by jot and tittle

This past weekend I was given the blessing of having my elderly grandmother in my home from Friday to Monday morning. As I watched her hobble around the kitchen, sew on buttons to clothes, or wash dishes I thought how painful it must be to be old. Old people can't do things that young people can. Imagine going all your life without needed help from anybody and then you can no longer tie your shoes, comb your hair, or climb stairs.    The truth is I often think my life is hard. It's hard to be single. It's hard to get along with others. It's hard to keep smiling some days. But as I watched my grandmother I thought, "It's even harder when the one you once loved is gone, when those you used to get along with are in nursing homes and you never see them, or when you can't hear what people are saying so you don't know what everyone is smiling about."    I often think young people are in need of a special dose of grace but as I watched my grandma I real

The pressure is on! If you don’t have a boy/girlfriend there must be something wrong with you so get with the program, date someone, anyone, and be happy for the rest of your life! Or something like that… A Lie A lie has crept into our churches and it’s a lie many people believe. For some reason we think the only way to find true happiness is if everyone is nicely matched off with someone else, gets married, has a few kids, and lives happily ever after. You can’t possibly be the person God wanted you to be unless you share your life with someone else. That’s why every time you come back from a youth conference where you learned how awesome God is no one asks you what you learned about God, rather, they ask you who was there and if you met anyone . The Problem with Pressure The problem with this kind of pressure is that now, if any young person talks to a member of the opposite gender someone right away assumes they either like each other or are

God is good God is always good When we don’t know what to do When it seems like He isn’t there When the day is hard When no one cares God is good God is always good God is good God is always good When no one hears you cry When your friend says “good bye” When you want to die God is good God is always good God is good God is always good When there is no way out When you want to shout When you yearn to pout When there is only doubt God is good God is always good God is good, God is always good He is always there He always cares He died to save you He is always true God is good God is always good

"Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your ways to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun." Psalms 37:3-6     God is good. God is just. Even when it seems like the wicked are advancing and it feels like God has forgotten about us we can rest assured that Jesus will come to judge the living and the dead. When He does come to judge the whole world you had better have asked for forgiveness before that. If you don't, it will be too late.    But be encouraged if you have been forgiven. God will not leave you or forsake you. He loves you and will make your "righteousness shine like the dawn."