Tag: Eternal Life

Forgiven – A Poem

Because of Jesus’ sacrifice for my sins, I have been forgiven. It is a wonderful feeling to know that God knows everything about me — every thought, word, and deed — and still He loves me and is faithful to forgive me. I am so...

Grateful – A Poem

In planning for Thankful Thursday, I asked my son for a synonym for thankful and he said, “Grateful.” I’ve been putting off writing a poem based on this most obvious synonym for thankful, but I guess it’s time to give in. Grateful is a terrific...

Take My Life – I Am in Awe

Last week, I was listening to Jeremy Camp’s CD “Stay” in my car all week. It is his debut CD from 2002, and it’s one of my favorites. When I listen to my iPod in the house, I usually put it on shuffle and so...

Music Monday Extra – DC-10

I was listening to my iPod yesterday and this great song by Audio Adrenaline came on. “DC-10” asks the important question, “Do you know where you’re gonna go?” In addition, it has a great swing beat that makes me want to dance. So I decided...

Glad, Gladly, Gladness – A Poem

Today is Thankful Thursday and so I thought about words that are related to being thankful. It occurred to me that if we are thankful for what we have been given and for the blessings in our life, we will have a glad heart, we will worship...

The Final Destination

I’m sitting in the Portland airport waiting for my flight to San Francisco to board. In preparation for this trip there were many things I had to do: book the flight, reserve my hotel room, register for the conference I’m going to, schedule a shuttle...

Contented – A Poem

Focusing on what we have instead of what we don’t have creates a thankful heart. Having a thankful heart leads to being contented with the blessings we have been given. When we trust in God to provide that which we need, we can be content no...

The Relationship Plan, Part 2

Our second full adult education class was awesome! We learned the next two principles of Jesus’ strategy for sharing the truth of the Gospel and growing the Church from The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert E. Coleman. I wrote about the first two principles...