Meditations

A new year is a good time for a fresh start – a new beginning.  Thirty days of 2015 have already passed.  That’s okay.  We have three hundred and thirty five ahead of us.  Now is a good time for a new beginning.  God also love beginnings.  God may be saying to some of us if not all of us, hinting even, trying to get our attention on what He wills for us this year. In Genesis chapter 12 after the death of Abram’s father, God called Abram to a new beginning.  For some of us our new beginnings come after the death of a loved one, or after the loss of a job, or a move to a new neighborhood, or even during or after an illness or tragedy.  “Now the Lord had said to Abram:”And He may be saying the same to some of us. “Get out of your country,”   Before you accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, in what country did you live?   Some believers in Christ Jesus are still living in the country of their first birth.   The “country” o...

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!   How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!  Romans 11:33 When we think of riches, we think of money, mansions, luxurious vehicles and on and on.   This verse is telling us that God  has riches of wisdom and knowledge.  The depth of the riches of God’s wisdom and God’s knowledge is so deep, no human being can fathom it. God's wisdom and knowledge is seen in His judgments.   We cannot search out God’s judgments.  We should not even try.  When we see an unusual occurrence in a person’s life or in our own, the temptation is usually to analyze or explain the reason for the event.  God’s ways are vastly higher than ours.  We should not even try to give a reason for any event in anyone’s life or in our own.   The only reason we are exhorted to give - is the reason for the hope that is within us. 1 Peter 3:15...

A new year has begun with all of its unknowns.  However, we know who love us and who cares for us.  We thank our God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for His wonderful mercies in 2014.  My family and I saw God’s workings in every aspect of our lives.  Many started 2014 and did not see it finished.  Some started 2014 enthusiastically, and as the year unfolded so did their hopes and dreams.  Some others fervently pursued their goals when suddenly they were blindsided by sickness, or by some sort of tragedy.  How will we face this year ahead of us? God loves us.  We know He does.   Is God with us in the difficult times?  Does this God of the Bible really care for us?  Yes He is!  Yes He does!  The Word of God tells us in John’s Gospel Chapter 3 verse 16:  “That God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son…….”  God created us, He loves and cares for us.  He sacrificially gave His S...