The Journey
The joy is in the journey The light is in the night Strength comes in living And not giving up So travel on, Dear Friend You will reach your journey’s end But don’t trudge ahead with grief When you fulfill your mission here You will find relief For we are all fellow travelers Reaching for a goal But if we miss the day’s opportunity It will be forever gone Today you may meet Someone who has a need But if you are...
He Can Use Me
He sat on the church platform beside my pastor. His left hand held a well-worn Bible, while his right hand gripped a clean toilet brush. The sounds of children singing a praise song in Chinese brought smiles to everyone, especially to the man holding God’s Word and a common cleaning gadget. The beaming man was Reverend Kevin Vacca, a visiting missionary from Taiwan. As his son and two daughters returned to the front pew to sit...
Lifted
Before there was light you moved in the dark From nothing you created the spark Before I could see, you shined your light Before I could love, you held me tight You let your love shine before I knew you And now all my love is through you I was born in sin and part of the fall But you came to me and pardoned it all Now a heart, lifted and full Use me oh God, as one of your tools Let that light spoken in my heart Be the light to shine...
What if?
What if we could not come to church? What if we could not praise the Lord? What if we could not talk to God and He turned His back on us? What if He wouldn’t help us? What if God had never died for us? What if there was no hope and no place for us to go but Hell? What if evil won all the time? Aren’t you happy that all these “what if’s†aren’t true? You can praise the Lord! Are you glad that Jesus loves you and He provided...
The Influence of the Unseen
There are undeniable unseen forces working in our world, forces that mold and shape the way we move and how we feel. These forces are so ingrained into our existence we very often take for granted that they influence us. We are oft times oblivious and do not consider their implication. In the natural realm, one such example would be gravity. Gravity is a cruel reminder that we were not built to fly. In fact, we don’t float real well...