Hurting Hearts...

He wept in the Garden as he prayed to His Abba Father, sweating drops of blood, knowing He would have to bear my sin... Punishment that I rightfully deserved, for the Sin I knew I was committing, as well as sins of omission. He took my stripes, the words of anger, the beating, the bruising and the thorns. Then he carried my cross in agony, and pain beyond anything I could bear. Finally, He took the spikes that were meant for me, thru His hands and feet. Then as they stood that old cross up, all the weight of my sin and yours pulled on those wounds around those huge old spikes. He took it, He bore it, He carried it, then He suffered the most horrific and agonizing pain of all, His Abba Father turned His back on Him for in the midst of all my sin on His shoulders, it repulsed His Father, for He could not look upon that sin which weighed and sucked the life's blood from His horrifically beaten body. Yet in His Sovereign power He kept His life until He was ready to lay it down for US !!!!!!!!!!

As a child of His, it hurts my Heart to see fellow Christians living like the world... Folks claiming the name of Christ, while cheapening Grace with their worldly vocabulary, with their pompous attitudes, with their worldly activities and their lustful eyes. My heart aches for my Jesus and the pain He bore and the sorrow He carried, when people claim His name in one breath, and dishonor it in the next.

Salt of the Earth... A Gospel that is offensive to the world... Light in the midst of Darkness... The "Armor" of God... To Seek Righteouness... Revere and Fear a Holy God...

Oh My Dear Jesus, how we must hurt and grieve Your Heart & Spirit... Forgive us Father, and help me keep the logs from my own eyes and confess & repent my own horrid sin moment by moment each day... Help me walk up rightly in the midst of Your Marvelous Grace...

Just For My Dad...

Dear Father in Heaven, Hallowed Be Your Name, and may it once again be spoken in this country with Reverence & Fear!

Lord, forgive me for taking so long to understand... Forgive me for not always staying on the path that you provided all thru my life.

Thank You Father for a loving family, tender hearted friends, and numerous opportunities to share Your Word and its redeeming Message.

Dear Lord, we are told, an old tree's value & worth is best measured after its fallen. When I have fallen, and folks measure my life, I pray that I be found Loving, Faithful, Loyal and a servants heart for my King, my family, my friends, and any of those that I may touched their lives along the way...

Father, those last years with my Dad, I learned your Joy. In the midst of his physical and emotional pain, he ALWAYS had a smile for family, friends and strangers on the streets of town. Dad showed his sons how to live for his King. Loving his wife, family and friends all the way to gates of Heaven.

Lord please give me the will and desire to be that strong, loving, compassionate and tender hearted man my Dad was, modeling His Heavenly Father and the King of his days.

In Christ's Name - Amen

This picture was taken one of the last trips we did a big family trip to the beach, he loved visiting the ocean.  His favorite was Emerald Isle, North Carolina...  This particular day, he and Mother had there fill of the sun and heat - so he was walking her back to the house to cool off.  I snapped the picture not knowing he would be gone in 3 short years...   This is one of my favorite recent photos, because it's Dad waving - saying "see you guys later"...

Folks, I was so, so, so Blessed to know him, he was a Great Dad, and he loved Jesus and his family...

Truth Family & Friends - Read It...

Look Deeper - Don't let the spirit of Anti-Christ confuse what you know as Truth in your Hearts concerning the True Gospel of Jesus, The One and only begotten Son of the Living God.
He Alone Is Worthy - He Alone is Sovereign - He will Return !!! The knee that has not yet bent in Loving Submission during this Age of Grace, will be bent by force, and Hearts will then be compelled to willful subjugation under His Mighty Hand...
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The Signs are evident and His Return is immanent, Please, search, Look Deeper, know if what you believe is The Truth !!!

John 14:6-7 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”

Believer, are you a follower of the Living Christ, or "are you just a fan"... A True Follower of Christ - knows The Master, and more importantly, The Master knows His Sheep, and they hear only His Voice... Fans, may hear The Word, but they don't know The Word and do as He commands.