There is a universal falsehood circling the globe that purports God sometimes does bad things to people. The whole idea behind “living right” is this notion, albeit false notion, that God sometimes punishes people for wrong doing. Some folks say that when you have been blessed, God could somehow take it back. It’s like people…
The most important relationship you can have in your life is a relationship with God. Yet there are many wrong doctrines and beliefs that can hinder that relationship. In 1982 I took a class called, “Power for Abundant Living” that literally changed my life. As I learned the truth from God’s Word, I began to…
As I reflect here surrounded by beautiful palm trees, staring at the turquoise blue sea at Grace Bay in Turks and Caicos, I am instantly mindful of the simplicity of life absent the many distractions that accompany regular life. Often as human beings, especially those of us prone to overthinking, we tend to overcomplicate realities…
In order for us to learn spiritual lessons we need something in the physical realm from which we can relate. The Bible is full of metaphors. One of the most important comparisons involves light and darkness. The light represents goodness and God while the darkness represents evil and the devil. Darkness can always be understood…
As I was enjoying the serenity of my Morning Pages time spent with God, expressing a litany of challenges and troubles that were besieging my mind in that moment, the above thought flashed across my mind. It took me by surprise to say the least. It’s not easy to admit that many of the difficulties…
As incredulous as it might seem, God does talk to people who have His spirit inside of them. Those that portray God as being too busy with large, important affairs to speak to individuals must not have read their Bibles. God as a loving heavenly Father does directly communicate with His people at times. However,…
All people have difficulties, problems, setbacks. All people have been subjected to sickness, to chronic health issues, to pain. All people find themselves mentally challenged at times, lost, confused, bewildered and afraid. Yet despite all of the negatives we face in life, some folks find solutions, find answers, and overcome. Some people have learned how…
In life, just because you cannot see something does not mean it doesn’t exist. There are whole vistas of life and understanding to be discovered once you finally get the eyes to see. People trudge along their journeys lifeless and hopeless never quite discerning; never really seeing; never able to make sense of life with…
The Corona Virus pandemic has certainly done a fine job of screwing with everyone’s minds in various proportions. Some folks have taken to buying one hundred toilet paper rolls guaranteeing unlimited wiping for the foreseeable future. Others have seen fit to hoard bread and soup and even the spices. Salt anyone? Oddly, bottled water has…
Being a lover of light, I’ve never understood how people could tolerate living in a dark house. They have all the blinds shut and the curtains drawn to keep out the light. Over in the corner is some old, dim lamp with a sad, 40 watt bulb throwing out yellow shadows. There’s usually a bookshelf…