Larry Gatlin sang it very well. It was about the fog lifting and the clarity of knowing you can’t get through without the Creator. It’s a shame that it takes a spiritual hurricane to bring that understanding about. God had to confront Adam and Eve. In fact, the Lord’s tool chest is full of ways to bring someone to his knees.

I never thought I needed help before,

I thought that I could do things by myself.

Now I know I just can’t take it anymore.

With a humble heart, on bended knee,

I’m beggin’ You, “Please, help me.”

If you don’t know how to pray, I suggest starting with this one.

Romans 8:26 

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

Matthew 6:5-7 

But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

 Give it some careful consideration.

Gary

Whom are you building that castle for? Will what you leave behind be of value to your progeny or a curse? How much eternal life insurance have you purchased? Good questions, but the window of opportunity to come up with profitable answers is very short.

Hebrews 6:10 

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for His name in serving the saints, as you still do.

Titus 3:8 

The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.

Give it some careful consideration before time runs out.

Gary

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

How much of life is taken up with trying to be someone else? When will self be finally acknowledged and accepted? Even if you’re an identical twin, God only made one of you.

Psalm 139:14 

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well.

Psalm 119:73-74

Your hands have made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
Those who fear You will be glad when they see me,
Because I have hoped in Your word.

Look to Him because He loves you just as you are. Give it some thought.

Gary

Two guys walk into a bar and the bartender asks them what they’d like. The first one says, “I’d just like a nice tall glass of H₂O.” The second guy says, “That sounds good. I’ll have some H₂O, too.” The first guy downs his glass with an “Ah, that hit the spot!” The second guy does the same and doesn’t say anything. He’s dead.

He got what he asked for, but should have been more careful as to how he expressed it. Does the Bible address such states of confusion? Glad you asked.

James 4:2

You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

Aren’t you glad God sometimes denies our request, for it could have deadly results.  By the way, H₂O₂ is the chemical name for hydrogen peroxide.  Give it some thought and consider what you’re asking for.

Gary

Bruce Hornsby’s song “End of the Innocence,” delves into themes of nostalgia, lost innocence, and disillusionment. The lyrics explore the contrast between the simplicity and safety of childhood and the complicated, often harsh realities of adulthood.

When do we begin to realize our world doesn’t always offer protection from harsh realities? How do we become enlightened to just how complex life can be? Does the Bible address this? Glad you asked.

I Corinthians 13:11

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Ephesians 4:14-15 

So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ,

Give it some thought.

Gary

“A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.” — John Eldredge

That’s true in life. We have been wounded by the fall of the race and also injured by our personal sin. Thankfully, God has provided a Great Physician with helpful advice.

Jeremiah 17:14 

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise.

1 Peter 2:24 

He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.

You have to love a Physician with the right treatment. Give it some thought.

Gary

If you were a vessel sailing across the sea of life, what kind of vessel would you want to be? Does the Bible address this question? Glad you asked.

2 Timothy 2:20-21

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

Give it some thought and sail on blissfully.

Gary