Have you been asking yourself these questions lately, “How do you get to Heaven? Will I go to Heaven? How do you know you are saved and going to Heaven? How can anyone know that?” In Proverbs we read this verse… “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend…
A few years ago, on a Saturday morning, two women knocked on my door to talk with me about Jesus and their church. Great. Right? So, I asked them what they believed about Jesus. And they proceeded to turn to the Old Testament and show me chapter 8 in the Book of Proverbs. What these…
Have you ever read Proverbs 31:10-31 about the virtuous woman and wondered, “What is a distaff?” Or a spindle? And then wondered, “How can I be a virtuous woman? I don’t even know what some of these things are!” Or thought, “I don’t even know how to sew. Much less how to make my own cloth!! …
Throughout Proverbs God urges us to seek wise counsel and instruction. He tells us that the wise man seeks the counsel of many and that only the fool, the scorner, the wicked refuse wise counsel. Proverbs 12:15 tells us… The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel…
Instead of confronting her and being honest with her, I let the friendship die. I wish so much that I had…
For most of my life, I have been a bit of a neat freak. I like for my things to have their place and be in their place. Clutter makes me a little nervous. However, sadly, the older I get, the less I have the ‘want to’ or the energy to be so neat. But…
My daughter recently saw this quote on Facebook and shared it with me. I thought it was so funny, because I had just made this discovery about myself! It’s all fun and games ‘til your jeans don’t fit! Was one of your New Year’s Resolutions to lose weight? Me, too! Is this the first year…
Did you know that it is God’s command that we memorize scripture? Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. Deuteronomy 11:18 I wish I could say that I am…
Commercials, movies, and TV shows, over and over again, show alcohol consumption as the way to enjoy “the good life”, have fun, be accepted, have and enjoy friendships, and be successful. And more and more I’m hearing and seeing God’s people buy into that belief. But does the Word of God actually approve alcohol consumption?…
On Sunday evening, October 1, 2017, another mass shooting stunned our nation. A lone gunman rained gunfire down on the crowd of thousands at the Jason Aldean concert in Las Vegas, cruelly taking the lives of at least 59 people and wounding many hundreds more. Such horror and madness is so hard to comprehend. This…