A Christ Follower: The Journey

The Lord Almighty Is With Us! David -- Psalm 46:7      David is was a Warrior turned King.  He had fought in hand to hand combat with beasts and with blood thirsty human animals.  He was a man who could identify with our modern military person who has seen some of the worst of people can do to people.  There were times he was drowned in boredom, and their were other times abject terror took him over.  Yet, he was an exceptional warrior because, in the midst of the boredom and terror, he was a man of faith.  He simply made a choice to believe one very important truth that helped him find peace.  He fully believed the life giving truth that the LORD ALMIGHTY was with his people and with him.  So, this faith gave him courage, one day at a time.       Centuries later, God demonstrated this vital truth to us through a little baby.  His Hebrew name was/is Yeshua.  We know Him as Jesus. He was also given another name.  He was called Immanuel. He was called by this name that means

The Power of Going With The Flow. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells David --Psalm 46:4      Of all the wonderful experiences of well being coming from God, that David enjoys,  is the benefit of God's river. It is a visionary river that flows through his mind and heart.  This life giving, revitalizing, refreshing vision that he is experiencing replaces David's fear with gladness. It does so because this river flows in such a way that it causes God's city to be glad.  Naturally, or I should say supernaturally, just thinking about such a thing, gives David the same joy.  It's really interesting to me to see how  David's focusing on this flowing spiritual water also reminds him of something very powerful.  The river, which streams through the city of God, is actually the place where The Most High Dwells.  So not only is God our refuge, strength, present help,  liberator from fear and  giver of

Therefore, we will not fear ... David: Psalm 46:2a       I don't know how many times Jesus said, "don't be afraid,"  But it was a lot: One of those times that He said it was when He came walking on the water and they thought He was a ghost.  Now if I imagined seeing a ghost, I am fairly certain that my fear factor would go through the roof.  Research shows me that the phrase "Don't be afraid" is stated more than any other phrase in the Bible, especially in the New Testament.  Fear can be a really big deal.  I know this to be true from some very real life and death experiences.            Jesus left us His antidote for fear in a passage related to death and dying.  Public speaking, I am told is the number one greatest fear, but fear of death is number two.  At any rate, here is what Jesus said to people who were facing His death head on, and who were very afraid of the storms He told them were coming: "Peace I leave with you.   My peace

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. David -- Psalm 46:1       From time to time, each of us need a refuge.  We need a hiding place.  We need to get to a safe place where it seems well with our souls and is indeed well with our souls.  David sang about such a place in the hiding place psalm.  He actually wrote this song for his people to be sang in worship.  Here is the good news of the about our refuge.  I write it today in Refuge One, with more to follow.      " God Is ."    It is true that "The fool (insane person) says in his heart there is no God ... Psalm 14:1.  Well, David is NO fool.  He had done some seriously challenging living in his life time, and he experienced God in some powerful ways.  If David knew anything he knew that "God is."  He found that just knowing " God Is " empowered his life.        Take some time to sit still for a moment in a chair.  Quiet yourself.  Breathe deeply and slow

      Today The Love of My Life and I were driving home from a weekend where we celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary.  Since it was close by, we went to Disney World.  We over did it a bit and we are both tired; however, we were really blessed by the care we received and the interaction with others celebrating anniversaries and birthdays ... OR they were just having fun.  One of the things that made this weekend fun is related to the fact that the folks at Disney placed this nice big round bright red button on both of us that said, "Celebrating 45th Anniversary"  or something like that. And so the questions began.     The primary question came  from a young couple sitting near us at breakfast on our anniversary.  A young woman asked us, "What's the secret?" Both TLOML and I answered.  Still I kept thinking about this, and we discussed it in the car coming home.  I don't know if it's THE secret.  I don't even know if this covers it all. But h