A Heart Untroubled

Since the 1580s the phrase "take care" has been in circulation. Its original meaning was 'to take something in hand'.  Later it was asking a person to 'feel a sense of concern or interest about something'. Its common place in our language today, but it's been bugging me recently.   When the social distancing began (before lockdown), people would come into the office or church and their parting words would be 'take care' or 'stay safe'.  Now don't get me wrong, I totally get why people are saying that, but it got me thinking. I don't want to take care - to be concerned about this situation and, if you are a Christian, I don't want you to be either!  I am not dismissing the potential severity of what is happening in our world, but as believers, we have God with us! His Spirit lives inside of us and we have God's promises to keep us. Things are different for Christians (at least they should be). In Psalm 1, we are tol

Today I want to pose a challenging question; one that I have been asking myself over this lockdown. Is Jesus enough?  It's something that I have been meditating on in this time where we are isolated from most of our friends and family.  Where I am working from home, and life is uncertain.  What if nothing ever went back to 'normal'?  Would Jesus be enough? Now don't get me wrong, I don't believe that it will be this way forever at all, but my point is, even if that was right, would Jesus be enough? In Psalm 16:11 we read that in His presence there is fullness of joy and at His right hand are pleasures evermore!   There is no limitation on this truth.  We don't find 'fulness of joy' when the world around us is functioning as we think it should, or when we are at work, or even when we are with other people.  In HIS PRESENCE is fulness of joy!   Where is his presence?  Almost any Christian will tell you that God's is close, that his presence

Happy Easter to you all.  The picture has nothing to do with my blog today, but it was cute, and in a world with lots of negativity, a bit of cuteness is nice! Today I want to continue my thoughts at this strange time in our history and talk about our response as Christians to this situation. Humans often look at what we do as measure of our success, our standing or our worth.  We're in lockdown!  Some of us can't go to work! Some of us are worried about money. Some of us are on our own, so how can what we do be of any significance! Well, of course God doesn't value or love us based on what we do, but more than that, he doesn't look so much at what we do, but is more interested in how we do what we do it. The verse that I picked today is Col 3:23 And whatever you do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not to men (KJV). I want to encourage you that whether you are doing dishes, painting fences, shopping for others or making calls to encourage you friends and