We all fail sometimes

  Anyone who has been a Christian for very long can recall a time when they just didn't stand up for God when they should have.  Your palms and brow sweat. "You wimpy coward!" screams out from your very innards making you feel like you could literally curl up and die. Guess what? We have all been there.

  Imagine Peter as he denied Jesus for the third time as that old cock crowed. Just as Jesus told him he would do. As brave and courageous as Peter was he almost gave everything about his life with Christ. Peter feared for his own life as he watched the angry crowd beat and tourer our sinless Savior. Jesus was God but also a sinless man.

  God knows we will fail, that is why we need a Savior. No one, not even a "saint" will ever be "good enough" to make it to heaven on their merits. Jesus accepts us where we are. He ask us to call on Him when we need a helping hand. He's the most understanding friend we will ever know. Jesus is the only helpful constant companion we will ever have .

 "What a friend we have in Jesus-All our sins and griefs to carry, take it to the Lord in Prayer!" Remember that wonderful old song? :)

  When you fail, just remember Jesus stands with open arms waiting to pick you back up. He still loves you and so do many brothers and sisters in Christ that understand forgiveness because of three spikes, the only sinless loving Savior, and His love that says, "You were worth dying for; I Love You."

"For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. You then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will stand before God's judgement seat. It is written:

'As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God."

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God."              Romans 14:9-12 NIV

Thank God for those who care enough to make a Differance

  As you think about your life do you ever feel especially grateful for those who made the most positive impacts in your life? While I was cleaning my house today I was especially remembering and thanking God for some adults who took the time to lead me in positive ways of life. They could have done other things with their time but choose to serve God and mankind instead.

  I am so thankful for people like the Yager family who took me in like family and showed me the true meaning of God's love. Bonnie Yager's mother ironically was the first Sunday school teacher I ever had. God often passes His goodness, mercy and love through generations. I am so thankful that just as God is the same from generation to generation-His people often pass their love for God from generation to generation.

  Imagine how pitiful and lost our world would be if the church dies because we become too busy to serve or love. That being said, I have shirked my responsibilities in church. I haven't taught Sunday School since I lived in Louisiana. I miss the blessings of teaching very much. :(

  More importantly, I am thankful for the wonderful examples so many people lived outside the church. People who lived God's love out so well in their daily lives. This privilege I am happy to be able to share in our little neighborhood. Although I do not have grandchildren, their are a few families where I live that have been so kind to share their sweet children with me. I love them and their parents. :)

  When I think back I am so grateful for people like Geraldine Christensen who taught my husband and my children in Sunday School. Although she is ninety-one yrs. young she truly is one of my very best treasured friends. She still teaches me so many wonderful lessons in life.

  Mr. Thalison, who guided me through so many of Paul's adventures. He taught so well, he made me feel like I was on some of those journeys to Damascus, Tarsus and Thesalinica. Different verses rang out in my head as situations came up, which kept me from getting into trouble. "What-Know ye not that your body is the temple of God? Present it therefore holy and acceptable to God!"
                                                                                               Romans 12:1 KJV ..as I memorized it! That verse still saves my bacon from blunders today. What's my point?  I hope we never forget the importance of standing up for what is right. Living and Loving in our lives for God and the good of mankind. In general living a life that God is proud to say that's my child and he or she is passing my way of life on to others who they come in contact with.

 Finally..."Do not think yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you."
                                                                                                                             Romans 12:3 NIV 
"So in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Romans 12:5 NIV

 We all have different gifts are you using what God gave you? Maybe that's where our happiness lies-doing what we were called to do.