Telephone Tag

I have a friend who keeps trying to call me on the phone and I keep calling her back but not getting her. I think we have done this over 5 times in the last couple of days and we still haven't gotten a hold of each other.


There is some information that I have been trying to find out and she has the answers. 

This is not an emergency but if it had of been it would have been much more frustrating than it has been.

It is a good thing that God is never unavailable. When ever we need Him he is always there. When we call on Him He always hears our cries.

Psalm 18:6

Common English Bible (CEB)

6 In my distress I cried out to the Lord;
    I called to my God for help.
God heard my voice from his temple;
    I called to him for help,
    and my call reached his ears.

Deuteronomy 26:7

Common English Bible (CEB)

7 So we cried out for help to the Lord, our ancestors’ God. The Lord heard our call. God saw our misery, our trouble, and our oppression.

This world will bring stress, more times than not. God understands this. He never wants us to feel alone in our troubles. He will always be there when we call. 
No telephone tag needed, ever!!

He also understands that there will be some wonderful things that happen, in this life, as well. He loves for us to have the joy He has. I know that God wants us to share these things with Him too!

John 15:11

The Message (MSG)

 “I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy....

Isn't it great to know we are always connected and can just call on the name of the Lord, whenever, in our sadness and in our joy! 

Good news for me, I finally got with my friend. Questions have been answered, no more voice mail, well, for now.

Shew!!!

Blessings!

The Only Answer

As I was listening to the radio this morning a pastor made a statement that got me to worrying about some of our friends. Here is what he said......

"The person who I don't like is the person who thinks they have the only answer."  

He was quoting people who do not like this verse.....


John 14:6 (NIV)

⁶ Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

The pastor then said "This very same person would not say anything like this if they were at the doctor waiting for an answer to a cure, or a person sitting in a failing airplane waiting for the pilot to correct the flight." 

This is so true. We would want these people to have all the answers. 

So many want to believe that there are many ways to heaven. They want it to be that if they are good people that will be enough.  Some think that if they pray to the right idol that will be enough. Or if they follow their leader to the ends of the earth, that will be enough. Others even believe that they are a god as well and that in themselves is the answer to the after life.

But they are missing the mark in the saddest way concerning their eternity. 

We all miss the mark some times. Some run a red light. Some drop the ball in an important game. I missed the mark last night when I had to be at a meeting in Indy and was not at Riley's band concert. He received an award that none of us knew he was getting. I missed seeing that. 

All these things are things that we can never have a do over on. You can't change what has happened. Time cannot be reversed.

The good news for the ones who have trouble with the fact the Christ is the only way, do have time, as long as they are living, to come to an understanding of the truth of this.

Because eventually we will all believe these scriptures...

Philippians 2:9-11 (NIV)

 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
¹¹ and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

So everyone will acknowledge who Christ is, sometime in our existence, either while we are living or after we have passed to the next life, everyone will bow.... 

My hope for you, Dear ones, is that you bow now. Pretty soon there will not be a chance for a do over. You will miss mark and it will be too late.

Please don't miss the mark......

Blessings!