Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
 – Oscar Wilde

God only made one of you, which is probably a good thing. The likelihood of two people sharing identical fingerprints is estimated to be less than one in 64 billion. Human fingerprints are detailed, unique, difficult to alter, and durable over the lifespan of an individual, making them suitable as long-term markers of human identity.

Do you believe God left us a message in fingerprints?

Psalm 139:13

For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.

God made you and knows you, but do you know Him?

Gary

“The Wayward Wind” is a song sung by Patsy Cline in 1961. The meaning of the word “wayward” is wanting to have one’s own way regardless of the wishes or good of others; being capricious, erratic, or unpredictable.

In the Bible, many characters that we read about become resistant to guidance, disobedient to God’s Word, perverse and willful in their ungodly conduct.

In Scripture, the Old Testament priest would understand the waywardness of others because of his own short comings, as this verse points out.

Hebrews 5:2

He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since He Himself is beset with weakness.

However, we now have a High Priest who is sinless and has become the perfect sacrifice for our wayward patterns.

2 Corinthians 5:21

For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Give it some thought.

Gary

These words are found in the lyrics of a song about saying goodbye to a world of hurt. “Goodbye my sweet world of sorrow. My new life begins with death.”

Sad that that is the emotional response of so many leaving Terra Firma. Life can be difficult and, for some, it never slacks off. However, God provides a spiritual cleansing and blessed hope in His Son Jesus Christ. If you have received Him, what a world awaits you.

Revelation 21:4 

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

A bright future awaits those who have embraced John 3:16. Give it some thought.

Gary

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

On the road to Emmaus, two disciples were walking away from Jerusalem after the crucifixion when a third person joined them. They were discussing the events of the previous days and were questioned by this stranger.  After some conversation, the third party went to eat with them. As He took bread, blessed it and broke it, and gave it to them, their eyes were opened and they realized that their companion was Jesus.

Looking back on their time with Him, here’s how they described the event.

Luke 24:32

And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” 

Shouldn’t the Word of God touch our hearts?

Give it some thought.

Gary

Some sad news from Australia… the inventor of the boomerang grenade died today.

                                                          -Johnny Carson

We need to be careful with the ideas that enter our heads because the consequences of our actions can be deadly. God has given us a lifetime to prevent the most awful consequence.

Romans 6:23 

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ezekiel 18:32 

For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.”

Time is fleeting. Think about it.

Gary

The Seekers sang “A World of Our Own” in 1966. It was a hit because that generation believed a person was capable of creating his or her own life. Interview them now, 58 years later, and they will tell you it was a pipe dream. There are too many variables in trying to fashion your own dreams.

How about forgetting about such nonsense and trust the One who planted you here in the first place, the only One who has complete understanding of the future.

Psalm 56:3-4 

When I am afraid, I put my trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Psalm 37:5 

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act.

Allow Him to design your future.

Give it some thought.

Gary

Psalm 139:1-6 

O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. …

The Psalmist David looked at his life on the planet and came to the full realization of God’s part. Do you have the same things to say at this juncture in your life? If not, there is still time, but maybe not much time.

Give it some thought.

Gary