Inspirations

he will crush [ b ]  your head,      and you will strike his heel.”  Genesis 3:15 As we begin the Christmas season,   I think it's appropriate to look at the beginning of the Christmas story See, the story begins way back in the  garden of Eden when Eve introduced sin into the world, God had a plan. A plan to correct the sin problem that we all have. We see it in the promise he made in this verse.  "H e will crush   your head,   and you will strike his heel.” I love that, God, knowing we would sin, set a plan in motion.   But the plan, though set in motion in Eden, spanned thousands of years. Things had to be just right, and the timing had to be perfect.  His plan was simple a sinless man, taking on the sins of the world. Adam and Eve had long since died, and there was no sign of a plan. nothing to even hint that God had even remembered the plan or the promise. D...

It’s a lovely fall day!  It’s still nice enough to be comfortable sitting outside watching the birds, cats and other animals.  I’m very visual, so I love the daytime. There is always so much to do and see; for me it’s relaxing.  I know there are tons of people who love doing things at night.  Truth is I doubt that either is wrong; it’s just what I prefer.  I've been thinking about the darkness and light and the differences between them.  The fact is that they are opposites.  They cannot exist in the same place. If we go into a dark room,and turn on a light; the darkness leaves. Where there is light, darkness must leave.  God says that we, his followers are the “light of the world”.  That means that where we are, darkness cannot stay.  If we are, indeed, the light then we must be different from the world, darkness.  We cannot have the same perspective as the world and still be the light.  We cannot call right what the world ...