I found this profound quote, “Be careful whom you start dating. A lot of people aren’t looking for love. They’re looking for help.”

“Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places” is a song sung by Johnny Lee.  The road of life is littered with the wrecks of those looking for love when they should have been focusing on the dangerous highway before them.

There is a route that holds real love and it’s not Route 66. We discover that GPS information in Holy Writ.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Fire up your engines and let us run this course to the finish.

Give it some thought.

Gary

I can still see that porch light. I’m a ten-year-old kid walking home in the cold and dark and that old lightbulb is beckoning me home. Moving past that storm door, I find the warmth of a wood fire, the smell of mother’s cooking, and family that loves me in spite of my many faults.

That was a long time ago and I’ve had many places I’ve called home since then.

Jamey Johnson sings a spiritual song that resonates with my frame of mind now on many occasions.

I have seen my last tomorrow
I am holding my last breath
Goodbye, sweet world of sorrow
My new life, begins with death

I am standing on the mountain
I can hear the angels songs
I am reaching over Jordon
Take my hand, Lord lead me home

All my burdens, are behind me
I have prayed, my final prayer
Don’t you cry, over my body
Cause that ain’t me, lying there

No, I am standing on the mountain
I can hear the angels songs
I am reaching over Jordon
Take my hand, Lord lead me home

I am standing (Lord, I am standing) on the mountain (on the mountain)
I can hear (I can hear the angels songs) the angels songs
I am reaching over Jordon, (over Jordon)
Take my hand, Lord lead me home
Take my hand, Lord lead me home

Hebrews 11:13-14

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

Home, give it some thought.

Gary

“Don’t Mess Around with Jim” was done by singer-songwriter Jim Croce and released in April of 1972. It was an account of the local bully who meets his match in a smaller guy with better weapons.

I found the song humorous because it relates the fact there is always someone better and being famous or infamous is short-lived.

You don’t tug on superman’s cape
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don’t mess around with Jim

Big and important from whose standpoint? It is what we are before God that counts. You’re not that great, so let the Creator tell it to you straight.

Psalm 103:14

For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.

Give it some thought, superman.

Gary

The doctor’s advice can sometimes seem to lack any hope for your future. One doctor asked his patient, “Did you think you were going to live forever?”  He did not display a good bedside manner, although he was being realistic.

Living in the Roman Empire at the time of the apostles was no picnic. However, Paul promised the Gentile believers that there is always hope because our God is the God of hope.

Romans 15:13

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

How do we tap into that hope? We do that by daily consuming copious amounts of the Word of God. Consuming information from the newspapers and on national televised newscasts will not give you hope. Hiding in some time-consuming hobby or habit will not give you hope. Hope only comes from one resource.

Think about it.

Gary

How can one find peace in the midst of a storm? Some resort to drugs or alcohol, and some try to run away, but the end result makes the situation worse.

Peace sounds good, doesn’t it? However, it is so elusive.

Reminds me of the song, “My Elusive Dreams”

I know you’re tired of following
My elusive dreams and schemes
For they’re only fleeting things
My elusive dreams

Paul’s advice to Roman Christians who faced wars within and without was not elusive but sure.

Romans 15:33

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Want peace? Connect with the God of Peace.

Think about it.

Gary

When you’re looking over your assets, do you say to yourself, “Look what I’ve accomplished?” Do you consider your parents, teachers, opportunities and God?  Nebuchadnezzar the first King of what was considered a world empire had this problem.

Nebuchadnezzar thought he was really something.

Daniel 3:1-2

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.  And King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to gather together the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Everyone running for office claims to be better than his or her opponent. That has been happening since we became a nation. The man who led the first world empire thought of himself that way.

However, he was going to learn the hard way, when you think you’re something when you’re nothing, you are only deceiving yourself and some of your followers.

Think about it.

Gary

If you ever played pinball, you will know what I’m talking about. If you were born after 1970, google it.

The pinball itself is introduced to the game by the player pulling a plunger. After that it is at the mercy of a maze of ramps, bumpers, and traps plus the gentle nudges of the player.

I personally believe that most people think that is a good illustration of life with all of its variables. Life is only a game to most, being knocked around by many forces out of one’s control.

However, for the believer there is such a thing as the will of God.

Ephesians 5:17 

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

If you can spare the time, while you still have some, the will of God can be found in the Bible, man’s roadmap.

Don’t be a pinhead, I mean, pinball.

Give it some thought.

Gary