12-29-2024 “Let Your Light Shine”, My Faith Journey

Thank you for this day oh Lord!

Thank you for my Life!

Thank you for my sweet bride, Amy and our beautiful baby girl, Selah!

Thank you for so many blessings you have rained upon us! Having a new safe place to dwell and grow as a family. A place to call our own, a new home. All that we are and all we possess, we believe are blessings from you Lord! Our life is filled with promise, always positive, always true, always seeking new opportunities to let our light shine. May your Holy Spirit guide us this day oh Lord, in all we say and do, and may your angels guard over us and keep us safe, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

(NKJV) “For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing, imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

Father God, I lift up my hands before you in praise! May the words of my heart, which I share, and my actions this day, be acceptable in your eyes and bring glory to your holy name.

Lord, as I rise my head from my pillow in the morning, throughout the day, and until I lay it down to rest each evening, may the meditations of my heart and my every action which follows, be on a path of truth and righteousness. I pray, every word I speak with others be in good conscience and my actions pure. Help me oh Lord, I pray, not to stray from my journey of faith, willingness to sacrifice and yielding to your guiding Spirit. Help me Lord to crawl before walking, walk before running, and only run when it’s with confidence I run in alignment with your blessing and good counsel. Help me to see your Spirit move in the hearts of others, and give me wisdom where using my talents and resources. May they never be wasted or used in selfish conceit. May I work assertively, yet in humility and be humble before my brothers and strangers alike. Above all, Lord may your light shine in all I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

6-30-2024 ‘Back of the Bus’

🕊️✨Homeward bound, we’re laying around the Denver Airport, many of the members of our Greece pilgrimage group, still hanging together. It’s almost a comfort, simply because we’ve gone through so much together, these last two weeks.

We sat together or in close proximity, doing what we do. Regardless if it’s a meal or walk around our hotel or heading to a new historical destination to explore, we did it all together. Now it’s the drudgery of wading through airport security lines, and then looking for a comfortable place to sit or lay around near our gate.

It was a pleasant time with this group, simply because it’s like we are all family and we watch each other’s back, especially listening to the chitchat about our day, or the meal, or almost anything, like how sick we all feel.

Catching a bug about a week ago, I thought I was the only one besides Pastor Jim. Now it appears all or most of us 39 members have it. We all were able to joke about how sick we feel and silly recommended cures or things to try to make each other feel better.

When our group was together on the tour bus, it’s interesting how we all at first, selected the seat to sit, and everyone continued using the same seat, site by site and day by day, when we stopped at various locations, in returning to the bus, everyone sat in the same seat each person originally selected.

Amy and my seats were in the back of the bus. Amy sat on the seat on the left side of the isle, and I sat on the right, however we were in the same row across from each other.🕊️✨

🕊️✨On the tour bus, because we sat at the ‘Back of the Bus’, Amy and I were able to see everyone. So if someone spoke out loud to the group, we could see all their reactions. It was a fun time, riding at ‘the back of the bus’ together.

In order to pass the time, between locations, which were miles apart, we had guessing games where each person spoke loudly to the group.

I will never forget our trip to Greece, nor the pleasure of the company of beautiful souls as we travelled together.🕊️✨