i have over the years had alot of people call themselves my friend, i'm with you brother till the very end. come what may i'm sticking with you, until everything doesnt go as they planned maybe you disagreed with something they had planned and figured you would go along, what ever the case people will come and go out of your life. there is only one that has never let me down or left my side agree or disagree they have been there, and that our Lord, he has always been there come what may good times and bad when ive done something or said something stupid hes always been there. time i havent been all that faithful had my little fits hes always been there dont think you have anyone you can bepend on trust in the Lord he will never let you down.

we cant go by how we feel there are alot of times we don t even feel like getting out of bed, but when we begin to think of the goodness of God and how much he loves us we cant help but have joy, so if you got the blues and dont know what to do begin to sing and thank God it will turn your blues into joy

its been some time since i wrote anything i guess i thought i didnt have nothing to say, so the best thing is to say nothing but now im rambling so lets get to it. ive been watching different christian program something i havent done in a while, no i havent lost track or got away from God i just thought rather than get in a bad attitude or judge someone i just wouldnt watch. it has become so commercial, we have put a price on the great commission. if we would spent more time sharing Christ then selling our latest book, or cd in the new testement while they were out building new works they did any job they had to to see the work get off the ground . now we sell stuff or have telethons that use to be a week now theyve become a month long or longer, say what you will out joel osteen but his program shares the gospel not selling  his stuff, the point we need to get back to the great commission and not the sales floor of one more book,tape cd statue or oil or water or any other thing. what do you think am i missing it

we all have books around our houses, novels, cook books, reference books, how to books, you name it and in those books we have some were we have a bible, still others of us have it out on the coffee table displayed for everyone to see, many pick it up daily and open it and read it, which ever one you are. unless we believe what those words say then that is what they are, the bible become no more than just a book we have even if we read it everyday and have read through it several times, we may even be able to quote it whole chapters or books . unless we to those powerful works and begin to put faith along side then its no more than reading any other best seller written. it the bible is a book full of his promises not suggestions on how to live a life of victory, even though it was written long ago it content is still vital and full if we would just look and take it, not second quess it or try to find some deep hidden truth its out there written plan and simple. take God at his word today hold on to his promises, find out for real who that guy is written about in there, you wont be sorry and live a life that will be full and all you hoped

so many people are looking for something better, its easy to look at others and think how lucky they are,how hard your life is and how easy others around you have it. you may of had to struggle most of your life expecting it to get better or become easier. when the simple truth is nothing in this life is easy or perfect their is always something more we want or wish we had, that goes for those that look like there livin the good life. take a look, a good look think back even in your crappy childhood and you just might find out its not as bad as you think. everyone has somethings in life they wish was different, we have to take the good with the bad the hard with the easy and just know that i may not be were i want to be but thank God im not  were i use to be and know that greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

we all are looking for answers to all lifes questions, we try so desperately to fit it all together. like a puzzle you know those real big ones the kind that we all have bought with the intention of putting it together just like the picture on the front.we open the box and dump out all the pieces turn them all so we can see all the bits and off we go, we find a starting point the sky, or the water what ever is the majority, we carefully take all the blue pieces and seperate them from the rest, we start with the corners and begin the process of fitting it together. much to are surprise we find that all the pieces are not cut exactly, even if it goes there so we pull off any little extra that the cutters missed, fitting each piece in its place, in time we have the sky, so we move on to the next thing, maybe the barn or the house or even the mountain, the thing is we take it a section at a time till we have slipped the last piece in place. many of us have been tring to do the same with our life. we all have this picture of what are lves are suppose to be, just like the puzzle it all doesnt fit perfectly sometime we have to pull off some of the exess, we have to turn things this way and that, in hopes of putting together our hopes and our dreams. the problem comes just like so many that have started puzzle somewhere along the way we stop and never complete it. the small puzzles were easy, ten, fifteen, even twenty pieces we would put several differnt ones together in a day. we move on to bigger more complexed projects, but some how other stuff got in the way, leaving our project uncomplete. hear me when i tell you its not over there still is time to complete those things in life we have begun and never finished or even those things that we havent even begun yet.

what do you consider to be priority in your life, that answer to some is easy, family, friends, your job. lately ive been considering what is important to me what is it that make me really happy, what is it that makes me stop doing everything else that seems important and simply be quite and enjoy were im at right now, ive called myself a christian since i was 15 so its been 30 years, ive ministered behind a pulpit for the last 25 years in one capasity or another, ive helped start churchs and set up other ministry things, always striving to achieve something bigger or better, two years ago i stopped doing and statred communing with God. ive begun for the first time in all these years to understand things i use to preach about and tell others about, stuff that is so simple really be we have tried to make it something deep. we spend so much time looking for some hidden revelation in the bible no one else has seen, ive heard it and even have said it ive got a new revelation from the Lord, the simple trurth is all that stuff has been in there since it was written down. we just havent taken time to stop with all our being busy and searching for a new revelation to see it, we havent stop to snell the flowers, the beauty that has been there all along every page from Gen. to revelations is packed full of simple trurth and alls we have to do is begin putting to work in our lives when was the last time we stopped turned on some good music and began to thank God, and worship him, to read the bible and see what it is saying for us today, years ago we were caught up in w.w.j.d . we wore on braslets ,chains,pins, we had it on bumper stickers and coffee mugs and sun visors,hats if someone thought of a place it was there it was like the early seventys with the smilely face and the slogan smile God loves you.my point is this there is nothing new under the sun we just didnt take time to open that book we pull out and tuck under our arm on sunday morning, hpefully now adays with power point its up on the wall we dont even need to take our bible with us. i dont mean to ramble or sound harsh or even sound like im pointing a finge ror judging anyone. i just so bad want the people to have a relationship with there God the kind that he asks all of us to have. come to me all that are burdend and I will give you rest, God loves us so much and wants us to come to him with all our cares, our hurts. sure there is times when none of it seems to make since, sure we have alot of question we might think how can some one i cant see hear me, someone ive never heard speak to me. begin truely coming to him with all your stuff, surrending your all to him and i guarantee you will find a peace you never thought imaginable from someone youve never seen. we never seen air but we brealth it every second of every day, to sustain life. going to God will give us life we nver thought possible. today i can say i have a relationship a true relationship more peace than ive ever had with some one ive never seen. it time to lay aside all the traditions we may have been taught and have a relationship we have always wanted.

people are looking to feel good, i know i do but what do you do when you dont when you full of pain, physical or emotional and every movment fills you with even more pain, you have a few choices you can sit and feel sorry for yourself or you can grab hold of your self  and make a decision that your not going to let your situation control how you feel. how you act or react, i know that is easy to say and most of the time hard to do. trust me i have sat and rehursed and nursed my situations over and over thinking of what i was going to do to change, the problem always was i couldnt change a thing, i couldnt fix it i tried everything i knew but the problem was that i just couldnt, i have spent most of my life tring to fix it or should i say control stuff. only making it worse and being miserable all at the same time taking out my frustrations on my wife and sons, can you imagine ive stood behind pulpits and told people how to avoid stress and live victorious lives and all along i was miserable,angry, stressed, and  a not so understanding husband and a crappy dad. thank God today things are on the mend, and learned to listen before i give an opionion and sometimes i dont say anything at all i just listen, i dont have to have an answer for everything. i still struggle with these feels that i have to be doing something to feel like im something, but God has been teaching me that its not what im doing or were im at its all about being open and available, i dont need antone to make me feel complete with words or do i need a position or being called Pastor to be fulfilled  what i need is a relationship with my Father the kind that is intimate and real are you feeling lost, and youve tried everything else turn your everything over to the Lord. because He really does care about you.

for a long time ive run after stuff tring to get ahead, ive ran after things that have really never added up. i was spending time praying today and something hit me for the last few years ive been layed up because of my hip problem, now its broke again and my activity is even more limited. i'm waitng on my hip to be replaced, all that to tell you what hit me ive ran after stuff my whole life tring to find what will give me purpose, when all along the answer has been stuff ive preached to others and never heard it myself, if i would keep my eyes on Christ running to Him, not looking at ministry or any other thing to give me purpose how much more complete i would be stop running and rely on God and he'll give you all the stuff you may be running after now

like may be like a box of chocolate, for the most part it a roller coaster ride filled with highs and fast lows, watch out here comes a jar to the left no its the right only to shoot back up. the problem alot of us have is, we not enjoying the ride. the first coster i ever went on was the beast, remember im not a fan of height. and that fear caused me not to enjoy it much at all to be honest i was glad when it ended, alot of us are like that we are so afraid to trust or step out that we never enjoy or experience all that life has to offer, the bible says i set before you life and death, as for me now ive chose life and all that God has for me to have, im not so bound by my fears that i have let them rule, ive let peace be my umpire, and the joy of the Lord be my strength. im still not wild about hieghts but ive learned to enjoy the ride were ever it may take me