Category Archives: Inspiration

Slippery Slopes and Dangerous Ditches

imageNew York City got sacked with snow for the first blizzard of 2016. I know many other areas got hit bad as well. We suffer, especially in our neighborhood because the plow takes longer to pass through our streets. In our part of town it is also primarily hills. This makes for some serious hazardous conditions when the weather takes its toll. Blizzards, icy conditions or rain storms bring havoc to our small town. It is horrible. The streets are covered with the remains of snow, deeply impacting everyone’s commute. Driving in to work, I have to consider the best roads to take. There is a lot of planning to pass through the best detours to avoid further delays.

Sure enough, as I took the first detour to bypass a huge downward hill—clearly you can see a huge truck, flashing lights and another car that took out the top of the hill. It was certainly a bad slippery slope and a dangerous ditch that drivers must avoid. We have to ensure at all costs that we always avoid the most dangerous things, as it impacts our health, mental state and even our souls. Continue reading


False Dreams

imageDo not let false dreams that creep up try to get the best of you, when God has got this.

This is what the Lord says—
Your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you what is best for you,
Who directs you in the way you should go.”
Isaiah 48:17

They are false—not true or correct; erroneous; uttering or declaring what is untrue; not faithful or loyal; treacherous; tending to deceive or mislead; deceptive; not genuine; counterfeit; based on mistaken, erroneous, or inconsistent impressions, ideas or facts; used as a substitute or supplement, especially temporarily.

This is all a trap to try and hinder the truth of God’s promises.

What has been presented to you lately as false? Continue reading


God Is

imageAll Powerful.
All Present.
All Knowing.
All Loving.

He is the beginning and the end.
He is the Alpha and the Omega.
He is the Great I Am.
He is the Shepherd.

God is all that we need.

So the psalmist wrote…I shall not be in want because He IS! Continue reading


Silence Is Not Always Golden

imageI woke today so early in the morning with such an urgency in my spirit. I heard these words, “Silence is not always golden” especially when God is calling you to be a voice. I stood in the dark as everyone slept peacefully and I began to pray.

My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,
That I may meditate on your promises.
Psalm 119:148

As I meditate in my quiet hour of prayer, I am not only thinking of the promises for me but of the promises of others. I pray for them. If the moment arises, then I can reach out and share what God has placed on my heart. Sometimes I feel that urgency to stay still and wait for God to move. Other times, it is so pressing upon my soul that I know I cannot be silent. I have to speak His word, especially when it is for exaltation and edification. This is not a word to tear down, or of warnings–those I don’t always like to be put in that position. But for a word of edification indeed and so I will share it. Continue reading