Being Afraid to Fail is Detrimental The fear to fail was and still is very real to me as it is to millions of people. As a child and youth, I had difficulties pleasing my parents and my teachers. Before my accident, I did not have to put myself on the line. Before that, I … Continue reading Afraid to Fail: #17 →

Do Not Take Grace For Granted? We continue with Luke’s Account of the duty of a servant with the question, will my Lord say to me, “Well done, good servant?” (Luke 19:17). For me, grace has and grace is the means and the way I served and still serve Christ, daily. Yet, at ninety years … Continue reading Taking Grace for Granted: #16 →

Leaders will not “Quench” their Spirits  But we beseech you, brethren, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we  exhort you, brethren,admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help … Continue reading QUENCHING THE SPIRIT IN US:#15 →

Grace Has a Huge Merciful Heart Grace is small enough to live in my heart; yet, grace is large enough to be shared with other human beings. Most human beings practice some form of grace. But to us, who follow Christ, the journey of grace and in grace is enduring sacrificial work. Jesus, our Lord, … Continue reading Grace has a Merciful Heart: #14 →

Is Grace a “gift” or is it Earned ? Grace, as I have been taught and also believed, is “God’s Redemptive Gift” to let us back into His Kingdom and His World. But before the Lord lets us come back in, we too must become “vessels of grace” and we must distribute grace among ourselves. … Continue reading Is “Grace” a Gift or is “Grace” EARNED? #13 →