“If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day.  It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.  By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed.  Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter.” - Admiral William H. McRaven (U.S. Navy Retired)

That little book, “Make your bed” by W.H.McRaven and his commencement speech to the University of Texas is so inspiring and true - even biblical in principle.

God uses the ordinary and unspectacular things of life to...

“The old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be, ain’t what she used to be, ain’t what she use to be, the old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be, many long years ago.”    The old gray mare is an old folk song penned around 1843, based upon the performance of the horse Lady Suffolk.

Well, no disrespect, but none us “ain’t what we use to be,” physically speaking that is.   That can be very discouraging too, if we look at our lives only in the physical sense, but the bible...

I believe we are in the last days, and in the beginning of what Jesus referred to in Matthew 24 as the, “beginning of sorrows.”   Just watch the news, its pretty obvious.  But what we are becoming desensitized to I believe, is where 2 Timothy 3 refers to as the last days being “perilous times” due to:...

As I pen this pastor’s desk and prepare for our 54th Homecoming celebration service this coming Sunday, I have a sad heart, for a variety of reasons: Mass shutting in Nevada; hurricane victims; the passing of my sister-in-laws best friend and the passing of my aunt after a long fight with cancer - so really not feeling “celebratory.”  We all have seasons of life that we are not “feeling” very “celebratory”, and not that we ever should be celebrating during human tragedy and loss of loved ones, but, if...

Ownership: “The act, state, or right of possessing something.”   We like to pride ourselves in owning this or that, but do we really own anything?  For one, it can all be taken away tragically through natural disasters, or financial ruin.   If you are fortunate to hang on to your possessions, you  will eventually give them up someday through death.   You see, we are...

As I pen this weeks pastor’s desk, I feel that same affection as the apostle Paul expressed in his letter to the Christians in Rome - “First, I thank God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of…without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers…that I may be encouraged together with you by the...

“Why…?”   I am sure you have heard that question a time or two, and most likely have asked it yourself, or at least thought it.  Why is this happening to me?   Why is this happening to my family and friends?  Why doesn't  God  answer my prayers?   Why does God seem to be silent in this matter?  Why does...

The Bible says that the prophet Jonah, though reluctant, preached repentance to the people of Nineveh - they repented and became “recipients of God’s goodness” (mercy/grace).   One-hundred years later, the prophet Nahum warned of God’s coming judgment on Nineveh - they would be “recipients of God’s judgement.”  What happened, what changed?   Well, God...

My prayers go out to the people of Texas and all those areas and families affected by the most recent hurricane.  Some would say, I don’t want to have anything to do with a God that would allow suffering.  My friend, if you take God out, you are still going to have suffering.  If you leave God in,...

There is a story in the bible about a man (a prophet of God) named Jonah. The bible says that the Lord spoke; told him to go; told him why, and Jonah went out of his way, twenty five hundred miles out of his way, but the opposite way!   The bible says that Jonah fled from the Lord.  Why?  Because he didn’t like the people God was sending him to share the truth of His love and mercy with.

Let’s be honest, we all have....