2026, You Tubes

I Made It!

I heard a new-to-me song tonight, which made me think, and it settled in.

I Made It.
That’s the name of the song. A group called Promised sang it tonight, and I found it on YouTube by Cain, probably the ones who sang it first.

But let me get to my reason for writing tonight, for you to read this morning. Here’s a link to the lyrics; I really hope you will read them. HERE

In my Christian circle, I have noticed we speak of our failures more easily than our victories, as if to speak of our victories is somehow the opposite of humble. This song gave me a perspective that I am appreciating! Look:

I’m comin’ out the other side stronger
One foot in front of the other
Hands still raisin’, heart still praisin’
I made it, I made it, I made it, I made it

Through the storms, the hell and high water
I never left the hands of my Father
Lungs still breathin’, thank You, Jesus
I made it, I made it, I made it, I made it

Pardon me if I am wrong. But to be able to look back at a hard siege, and with humble pride be able to say I didn’t betray You, I didn’t lose faith, I didn’t fail to trust You, You kept me from falling, from stumbling! I made it!
Somehow, I think we have missed that being able to say I made it is honorable. It is a glory to our Great GOD; it demonstrates what HE can do in us!

This kind of saying, ” I made it, ” is not patting ourselves on the back; rather, it is our arms outstretched, our face toward heaven, tears washing our soul, and shouting a hallelujah of praise to our King that HE has made us faithful!

Oh, yes! We need more of these I Made It(s) in the Body of CHRIST!

Anybody agree?


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2026, Jeremiah, Questions, Romans

For Now

Jeremiah 29:11.
We quote it. We love it.

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Link to source

But there’s more to the story.

Verse 10 lets us in on why GOD was saying this to His people.
They were in captivity. Seventy years in Babylon. Not a happy for them!
They cycled in and out of captivity; the pattern was the same – they rebelled and went into exile, slavery, whatever the sins warranted, then they repented, and GOD restored them.

We should learn from this.
And we can if we apply ourselves to the conditions of verses 12, 13, and 14.

12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive. Link to source

The Goodness of GOD!
Even in captivity, He gave them a promise.
We have a promise too – actually, many of them – but for now, see Romans 5:8.

Can we, will we rejoice today for the promises we find in Scripture? Will we search the Scriptures for more and more promises, and will we align ourselves to receive them?

Let’s do that!

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2026, Gospel of John

Finding A Happy!

Gospel of John, Chapter One

Perhaps I knew it before today, but today it seems new to me. Andrew was John’s disciple before he was JESUS’ disciple. And I can’t say for sure, but perhaps Philip too.

The day after John saw HOLY SPIRIT descending on YESHUA, two of John’s disciples (Andrew being one of them) began following JESUS, and right away asked Him where He was staying.
And do you know how He answered them?

“Come and see.“
I love it so much!

And then the first thing Andrew did was bring his brother, Simon Peter, to the LORD. How marvelous is that?!

When we read on, we learn that Andrew, Simon Peter, and Philip were all from Bethsaida. And in verse 43, JESUS found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me,” and he did. Then Philip found Nathanael. Do you remember what Nathanael said to Philip? “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
And I so love this! Do you know what Philip said to Nathanael? “Come and see.”

Come and see!

Come and see People! That’s who we want to be!
People who invite people to Come and See JESUS.

I hope you will read Chapter One of John today, and find it to be a Happy for you too!


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