tis true.
Stretch out your hand
That their stumbling souls,
May take hold of you.
My Baptismal Testimony
July 7, 2008 at 2:58 am (Beliefs, Christianity)
Tags: baptism, testimony
I decided years ago to give my life to God. It was at a church convention when I was fifteen years old. The pastor gave a message that jolted me to the core. I realized I could not live my life without God in it. But it seemed that almost as soon as I got back home, influences around me got the better of me.
I could apply the words of Paul to this point in my life. “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil that I would not, that I do.” (Romans 7:19)
My spiritual life was a constant up and down; my faith would be built up and then become lukewarm again. I began to wonder why I could not live my life the way God intended me to.
I soon realized that when I no longer found time to pray and read the Bible, my faith would become weak.
Not too long ago I was challenged to read my Bible through front-to-back in a year. I took that challenge and with that came a new perspective. I began each day with prayer and ended each day with prayer. Through this my faith has become strong and confident.
I began this challenge with Genesis at the beginning of January. Today I am five chapters away from finishing 2 Kings.
I pray that my faith would continue to grow and that I could be a light to those around me: my family, my friends, and strangers alike.
As David prayed in Psalm 86:2 I also pray.
“Guard my life for I am devoted to you.”
