Today, I am thankful for a lovely day with family and friends.
Matthew 6: 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? source
Today, I am thankful for . . .
birds that feed. 
And violets that bloom deep purple.
and a treasured friend who didn’t just give me a bouquet from her garden but dug up a bush so we could replant it in our yard and enjoy the beauty and fragrance for perhaps years to come.
I am thankful.
Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. source There’s much more wisdom found at Proverbs 17 if you please.Indoor Plumbing
Yep. I am thankful for indoor plumbing and sewer systems.
You see I am old enough to remember life before our family had indoor plumbing.
I say our family because indoor plumbing came to society long before it came to our house. For a bit of toilet history, click HERE.
Now. Because this is supposed to be a Christian Blog I am inclined to make a spiritual application here.
And it’s not as difficult as one might think.
Refuse. Waste.
Life without JESUS as LORD and SAVIOR is a waste.
The unsaved may accomplish much; they may have the accolades of the world and they may give many dollars to benefit mankind but what do they have when their life is flushed – if they die without JESUS?
Matthew 16 NKJV
26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? source
How about you?
When your life here on this earth is finished, will your life just be a flush or will you be ushered into the very Face to face Presence of The LORD of GLORY?
2 Corinthians 5:8
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” source
Have questions?
Are you interested in Eternal Life?
Are you convinced that YOU NEED A SAVIOR?
Because if you are said convinced, the Best News EVER is that JESUS is willing to save YOU.
IF you are interested in when I met JESUS, click HERE.
Good morning.
As I sit before this screen, I think I shall be brief — time will tell. 🙂
Matthew 7:13 & 14 Complete Jewish Bible
13 “Go in through the narrow gate; for the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road broad, and many travel it;
14 but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it. source
What is a gate?
And can we go through a gate?
Actually, we don’t, we go through the OPENING the gate provides.
A gate is a BOUNDRY. It’s a line drawn that we cannot cross UNLESS the gate opens for us.
So. Gate openings.
We have one in our backyard.
And it is a narrow one.
Someone wants a riding lawnmower. The thing is it can’t be just any riding lawnmower.
The proposed lawnmower cannot exceed a prescribed size. The dimensions must be just so and if not even if the gate is open the lawnmower will not go through.
The GATE of SALVATION is OPEN for EVERYONE but similar to the lawnmower, the prescribed conditions must be met or there is NO ENTRY allowed.
GOD has a prescription for LIFE, Life that we can have (enter, if you please) through the NARROW GATE addressed in Matthew 7:13 and 14.
What is GOD’s prescribed gate to LIFE?
Do you know?
Do you want to know?
Are you willing to look until you find the lawnmower with the right dimensions to fit through the gate?
