How have you changed since you accepted Christ's gift of salvation? There are several ways to see that a person is new in Christ. One is evidenced in growth in fruit of the Spirit.  See Galations 5;22.  "..the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."  Of course, this is a short list of the attributes of a Christian, or rather becoming more Christl-ike. I'm reading a book called "Love as a Way of Life" by Gary Chapman.  It lists several ways of loving others, including several from the Fruit of the Spirit list.  There are a lot of ways to grow in Christ. Others should be able to see your growth in Christ-likeness. But I believe you should also be aware of your own growth. You are the only one who knows about ill-feelings you may be harboring against someone.  That is not to say that it isn't obvious to other people but only you know the depth of ill feelings you have for someone w

One small blessing today: about half way through the morning of a typical work day, realizing that it is WEDNESDAY!  What a nice blessing!

I'm going to try to start posting regularly again. I won't be able to daily or even once a week for sure but I want to try. I miss it. I mainly miss the time spent dwelling in thought with God and His Word.  Hopefully, I'll be able to spend some quality time with God and appreciate His Presence and blessings.  I haven't made that a real priority in the last 7 months. Seemed just too hard to do....Isn't that a ridiculous statement?  Too hard to spend quality time with God. God would never allow that. God is the place where we find rest and refuge. If nothing else, God gives us the ability to spend time with Him, IF we choose to. Well, I plan to do better. I'm hoping that restarting posting to this blog will help. I have some random things to post about. 1) The sermon last Sunday was on God's call to Samuel.  1 Samuel 3:1b says " In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions." The pastor said that he figures that God