Having a Real Relationship with God is Everything - Revisited

Boaz Ministries is back! We are resuming our series, "Having a Real Relationship with God is Everything". As we move into the final month of 2017, we see the dire need for the "spiritual glue" that holds us together as individuals and as partners in relationships. Here are two quotes you may have seen - but they are no less meaningful. 

The message is one; for both men and women. 
May these words bless our souls.


B & B Edwards

What I would have said to my father this morning, on his 83rd birthday

In honor of your birthday, Daddy

I sing this song for you

"Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace...

Where there is hatred, let me sow love

Where there is injury, pardon

Where there is doubt, faith

Where there is despair, hope

Where there is darkness, light

Where there is sadness, joy

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek

to be consoled, as to console

to be understood, as to understand

to be loved, as to love

For it is in giving that we receive

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned

It is in dying, that we are born

to eternal life"

The Prayer of St. Francis

Our last Father's Day, 2014
Don W. Greathouse, 11/12/34 - 1/7/15 RIP

#readytodie

Not to be sensational or anything, I'm just reporting on facts here. As we have watched in horror, our "great nation" has become the mass murder capitol of the world. Scarcely a month can go by without another deadly tragedy taking place. We are seeing more and more random, and not so random killings.

We all know that we begin to die from the moment we are born- we know that we will die one day.  We don't obsess over it - we live with it, and accept, for the most part, that we have an expiration date that's "out there", somewhere. But what has sadly become part of our reality is "death by mass murderer." And these mass shootings can happen anywhere. Nowhere is safe. Not our homes, schools,  places of employment, grocery stores, favorite fast food restaurants, public parks, concerts, nor our very houses of worship!

There are some who are completely baffled by the increase of these heinous acts against innocent victims in our communities. But I am not. I'm saddened and devastated every time I hear of another demonic attack - can barely decompress from one event before another one occurs. But I'm not surprised.  I am in awe of the way the Bible outlines, through the words of Jesus, exactly what we are witnessing today.

With this knowledge and understanding, I am armed with the confidence to know that my protection and safety are found in my faith and trust in my Lord and Savior. All of these headline news stories solidify my stance and belief that God's Word is true - and binds me closer in relationship with Him. I am certain that my mission in life is to share God's love with those within my sphere of influence - and pray that those who seek Him will find Him. If I can be part of introducing someone to the peace and love - and joy - that knowing Christ brings, then amen.

In this world, in this time when we're all about the hashtag messaging - #staywoke, #metoo, #blm - and the rest, I implore believers to be vigilant about protecting our souls. One of my Facebook friends commented, in response to the Texas tragedy today, "The only safe place is in the arms of Jesus." I concur.

My friends, be encouraged. Be vigilant.

I'm not afraid to die. I live, by God's Holy Spirit, #readytodie.