STEPPING OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN

STEPPING OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN

Friday, we ordered chicken, mashed potatoes, and macaroni and cheese. Yesterday we had left-overs. I knew I should get out the vegetables to eat with the chicken, but instead, I finished off the mashed potatoes with all the left-over gravy and ate all the macaroni too. I’ve gained weight, and God already inspired me to start eating more raw vegetables. But the weight wasn’t coming off, so I was giving up. How many times have we had a God-inspired goal for a godly reason, and we ran across the first obstacle and halted, “Was it really the right thing to do?”

It’s at those points that we have to go back to our original motivation for the changes we’re making. If our reason for even wanting to make a change came from a godly point of view, then He will help us through the challenges and help us overcome any hurdle we may come across. We can clearly see that the men and women of the Bible grew spiritually as they were led by the Lord to step into the realm of the unknown.

As the author Israelmore Ayivor says in his book Shaping the Dream, “Break away from the box confining you. Positive dreamers do not follow the status quo. They keep raising the standard of the bar higher and higher. Raise the bar.”

But with raising the bar in our spiritual lives, we need to know that what we aim for, what we will gain in the end, will be well worth the jump. As one Bible teacher puts it, “New level, new devil.” Growing spiritually is not for sissies.

In Matthew 14:28-32, Peter took a bold step of faith. He could have drowned! “Peter said, ‘Lord if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.’ And he [Jesus] said, ‘Come.’ And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.” So far, so good. In fact, amazing! “But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink.” Okay, big obstacle!

But look what Peter does, and it’s what we have to do too. “He cried, saying, ‘Lord, save me.’” I just love that. Just because we have the courage to start something new, or enter a brave new phase of growth, doesn’t mean we have to brave it alone!

Look at how the Lord reacted: “And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and caught him.” Jesus then said to Peter, “O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?” That’s where believing in the original aim is so important. Peter wanted to grow his faith, and that is a godly aim, so he shouldn’t have let the demon’s distraction and stormy obstacle get to him. He should have kept his eyes on the good future Jesus promised.

Jesus reprimanded Peter, but He didn’t abandon him. “And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.” Notice that THEY came back to the ship. So many people miss that. Jesus AND PETER came back to the ship. That means that Peter was again walking on the water, and this time he reached his goal! The devil had to give up. He wasn’t going to win. The Bible says: “The wind ceased.” The demon was deflated!

We’re like Peter. When we get into a new phase of life, or a new spiritual level, or even the most mundane natural act of losing some weight, the devil will try to back us down. If we are wanting to be more loving, you can be pretty sure the devil will put you around the most unlovable people he can find. If you’re praying to be better at exposing and casting down demons, you can be sure you will be meeting some of the most insidious. Are you aiming at being a more patient person? You better be ready for some really annoying stressors. I’m not trying to scare you, just telling the truth.

The great thing is that there is no demonic force that can stand up to the power of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 13:8 says: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.”

As we courageously step out toward those God-inspired aims, goals, and dreams, we will have times of attack, times of distraction, and even fear, but Jesus will always be there, just like He was for Peter. The Lord Jesus or even one or more of His angels will lift us up, and we will walk on water to reach what we were aiming for. What an amazing reality it is.

Love, Carolyn

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GOD SENDS A PERSONAL GIFT IN AN UNUSUAL WAY

GOD SENDS A PERSONAL GIFT IN AN UNUSUAL WAY

Someone in the neighborhood must love those Werther’s candies because every week I find the wrappers in my bird baths. Why? Because the resident grackles love to bring small colorful, shiny objects into the yard and drop them in their water dishes. Today ended up being a bit of a stressful one because the car wouldn’t start, so what God had the grackle bring me today was especially delightful and kept me smiling all day. My present today was a tiny plastic toy that the grackle dropped in the water dish. It’s only about the size of a quarter, only a little over an inch tall—a girl with a paintbrush in her hand and a palette of paints! You know I’m a painter, right? I’ve never had the grackles bring me something so unusual. Isn’t it amazing? God had that grackle bring me something so personal just to let me know He cares about me. That’s our God.

It reminds of how the ravens brough Elijah food when God had him run and hide from King Ahab.  

“And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.’ So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord.

“And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. (1Kings 17:4-6).

I think God gets a kick out of doing unusual things for us sometimes, things that are undeniably HIM, and sending a grackle with a toy painter girl was certainly my unusual for this day! It kept me smiling, and I’m getting my car all fixed up tomorrow.

Love, Carolyn

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"LATE BLOOMERS"

“LATE BLOOMERS”

Here’s me with my volunteer tomato plant. It’s been growing since April and now is taller than I am! All this time, it has been flowering, but no fruit. Then early last week, I saw one tiny tomato, and then today, when I looked, I saw ten! I was so delighted and figured it just must be a late bloomer. Some of us are late bloomers too. I didn’t even start my full-time art career here in Las Vegas until I was 45 years old. So if you are someone who hasn’t quite figured out what you want to be when you grow up or you are still searching for your greatness, don’t worry, God hasn’t forgotten about you. Biblically you are in good company.

Exodus tells us: “And Moses was fourscore years old [80], and Aaron fourscore and three years old when they spake unto Pharaoh” (Exodus 7:7). And that was just the beginning of the story of bringing God’s people out of Egypt and into the promised land.

Abraham was 75 years old when God called him. “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, ‘Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee’” (Gen. 12:1). And it wasn’t until he was 100 years old that he had his first son Isaac.

Psalm 103:5 tells us that God “satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”  Beyond renewing our bodies with perhaps new things we are to eat, our Lord is also able and willing to renew our youthful enthusiasm, and excitement about new things. He certainly can give us new strength to take on things we’ve never done before. Can you even imagine what it was like for Abraham, at age 99, finding out that he was going to learn how to be a father? Or with Moses, that he was going to do miracles and wonders with a stick from an almond tree? How weird and new was that?!

So don’t worry if your life looks like it may not be progressing as you imagined or hoped. God has many signs and wonders in the future for all of us. With age comes constant renewal and new adventures, new challenges, and new blessings. Maybe we’re like my tomato plant—we need a lot of extra time to grow and flower, but when the fruit comes, WOW, it overflows!

Our youth is as young as the Spirit of God within us, and Spirit has no age 😊.

Love, Carolyn

WORDS AND PHRASES WE COULD AVOID

WORDS AND PHRASES WE COULD AVOID

When something wonderful happens, we sometimes say: WOW, that’s “unbelievable!” Do we really mean that we don’t believe it’s true? Nope. What about: “Holy Cow!” Maybe in India, if you were Hindi and worshipped cows, but God doesn’t say anything that lets us know that cows have been rendered holy. And what about when we are experiencing pain in our bodies: “My foot is killing me!”  We don’t really mean it, do we? But words have power.

King Solomon, the wisest man in the world, had a lot to say about words, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Prov. 18:21).  “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth” (Prov. 6:2). “A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul” (Prov. 18:7).

I knew a man who kept saying, in jest: “I’m losing it.” He ended up losing his capacity for thinking clearly, and he contracted a debilitating dementia. The Bible warns us about using words and phrases that can take hold of us and hurt us, sometimes without us even knowing that we brought it on ourselves.

Our brain hears the words and phrases we speak and sends the message to the rest of our body, which responds more to our own spoken words than to anyone else’s spoken words! So if we continue to say things like, “I get the flu twice a year every year,” our brain tells our body to expect it, and since our body is expecting it, it doesn’t bother fighting back. We’ve called it in.

On the other hand, we can use this principle to send positive messages to our bodies, like: “My youth is renewed like the eagle’s” (Ps. 103:5).

God says: “I create the fruit of the lips” (Is. 57:19). What comes out of our mouths is created into our physical reality.

God Himself created by speaking: “Let there be light,” “Let the waters bring forth abundantly,” etc. (Gen. 1). When He created us in His image, He created us as a “speaking spirit.” (Gen. 2:7 in the Chumash, the Hebrew first five books of the Bible).

You and I are to create by speaking also, just like God.

I’m asking the Lord to make me more aware this week of some of the not-so-accurate words or phrases I still use.

By changing a few words and silly phrases here and there, we can change the direction and outcome of our lives.

“Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

“Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

“Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom” (James 3:3-5, 13).

Love, Carolyn

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IT'S IN THE BIBLE - MOLECH TODAY

  

IT’S IN THE BIBLE – MOLECH TODAY

The evil god, Molech (Moloch), required child sacrifice from those who worshipped him. In Old Testament times, cultures all around God’s people worshipped Molech, and so did some of the Israelites surrender their children to his fiery arms. God said don’t do this: “And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech” (Lev. 18:21). Child sacrifice, including killing a child before birth, is not justified in the Bible. God’s Word says children are a blessing, but our actions say we don’t believe it. We’ve come up with all kinds of “reasonable” rebuttals as to why we aren’t carrying out God’s will concerning children.

Good Christians and non-Christians alike have been duped by the media and society into thinking acceptable answers to why abort, are things like: “I’m not ready to be a mother,” I’m not ready to have a family,” “I’m not sure I even love this person,” “I can’t afford to have a child right now,” and so many other answers that sounded so right. We are responsible for our actions, but I think that with abortion, we have been cleverly manipulated away from the truth and tricked by the spirit of Molech in our societies, to think it’s really okay. I still believe rape or a life-threatening situation for the mother may justify an abortion, but that’s about it.

I don’t blame the people who let themselves get talked into abortions, but I do blame those who did the subversive manipulating and those who let it slide. We need to repent.

Abortion is just one aspect of child sacrifice to Baal. We’ve seen virgin sacrifice all through history, in Mesopotamia, Africa, Mayan, and Inca cultures, and it is practiced today throughout the world, in Europe as well as in the United States, at the highest levels.

In 2018 in Arkansas, a sculpture of the Ten Commandments was destroyed and replaced with a statue of Moloch. Moloch’s image is a hollow brazen figure, with the head of an ox with big horns, and outstretched human arms. It was heated red-hot by fire from within, and the little ones placed in its arms to be slowly burned, while to prevent their parents from hearing their dying cries, the sacrificing priests beat drums.

Moloch was the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians. This same god was known as Saturn in Carthage, which was founded in the 9^th century BC by the Phoenician city of Tyre. Carthage is in Tunisia (just across from Italy). Both the god, Moloch, and the god, Saturn, represented the planet Saturn, which was regarded by the Phoenician-Semetic nations as a kakodaimonos (evil spirit) to be appeased by human sacrifice. This child sacrificing practice was carried over into Italy and to Rome. If you want to know more about the practices centering around Moloch and the history, there is an excellent source: a free book online by Charles Rollin called The Ancient History of The Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes And Persians, Macedonians And Grecians.

In Leviticus, where it says not to let any child pass through the fire to Molech, it also says: “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion” (Lev. 18:22-23).

And what does God say is the result of these actions: “The land is defiled and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants” (v.25). People just want to be loved and to do the right things, but we’ve been tricked into doing things that are unnatural, by demons and demon-inspired, and demon-possessed people. In 2 Chronicles 33:1, God tells us that Hezekiah’s son “did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.” “And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom [Moloch worship]: also he. . . used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the  Lord, to provoke him to anger” (v. 6).

Sorry Disney lovers, it’s not okay to speak about using magic wands and speaking special “magical” phrases, not even in jest. Your brain doesn’t know the difference, and your words will bring the opposite of what you want into your house and life. It may be a little more work, but it’s God’s will for us to speak of His miraculous doings. There are plenty of those in the Bible. We need to bring them into our everyday speaking.

Hosea 4:6 tells us: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” Well, now we know, so we can repent of the things we’ve let our mouths utter, and we can consciously change them.

In Jeremiah 7:31, we are told that good people again turned away from simply following God’s ways. They “have built the high places in the valley of Hinnom, to burn their sons and daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not.” The next few chapters go on to say what the result was, and again, the land suffered, the animals and vegetation suffered.

“How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts are consumed, and the birds;

“Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate because no man layeth it to heart” (Jer. 12:4,10-11).

The sacrifice of human unborn, babies, children, and adults is A BIG DEAL! People are horrified by what’s happening on the earth to animals, trees, the weather, and other humans. The sacrifice of so many children sends the message of death to every living creation on earth, under the earth, and in the sea. If mankind is willing to sacrifice his own progeny, then how can the rest of creation respond? All creation on earth is under the care of the humanity that lives here. Think about it.

BUT GOD! We need to repent for what we’ve done and what we’ve allowed. God forgives ALL our sins, including murder, and He is willing to give us a new start. And heal our land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

We need to take a close look at what we’ve done and what we’ve supported, because those who are pushing these things and keep supporting them are bowing to the modern-day Moloch. Moloch is a horrible demon, with a voracious appetite for the innocent young ones.

Let’s take a stand against this evil living power, fight it, and take it down. Let’s support new families and do what we can, including prayer for the protection, health, and education of our children.

Love, Carolyn

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"ARISE AND EAT"

“ARISE AND EAT”

Last night I was so exhausted that I went to bed early and forgot to set my alarm. I’m a very solid sleeper, so when I woke up with a start at 3:00a.m., I was surprised that it was the exact time I needed to get up for work. I thanked God a bunch of times for waking me up! I would guess God’s done the same for you, when you’ve been too weary to remember to set the alarm too. I truly believe it’s God angels that He sends to wake us up and get us going. Why do I think that? Because it’s in the Bible.

Elijah had just proved to God’s people that the Hebrew God of the Bible was a living God, and way more powerful than Baal. You can read the story in 1 Kings 18. Then Elijah slew the 450 prophets of Baal. Though it was a major victory, Elijah was exhausted. Then he heard that Jezebel, who was worshipping Baal, was furious, and she was vehemently coming after him to kill him like he had done to her prophets. This took him right over the edge. He just couldn’t take another bad thing happening and he blamed himself. He took off to get away from Jezebel, left his servant, and went off by himself.

“He went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree,

“Behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, ‘Arise and eat.’

“And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

“And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, ‘Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee’.

“And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God” (1 Kings 19:4-8)

The angel of God was determined to get Elijah up and moving. God had more for Elijah to do. We may not be so worn out and upset with ourselves that we want to die like Elijah did, but sometimes we still need a little extra push from an angel. God knows our hearts and He sends His messengers, His helpers, to get us up and moving in the direction He already knows we really want to go. We just needed a little extra supernatural help.

Peter didn’t have a Jezebel coming after him to kill him, but he was in a pretty dire situation himself. Herod knew the Jews were powerful and he wanted them on his side, so since the Christians were a big problem for the Jews, Herod started killing off some of the major players. He’d just killed James, the brother of John, and now he had arrested Peter and had him in prison.

“And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

“And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, ‘Arise up quickly.’ And his chains fell off from his hands.

“And the angel said unto him, ‘Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals.’ And so he did. And he saith unto him, ‘Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.’

“And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision” (Acts 12:6-9).

When it says the angel “smote” him, it means he gave him a friendly swat, just to wake him up and get him going. It’s funny how the angel had to tell him to get up quickly. Then the angel had to tell him to put his clothes on, and not to forget his shoes. And then he even had to remind him to get his coat wrapped around him. I felt like that this morning. I got up with a start, but then I mentally had to remind myself of my whole getting-ready routine, so I didn’t forget anything important. I was still half asleep I think.

The angel had to walk Peter through his whole routine too. Then finally he told Peter to follow him. Without the angel, and Peter sleep-dazed, he may not have been awake enough to even find his way to the outskirts of the city, where he needed to go. When the angel knew Peter was okay, he took off.

“And when Peter was come to himself, he said, ‘Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews” (Acts 12:11).

In each of these situations, including mine, God sent an angel to get the person up and moving. Not only did the angel actually wake Peter up, and wake Elijah up, and wake me up, but the angel also gently led us through the routine we needed to do to prepare oursleves for the day.

Let’s be like Peter and “come to ourselves” by acknowledging when an angel comes to help us too.

Love, Carolyn

GOD WILL KEEP US AFLOAT AND BRING US HOME

GOD WILL KEEP US AFLOAT AND BRING US HOME

This week, I had the vision of myself on an ark like Noah. I was floating on the water, not knowing where I was going, but I seemed to be perfectly okay; the Lord was making it so that all the right things happened for me as I went up the squalls and down into the valleys of the ocean under me.

In Genesis, chapters six through nine tell us the story of Noah and the great flood. The peoples’ hearts were so bad, only a terrible flood could reboot what was happening on the earth. After this whole event happened, God said He would never send a flood again (see Gen. 9:14-15), but He never promised it would be smooth going. Several times throughout history there has been a rebooting, and I believe now is one of those times again. We can learn a lot from looking at the story of Noah and the ark.

“And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth” (Gen. 6:12-13).

The next thing God did was give instructions to Noah on how to build an ark and the details of what Noah would need to ride the storm.

“Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch” (Gen. 6:14).

“Thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female” (vv. 18-19). 

I believe God is letting each of us know what we need to do as an individual or as a family, to be able to stay afloat during this time. Here, God told Noah to bring in animals for food, but also for what God had planned for Noah in the future, to let the animals go and repopulate the earth. The thing is that Noah had no idea what was going to happen. All he knew was to listen to God and be obedient to what He said. Figuring out the future was not in Noah’s instructions. However, preparation according to God’s instructions was the necessary thing.

I know the Lord is whispering to us different things to do to provide for our future as well. I can’t tell you what you need to do, only God can do that. I just know what He’s telling me to do. I’ve had to take on a few tasks that I knew nothing about. But when God says do it, I do it. Odd things could come up. Whether it is to store up some extra food and water, change the locks on the door, go grocery shopping at a different store, stash some money in a new place, think about homeschooling the kids, or any number of other things only you and God are aware of.

God told Noah: “And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. ²² Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he” (Gen. 6:21-22).

Then finally, “were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened” (Gen. 7: 11).

“And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested. . . upon the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually” (Gen.5: 1-5).

God made a wind pass over the earth. Wind influences and changes the waves. Here in Vegas, we see the wind come up at odd times. Jane and I call them “the winds of change.” In John 3:8, Jesus compares the wind to the spirit of God: “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.” To be in touch with God, we need to be willing to be moved by that spiritual wind. It will bring us home. Isaiah 1:9 tells us: “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.”

God sent a wind to dry up the waters, and the ark rested, but it still wasn’t safe enough to totally let go. Noah had to literally “test the waters,” and God gave him wisdom as to how to do it. He sent out a raven first. Ravens are hardy, clever, and reliable. They are survivors. The raven didn’t come back. He could live above the water, and he would be fine. But then Noah sent out a weaker bird, a bird that generally is more comfortable with easier, gentler things. The dove came back.

“But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark” (Gen. 8: 9).

Not everything we want is going to work out the same. Even though the tempest may seem to be over, certain things we do will be like the raven, a survivor no matter what. But other things may be more like the dove, and we will just have to be a little more patient with our dove projects. But through it all, if we will be lithe to the spirit of God, He will keep us afloat. I know it will be as He promised:

“He maketh the storm a calm so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

“Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!” (Ps. 107: 29-30).

Love, Carolyn

"HIS COMPASSIONS, THEY FAIL NOT"

“HIS COMPASSIONS, THEY FAIL NOT”

It’s been a difficult two weeks: death in the family, new work environment, just a pile of difficult circumstances. So coming home from work, I’ve been feeling a bit depleted. Monday when I laid down for a short nap, who do you think was with me?

My little dog Peanut, full of unconditional love. It doesn’t matter if I’m grumpy, exhausted, preoccupied; he’s right there by me to snuggle and give kisses.

When I got up from my nap and came out to sit in the living room, Peanut jumped up on the chair with me. Our old cat, Snickers, who lived almost 20 years, used to wait in Jane’s room for her. When she got comfortable, or sometimes even before she gets settled, he’s was up on her, close enough to feel her breath on his face.

I think God created animals to give us more examples of His love for us.

“His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23). That’s God talking about Himself but isn’t it just like how our pets treat us? Faithful with love no matter what?

“He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Heb 13:5).  If we only knew the Lord as being half as attentive and loving as some of our pets, right?

Not only does Peanut hardly ever leave my side when I’m home, but when Jane comes to pick me up to work and Peanut is in the car, he jumps up and down and squeaks at the window for me to hurry up and throw my bag in the back and get in the car so he can give me wet kisses all over.

Who created pets? God, because He loves us and wants us to recognize it.

Love, Carolyn

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UPON THIS ROCK

UPON THIS ROCK
Close the churches and the churches go to the beach, the Walmart, and the streets. God said: “And upon this rock [Jesus] I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18). There is nothing man can do to stop the Lord from blessing, keeping, and building His church. In our own unique ways, we are an important part of it. Please watch at least one of these awesome videos. I promise they will touch your hearts.

Brazil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRpAm6HMHI8&t=1s

Walmart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmf2QhuRPlk

Healthcare Facility
https://youtu.be/73wRe2oyjFQ

PS: If anyone knows of anything like this happening in Las Vegas, please let me know. Thanks.

Love, Carolyn
This photo is from the Hubble spacecraft. (This is for you, Kent and family. I love you.)