Happy Birthday Manny!

Today is a special day! It's Manny's birthday and we are getting ready for vacation. The kids are going to meet us in Big Bear on Tuesday and we have rented a fabulous place! It sleeps 12 and has everything you could wish for.

Today is also the day my Dad passed from death to life, and each April 17th as we celebrate Manny's birthday we think of my Dad and how jealous we are that he got to see the face of Jesus first! :) The hope of salvation through Christ is we will meet again and enjoy eternity together! At that time we will celebrate forever together!

I am so thankful for the gift of salvation and as we celebrated Palm Sunday I was reminded of the sacrifice Christ made for us. Bill Wiese spoke of hell, and it's reality. It shook me to my core when he said many are already there, in a place God never intended for man. However, those that reject Him choose to go there.

He also spoke of those that say "we are all God's children and there are many paths to God" or "I am good so I will go to heaven", and that is false. We will all spend eternity somewhere and God doesn't send us to hell we choose Him or reject Him.

It's all about a relationship with Christ. BIll Wiese also gave the example, if you were invited to someone"s house and they gave directions because there was only one road that led to their street. But you decided all roads lead to his house, you would never get there and would end up somewhere else. Or how we have nerve to show up at the gates of heaven pounding on the door, saying "let me in" only to hear God say "I don't know you", so there is no reason he should let us in. What a sad moment in eternity that would be for any of us.

So, I said all that to say this: God is a God of love, a God who wants us to know him and point others to the truth. We must do this...

My Heart Is Heavy

My heart is set upon you God. Make my path straight and create a clean heart in me that I may follow after your will. That is the prayer of my heart today as I wait for you to speak to me.

The world has so many distractions that it is easy to lose sight of what is important in life. It has been very difficult lately because I know what God expects from me and yet there are those that do not comprehend my heart. Of course, there are those close to me that see what God is showing us for these last days.

As the signs become more clear for the Lord's return I set my heart towards the Lord. I desire to know what He is doing in this world.
Many mock the Lord and the truth of His Word that He is returning, and that saddens my heart.

When I consider the things in life that are most important to me I think of my family.However, I find the words I speak can push them farther from me at times. I want to speak truth, but it comes across as judging. In no way do I want to sound like that. I just want to share the truth as I see it. My values and beliefs are based on scripture so if someone disagrees they can show me in the Bible where I am wrong. If I am wrong I will admit it...

My heart is sad because I know I have pushed people close to me away with my views, but I had to do it. I really feel sad though because they do not see my heart and my desire to point others toward Gods best and away from the secular worldview of what is acceptable.

I hope some day this sadness leaves my heart and I can accept that I am obedient to God and not feel the pain of being rejected my man's opinion of me.

So today I sit in the quiet and wait for the embrace of God to comfort my heart as only He can.