RAINBOWS

RAINBOWS

God created the rainbow as a covenant between God and Noah that God would never again destroy the earth and all of humankind.


Our youngest son, Alex, loved to blow bubbles.  When a good wind would take one of his bubbles up into the air he would ask me what happens to the bubble.  Having your 3 year old look up at you with wonder and sadness in his eyes I didn’t feel that I could say that it would just disappear in the atmosphere.  So, I told him that if he looked real close at his bubbles he would see the colors of the rainbow in it and that God used bubbles to build up the colors of His rainbows.  Also, that God needed rain and sunshine for the rainbows in the sky.

When we feel battered by life’s storm, filled with fear and doubt as to where God is in your life; remember a rainbow is coming.  God promises.



2/24/06

I Remember You

I Remember You

Paul writes to the Philippians in 1:3-6 about what he does every time he remembers them; he prays for them thanking God with joy.  I have a very special person that God lead to me during the time I was her Commissioned Lay Pastor at her church.  Norma had a serious heart problem along with very weak lungs.  Her by-pass surgery went well but she was very weak.  On three different occasions I rushed to the hospital because she was failing.  Each drive to the hospital, which took about 30 to 45 minutes, I would begin praying for her with joy for what she had brought to my life and the life of the people in the congregation, as well as her own family.

When I would get there I would greet her grown children and enter into her room.  I would take her hand in mine and tell her was with her.  I would feel a gentle squeeze which I returned.  We’d pray together and somehow I knew that God wasn’t “ready” for her yet and I would tell her.  That was seven years ago.

I speak to Norma everyday now and every time I hear her voice I thank God for her in great joy!  Since her heart surgery Norma has been ordained an elder and has taught the confirmation class for the past five years.  In fact, this was her last year teaching after a whopping 52 years of teaching Sunday school.

I know Norma is the one who God began a good work in and I am thankful everyday for being gifted by God to know and love Norma.

Who is God calling you to remember constantly praying with joy for every time you remember this person?





2/20/06

When I couldnt pray

When I couldn’t pray


I was in ICU extremely ill. In and out of a coma I had no idea that I was dying. However, I did know that as hard as I tried I could not pray! This just wasn’t feasible my not being able to talk to my God, my Abba. I would die without asking God to forgive me of my sins. What was I to do? I relied on the prayers of others. And relied on the Word of God.

Romans 8:26-27 was the message for me: “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is in the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”

My Abba still has more for me to do. Someone recently told me that God still has a very special blessing for me. Whatever is ahead, Abba knows my very being and I’ll know someday why he chose to spare my life. I pray that my life will honor my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

I pray that the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit bless your life each and everyday.
Amen.