Without God

Where would I be without God?

When I think about that, it horrifies me.  Yet, I know that there are many without Him in their lives.

He is my strength to start each new day.  He is my strength when I am sick or when I am tired.

He is my hope, my refuge, my counselor and my comfort.  He is my everything.

Each new day that dawns is filled with Him.  Each new day brings hope to a believer.  Each new day is a gift that He gave me.

May I bring the light of God's love to someone today.

Use me Lord to give the key to Your Kingdom to someone today.

Yet a Vapor

Yes, we are yet but a vapor in this world.  Too often I know that we do not realize that fact.  Our lives, our time is meant to live in honor of God.  It is meant for us to be witnesses to others but we selfishly spend our time satisfying our flesh.

Oh that we could realize how brief we are here.  That we could grasp every opportunity to share our Jesus with our fellowman.  That we would honor Him with our words and our actions.  That we would REALLY crucify our flesh in exchange for His sacrifice to be our punishment for our sins.

He is our Light in this dark world.  I shutter to think that a person can actually live from day to day without knowing that Light.  I shutter even harder to think that I have failed to take someone by the hand today and lead them to this Light.

But a vapor!  

Life Is Like These Flowers

The pictures of these beautiful flowers was taken yesterday, Monday September 7th and today many of those blooms are gone.  The beautiful pink one was closed and wilted this morning.

Much the same way it is with our lives.  In God's realm of existence we are but a vapor.  Just like these beautiful flowers were no more than a daily vapor.

We should never take our life for granted, we should live each day as if it is the last one on this beautiful earth.  All too often we speak of being bored and yet there is many people that are not here today that would love to show us how to "un-bore" ourselves.

A very good friend lost his father this weekend.  It was unexpected and that makes it tragic.  Oh, the many things, hugs and kisses left unsaid.  The many "I love you" embraces that will never happen.  The beautiful granddaughter that will now grow up not knowing that grandfather.  So much tragedy in the loss of a life.

God gave us this life to enjoy and to share with others and to spend time telling others that we love them.  The rat race style of life that we live now; the dog eat dog style we live, well....death comes and then we feel the tragic loss.  

We need to wake up, reach out and hug someone.  Tell someone you love them.  Offer to help another human being.  DO SOMETHING that makes us worthy of this life we have been granted.

Our heart goes out to my friend and his family.  YES, they were family and they are feeling this tragic loss today.