After The Storm, Comes The Sun

After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear open skies.—Samuel Rutherford, Scottish Clergyman (1600-1661)

Nothing lasts forever. Just as no good thing lasts continually neither does any bad thing. If you are going through a rough patch right now remember that every storm must end. And when it does the days will be bright and sunny again. In the meantime just keep your eyes on the Lord and He will see you through. He always does.

Lord bless you

How Far Can You Go?

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go—T.S. Eliot, British poet, critic (188-1965)

I believe that this post touches on something that I have spoken about in an earlier post in the series that bears mentioning again. Continue reading

You’ve got to face it to change it

Fear is a dangerous thing. It is one of Satan’s greatest weapons against us. Fear will keep us in our present circumstances because we will be too afraid to move forward.

It is true that we can’t fix or change everything that comes our way. But we won’t know how much we are capable of, if we aren’t willing to step out of ourselves long enough to even begin to face the things that come our way head on.

What are you going through right now? Are you sick enough of your present situation to try to change it? God is not always going to remove everything we struggle with out of the way. Sometimes we have to just have faith and trust Him as we move forward to make the changes ourselves.

There are lots of people in the church that have this mentality that says Continue reading