Choosing to Believe

  We all have an open invitation to spend eternity in Heaven with Jesus.
   Yet, in man's unbelief, we turn him down and choose our own path. Why is it so difficult for a person to believe that GOD sent his one and only son, Jesus, to die for our sins? Is it better to live in our denial of the one who offers us eternal life? It's a choice to openly devote one's self to Jesus because we cannot see him.
   This brings Thomas,a.k.a."Doubting Thomas"to mind.(See John 20:24-29)Thomas doubted that Jesus had risen from the dead. It was only when Thomas saw Jesus with his own eyes and touched him with his own hands that he believed. Jesus says in verse 29 of John 20,"Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." One could read this and chalk it up to another fairy tale told. I choose to believe that Jesus died on the cross for mine and your sins-past, present and future. All we have to do is confess our sins, believe in Jesus and turn away from our sinful nature,living a life modeled after Jesus himself.
   What separates us from spending eternal life in Heaven or Hell is a simple choice. Man's sin nature gets in the way and makes this an impossible choice. For me the choice is simple. I choose to follow Jesus Christ. I pray that one day, if you do not know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, that you will come to know him as well.

Praise and Glory belong to GOD

Reading and listening to the lyrics of the song Glory, written and performed by Common and John Legend, They write about a false glory, glory given to a man.
 They sing:
One day, when the glory comes
It will be ours, it will be ours
Oh, one day, when the war is one
We will be sure,we will be sure
Oh, glory, glory
Oh, glory.glory


There is no true glory to be found in any man. The praise and glory belong to GOD and GOD alone.

Psalm 29;1-2 says(1) Ascribe to the LORD, O might ones,
                              ascribe the LORD glory and strength.
                              (2) Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
                                   worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.
My accomplishments are not my own. They are made possible by GOD. To him I give the praise and glory alone.
  I didn't do anything. GOD did.

It's been a long time.

It's been a long time.
It's been a long time since I've written about anything.
So here I am. Back in front of the keyword to say that I'm ready to give this writing thing another shot.
 The question, I guess you could ask, is where have I been?
 The answer? Being lazy and very,very unproductive.
I have been reading. I guess that's something on the productive level.
I've been reading lots of fiction murder thrillers from the likes of James Patterson, Lee Child and my latest discovery, Terri Blackstock.
I consider all these books I've read "escapist reads". Escaping from my life into the fictional world of someone else. Whoever said that reading takes you places was 100 percent correct.
 I love to read about as much as I love watching movies. For anyone who knows me, that is saying a lot..
  So now the question is what am I going to write about?
  My passion is still in writing screenplays. Or is it a 35 year old dream yet to be realized?
 I don't know, but I am going to give it another shot.
 In the meantime, I will do my best to hone my writing skills by blogging anything that comes to my mind.
 Here's to a new beginning. I hope and pray that I will find a few readers interested in what i have to say along the way.
  God Bless and thank you for taking the time to drop by and read my blog.