The soul of my existence once I have been born of the Spirit is to wait continuously and expectantly on my LORD to lead me and guide me in to all Truth and His abiding will for my life.

Many years ago on my first trip into China I found myself in the home church of Wang Ming Dao. The only words spoken in English that day came from the elderly Pastor at the end of his message; "Trust and Obey, for there is no other way!"

The hymn writer said in order to be happy in Jesus, we must trust and obey.

My thought today is that I will trust and obey my Lord. When I don't understand the whys or the hows or even the where on earth did that come froms...  I will trust and obey.

This is the day the LORD has made,
I will rejoice and be glad in it.

Today would have been my Mama's 81st birthday. I used to tease her and say, "Hey Mom, now remind me again, which one did you used babysit for, was it George Washington or Abraham Lincoln?"

Donna Belle Cochran Morgan Coley August 3, 1929 to August 13, 2000.
My Mama died of colon cancer.

Now to all of you nice stuborn people I say this.
If you have even one person on this earth who loves you get your colonoscopy!!!

I love you Mama Doodle!

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers pleasure rather than lovers of God, having an outward apperance of godliness but denying its power.

If you are getting, shall we say, more mature age wise, and have maybe been contemplating the fact that perhaps you are not completely 100% on board with this whole growing older business then I have just discovered the cure for you! And me.


First, David said, "I will go to the God of my youth and find strength in my day of trouble."


Second, spend the day helping remodel the youth room with 5 kids and 5 adults who act like kids! Your youth will be renewed within minutes!

Psalm 43:4

Then I will go to the alter of God,
To God, my exceeding joy.
And on my harp I will praise You,
O God, my God

Can you just imagine? The God who created the universe and the heavens and knows each and every star and knows all their names and exact locations, wants to be my exceeding joy.
Wow, now that is something I really cannot wrap my mind around.
He created me, He knows me, and He knows every fault I have. If I were to be really honest, I would have to confess that I don't honor Him, obey Him, seek Him or follow Him the way I should, and yet He stills wants to be my exceeding joy.
Oh my...Oh God my God.

How many times have you felt like you are all alone and in your own little world? Perhaps you have even questioned what you are here for and why you were even born. Maybe even some days you think there is just no way you can go on. You feel like this is just too hard, this up hill battle gets worse and worse, harder and harder and there is absolutely noone who knows, or even cares, and certainly no one earth who can help you out of this rut you are in.

Life is hard. Sometimes the waves keep crashing in on us and we see no other way of escape than to end it all. Please know that there is a Way out and there is an exit Door. He is Jesus Christ the Messiah. He came to set captives free. To give a future and a hope to all who call upon Him. All one need do is to call upon His Name. Just do it, call out, cry out, plead if need be, just do it.

Jesus is as close as a whispered prayer to Him. When you draw near to Him the Bible says He will draw near to.

Are you in your garden of Gathsimany alone and without hope? Are you so burning inside to have a friend who stickes closer to you than your family? If so, that friend is Jesus. Jesus Christ is not just some dead guy who died on a cross 2000 years ago. He is alive and wants to draw you to Himself. He is there for you. Always.

I challenge today to cry out to Him. You will never be alone again.

If you have a Bible, pick it up, go toward the back of it and find the book of Matthew and start to read. Be careful to read chapter 11. Then go back toward the front of it and find the book of Jeremiah. Go to the 29th chapter and read verses 11 threw 13 and move on to the 33rd chapter and read verse 3.

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