Inspirations

  As we draw closer to Thanksgiving, I want to thank God for reminders.    The fact is that we all need reminders,  from time to time,  to help us stay focused.   Thanksgiving serves as a yearly reminder that we have much to be thankful for.  It is incredibly easy to take many of the blessings of God for granted.   We forget to cultivate a thankful heart.   So at least during the Thanksgiving season, we are reminded to be thankful for what we enjoy.   I know a couple of friends that write down things they are thankful for each day.   Perhaps it's not a bad idea especially if it allows us to remember what God has done for us.   God wants us to remember his blessings.   So while we need to be thankful each day,   Thank you, God, that once a year we can devote a day  to give thanks for all the blessings you have lavished on us.

It has been said, "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."   Scarily accurate! I work in an area where certain things have to happen at certain times.   If it doesn't happen,  the best thing I can do is remember that I missed it  and find a way to remember it from that time on. As I look at the history of the Children of Israel,  I see,  and remember,  that God judged them for their sins as a nation. If God judged his chosen people for their sins, will he not also judge our nation for its crimes? The sin of slavery.   Treating black people as less than human. that was a sin and we must remember that awful transgression. God says in his word that he does not show partiality, and neither should we as his people. The evil of abortion. Will he not hold those accountable  who participate in this injustice to the innocent who  also, have a right to life? He ...