ONE MESSAGE. ONE FAITH.

"Helping Hand" by Linda Williams" Sunday was filled with so much activity as my husband and I prepared to leave our 4 little ones with my parents for the week. We hustled and bustled going over the last minute checklists, throwing things in bags as we walked out the door-  and I still managed to leave the baby's bottle on the counter. But I digress. In all of that I felt peace -the  peace I had in their extended grace of watching the children was assuring. A few hours later, in the air, waching the sun descend like a fiery ball into an horizon of clouds, I was again filled with peace, because of my acceptance of my parents' graciousness. It was early this Monday morning that I read over yesterday's scripture . I love spending time with God at the dawn of the day. It is such a peaceful time, and happens to be one of the only moments when everyone is asleep, and in the quiet, still, half -light, I can tune into God without the external distractions of the ...

"Blue sunset at Jordan River" by Ivan Makarov There is a river that runs from Genesis to Revelation, blood that flows throughout generations-Chantel (C)2010 I was reading 1 Peter 1-3, and when I got to the part about Noah, it struck me. From the beginning of time as we understand it to be ( In the beginning, God- Gen. 1:1), God has and is consistent about certain principles. I do not claim to be exhaustive in this list, but as God guides me I will list. Holiness - or separation 1 Peter1:13 states the commandment that God gave to the children of Israel in the desert: " Be ye Holy, for I am Holy". So it wasn't a new thing, though for the some believers it may have been. Because God is holy, we, his children, are to be holy. He says it in other places, "Do not be conformed to the world" ( Rom.12:2), "come out from among them, and be separated" (2 cor. 6:17 ) Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers" (2 cor. 6:14 ); th...