Direct Affect

Our perspective of God has a direct affect

on our ability to trust Him.

When we realize and see that

 He is Good and

nothing but Goodness;

And that Jesus is

 the embodiment of perfect

and complete Love,

Our ability to

trust Him increases.

Truth & Faith.

Capable of Blessing?

The other day I did something I ever rarely do.

I emailed five friends 

and asked them for prayer 

concerning some pressing issues 

my family and I are facing.

It was revealed to me that out of the five, 

at least one had made some assumptions 

and passed judgment on us 

(hence my reluctance to 

ever ask for prayer to begin with).

Job called his friends who did this to him

 “miserable comforters”.

Thinking about this situation begs two questions.

First, is our perspective of God 

(despite all that Jesus has accomplished)

 still so warped

 that we see Him first or only as

 "The Punisher"?

And second, 

are we, as humans, 

truly incapable of simply 

asking God to

 bless our fellow man

 without first making assumptions 

or passing judgments?

I mean…seriously? 

Basics

One of the most basic

and fundamental

truths about God 

is that

He Is Good!~

Why are we not shouting it

from the roof tops?

Why isn't it

making the top list

of status posts

and

social media blurb?

I wonder...

Grace is Grace

Lately I have noticed a lot of mud slinging 

going on within “Christian” circles 

here in the U.S.

One group preaches “The Gospel of Grace” 

or Extreme or Radical Grace, 

while another screams that 

what they are teaching is of the devil.

The act of grace is defined as

 giving or extending something good to someone 

who is undeserving of anything good. 

It cannot be qualified, quantified or

 given out in degrees or measures.

Attempting to do so is mans way 

of justifying standing in judgment of another person.

Grace either is or it is not.

Jesus has extended Grace

 to every one of us by 

already forgiving us of every sin.

To accuse and slander others 

because their relationship with 

and understanding of God

 is different than yours or 

does not fit within your agenda

is error.

It was the religious leaders; 

the ones who claimed to know God the best; 

who accused Jesus;

 the One who truly knows God 

and is God;

 of being from the devil and

 demanded that He be crucified.

What irony.

Grace is Grace.

Either we give it or we don’t.

End of the Rope

Have you reached the end of your rope?

Are you tired, weary, can’t go on any longer?

Good!

That’s where Jesus is;

Waiting for you to cast your cares upon Him;

Willing to trade His burden for yours.

His burden is light.

What are you waiting for?