The song Somewhere Out There was released in 1986 and recorded by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram for the soundtrack of An American Tail. The lyrics convey the love felt by two people separated by vast distances, but they are encouraged by the belief that their love will eventually reunite them to be with each… Continue reading Somewhere Out There – Song #2
Click on this Link to go to the song on YouTube Mike Rutherford and B.A. Robertson both lost their fathers when they wrote this song which made it a personal endeavor for each of them. This song is very personal to me as well because when I listen to it I always think of my… Continue reading The Living Years – Song #1
I’m not good enough. I have been in more situations than I can count where panic took hold of my heart because I was falling short. My college physics class was one of those times. I could not understand anything the teacher was saying. His words sounded like an unfamiliar language. I looked around the… Continue reading Good Enough
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. Have you ever received a love note from a child written specifically to you? Doesn’t it just melt your heart? Every misspelled word,… Continue reading No fear in love
Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the Lord says: Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ A crossroad is a point at which a vital… Continue reading Stand at the Crossroads and Look
Hope is more of a developed character trait than a feeling. Having hope is not the same as wishful thinking. Hope must be produced in you through suffering. There is no other way around it. Romans 5: 2-5 And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also… Continue reading The path to hope
Humility and heaven go hand in hand. They are one in the same. Pride misses the path to heaven whereas humility knows exactly how to get home. Do you consider yourself a humble person? If you have not thoroughly examined your heart for pride and humility then you are missing what heaven is all about. In this blog post… Continue reading Humility and Heaven
What makes you think of heaven? Today my source of inspiration for contemplating heaven is a dark, damp and very cold cave. Today my family and I and our friends from Southern California left my home in Bend, Oregon and drove 20 minutes South on US-97 to reach this amazing mile-long lava tube called Lava River Cave… Continue reading Heavenly lessons inside Lava River Cave
Psalm 19:1-4 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth. On Sunday,… Continue reading The heavens declare the glory of God
2 Corinthians 4:18 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what… Continue reading Being renewed day by day
