on giving thanks

Thanksgiving is so much more than giving thanks.

"I will praise the name of God with a song;

I will magnify him with thanksgiving."

Psalm 69:30 ESV

on concerns

What if God ordained every cause for concern in our lives

just so we would spend more time with Him?

"Trust in him at all times, O people;

pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge."

Psalm 62:8 NIV

attitude adjustment

Once in a while we all need a little attitude adjustment.

God can help with that.

"But let all who take refuge in you be glad;

let them ever sing for joy.

Spread your protection over them,

that those who love your name may rejoice in you."

Psalm 5:11 NIV

thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name;

make known among the nations what he has done.

Sing to him, sing praise to him;

tell of all his wonderful acts.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his love endures forever."

1 Chronicles 16:8-9, 34 NIV

on divorce

Divorce is a pretty drastic procedure;

that's why there's always complications.

"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning

the Creator 'made them male and female,'

and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father

and mother and be united to his wife,

and the two will become one flesh'?

So they are no longer two, but one."

Matthew 19:4-6a NIV

honestly

"To be honest" is a tricky little phrase.

Using it implies one isn't always so.

"If I have walked in falsehood

or my foot has hurried after deceit-

let God weigh me in honest scales

and he will know that I am blameless."

Job 31:5-6 NIV

angels again

Interesting-

God commands angels to accomplish tasks

that He could easily do without their help.

"Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones

who do his bidding, who obey his word."

Psalm 103:20 NIV

angels & motorcycles

After my first ride on our new motorcycle, I realized,

I really like angels!

"For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone."

Psalm 91:11-12 NIV

enjoy

Honor God with your enjoyment

of all that He has given you.

"So I commend the enjoyment of life,

because nothing is better for a man under the sun

than to eat and drink and be glad.

Then joy will accompany him in his work

all the days of the life

God has given him under the sun."

Ecclesiastes 8:15 NIV

We love because God does.

"So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them."

Genesis 1:27 NIV

HANDLE WITH CARE

"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,

a workman who does not need to be ashamed

and who correctly handles the word of truth."

2 Timothy 2:15 NIV

Get up and get God.

"Very early in the morning,

while it was still dark,

Jesus got up, left the house

and went off to a solitary place,

where he prayed."

Mark 1:35 NIV

Never underestimate the legacy of a life well lived.

"I have been reminded of your sincere faith,

which first lived in your grandmother Lois

and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded,

now lives in you also. For this reason I remind you

to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you."

2 Timothy 1:5-6 NIV

Our destiny?

It's good, really good.

"For God has not destined us for wrath,

but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep

we might live with him."

1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 ESV