In each life, all is given in trade. An hour for the wage, a year for the apprentice, a lifetime for a craftsman. Each freedom is traded for one of seemingly more value, but many are false in their appraisal, and what appears a great bargain is indeed a thief. Read more…
That you would grow to become more . . . In all maturation there is great pleasure. In each phase – new growth and ability. A father sees strength growing; a mother is pleased with new speech. As the child grows, also the joy of his parents. It is also Read more…
Remember not the past as the structure of the present, for to those in My Name, there is now new life. Forgotten is the past. As one day of sun is not determined by the last, you too are not determined of your past. The Spirit renews, bringing life to Read more…
Once planted, the small sprig rises to the sun, not in strength, but in obedience to its call. It draws from the soil, and finds stability in the same. The Light to which it gives obedience, in turn, gives nourishment unseen. Roots reach for what is known, but in obedience Read more…
Reach for them, those who are about you. My words and ways are more. Your words to others are the pathway to understanding. Converse, that they may know a follower. Speak to them, that they may have a common place to walk with one of My own. If you do Read more…
In seeking. you will find Me. My Spirit leads you to a place unknown. Men direct their path to the known and foreseen, but My Spirit knows a great and final destination that the mind of man cannot conceive, therefore, man does not know the way. My light is only Read more…
Today you receive wisdom, that today’s choices might be by My light, for I light the way before you with the wisdom of My Word. Seek Me first there, that you might know the heart of your Lord, for what servant would be praised if he did not know the Read more…
Joyful are those with My peace. Without threat, their lives are under My hand, allowing only that which builds and draws. Little is lost and much gained. Even in the calamity, the joy of My fortress protects them. A strong tower is the refuge of My sheep, amidst the world, Read more…
The conduct of a child is a reflection of the parent. He who calls his Father his Lord, must reflect the heart of He who has called him to repentance. The law of the Father must be on his lips, rising from a heart within. Full in the Father’s ways Read more…
The small are dominated as weak. Those in power lord it over those with little. Without the Spirit of the living God, power seeks only for self. It seeds for a harvest, but reaps corruption. But power in the hands of the believer must protect, a standing shield against unrighteousness, Read more…