Unbolt The Door To Your Heart

Tag: love

  • He Came For Me

    He came for Me!

    “But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him”. Romans 5: 8 The Message

    “Yet the proof of God’s amazing love is this: that it was while we were sinners that Christ died for us”. Romans 5:8 JB Phillip

    “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”. Romans 5: 8 KJV

    The Greek word for commendeth in the KJV is συνίστημι / συνιστάνω. Translated is sunistémi and sunistanó.

    The words mean “to set together”, “to stand near”, “to introduce favorably”.

    If you take the time to fully understand the implications of this verse, you will start to be transformed. God sent His son to not only forgive your sins, but to sit next to you, eat with you and to introduce you to His Father in a Favorable light by putting the white robe of righteousness over you.

    He did this even though you showed no sign of goodness and still deep in your sinful ways. You did not earn this Love by following any doctrine or religious principles. 

    Yet it is extremely hard to fully comprehend and to practice in our lives.

    Since the creation of this world, man and religion have been telling you how to live a life with rules that will get you saved for eternity. Just keep the rules, and keep them the way they are telling you to do it.

    Jesus came to try to show, explain and live a life that showed the Jews that all their rules did not earn them a place in eternity. They did not listen and I am afraid that many people and religions today are not listening.

    Paul in Romans 2: 17-29, is trying to explain that those that think they have the light, they think they are a chosen people before God. They think they have the inside track and they believe the only way into eternity. If you just keep the Sabbath Holy, by our definition, worship the way we tell you to and live the way we tell you to live. Eat, drink and dress the way we tell you and then you are basically guaranteed a ticket to Heaven.

    Paul is telling those people that they should be condemned for convincing others about this falsehood. He also ends with that outward behavior that you think shows the world that you are a follower of God is not worthy of anything.  He is stating that a true person of God is one inwardly, marked by a circumcision of the heart wrought by the Holy Spirit rather than an external letter of the law.

    The difference is that we wait for a person to become lovable. They need to show that they deserve our love before we show any love back. Then they need to exhibit the traits that we think show that they believe in God. If they are keeping to the rules, then maybe we can invite them over for dinner.

    God came for me while I was unlovable!  I was not bathed, I was not clean, I had habits that were not eternal habits. I had no desire to even show that I needed to be loved and had not ask for forgiveness.

    He came for Me!

    Let that sink in!  You cannot live a life worthy of ever being in a position where you earn that Love. You will never be lovable enough to earn it.

    Now God is asking you to go forth and show that same relationship with everyone.

    “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13: 34-35 NIV

    This Love will fill your church to overflowing. No amount of doctrinal teaching or preaching will ever do that. It is your job, not the pastors, not the elders nor an evangelism program.  You are to be the person that represents God to everyone.

    If your church is not overflowing and people are not able to find a seat, it is your fault. You are not showing others you are a disciple of God.

    Be Transformed today by fully comprehending what God has done for you when you did not deserve it at all.

    Go and Show God’s love.

    Remember it is not a religion it is a relationship.

    Prayers and Love for all.

    Larry

  • Fruit

    “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.” Galations 5:22 KJV

    The first thing to notice about this verse is that it is singular. Fruit not Fruits. All of these listed traits are one fruit.  You do not get to choose one and not another.  The Holy Spirit brings them all together on one plate and not A La Carte. This Fruit or Trait is available for every believer if they will accept it.

    What is missing from this list is also very important to understand.  Preaching, Teaching, Spreading Doctrine are not a fruit of the Spirit. They are listed as Gifts of the Spirit in other bible verses.  Gifts of the Spirit are only given to a few people and not to everyone. Gifts of the Spirit are given to certain people at the Holy Spirit’s discretion.

    “Don’t be in any rush to become a teacher, my friends. Teaching is highly responsible work. Teachers are held to the strictest standards. And none of us is perfectly qualified. We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. If you could find someone whose speech was perfectly true, you’d have a perfect person, in perfect control of life” James 3: 1-2 The Message.

     There is a big distinction between Fruit of the Spirit and Gifts of the Spirit.

    Scripture defines the fruit of the Spirit as internal character and relational virtues rather than verbal declarations and theological knowledge. The Fruit describes traits in a person’s inner transformation and how they treat others.

    A person can memorize scripture, articulate perfect theology, and preach eloquently while lacking love, patience, or humility. Scripture warns that gifted speech or knowledge without love amounts to “a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal”.

    The Holy Spirit equips some believers with gifts like communication and teaching to serve for the benefit of the glory of God, but the fruit is the evidence of the Spirit’s reshaping of human nature.

    We are to focus on a relationship with Jesus and then take that relationship and show it in how we relate to every human being we encounter. The fruit of the Spirit is the natural overflow of abiding in Christ and letting His life work show through us.  

    We tend to focus on verse 22 and not look verses 23-25.

    “The Spirit, however, produces in human life fruit such as these: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, fidelity, tolerance and self-control—and no law exists against any of them. Those who belong to Christ have crucified their old nature with all that it loved and lusted for. If our lives are centered in the Spirit, let us be guided by the Spirit”. Galatians 5: 22-25 JB Phillips Translation

    The Fruit of the Spirit only comes to those that have crucified their lives to Jesus. The old nature, old habits, old behaviors, old way of thinking, and control issues are put in the past and forgotten. You are a new creation in the Spirit and should be guided by the Spirit.

    The most important trait missing from the list of fruit or gifts is the act of condemnation.

    “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world”. John 3:17 KJV   Condemnation in any format is the work of Satan and is not related to any gift from God.

    Sinners would not have been transformed while eating and drinking with Jesus if he had condemned them over lunch. Condemnation is a fruit of the flesh and not a fruit of the Spirit.

    God knows that the best way to accomplish His great commission is through one’s actions and relationships than through any words that you can utter.  That is why the fruit of the Spirit is relational features and not preaching.

    Today, show people what God has done for you by how you treat them.  Your words are worthless if you do not show love and compassion for them and their lives.

    Remember it is not a religion it is a relationship.

    Prayers and Love for all.

    Larry 

  • Are You The Reason?

    “As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” Romans 2: 24 NIV

    “I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them”. Ezekiel 36:23a NIV

    Are you the reason non-believers do not believe in God?

    I was recently in a bible study when a young lady shared with us her introduction to God and why she did not want to become a follower of God.  She is a waitress at a restaurant a few blocks away from several churches. She admitted that the worst days to work are Saturday lunch and Sunday lunch. When asked why she said, “that is the time when the church people get out of church and come to eat, they are some of the worst customers we get all week”. She went on to explain that they are the rudest and impatient customers when something goes wrong with their order.  They are very unforgiving.

    Does your waitress want to know your God when she messes up your order?  Do your words and actions reflect God’s forgiving grace or Satan’s condemnation?

    “Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other”. John 13: 34-35 The Message

    Ask yourself and be honest. Are my actions today the reason someone does not want to get to know God? 

    How did I represent God in the aisle of the store, when a person cuts me off in line, in the car while driving, or when I am talking to a representative of a company that I feel has done me wrong.

    When you realize that every word, action or behavior points to either God or Satan. Then and only then can the Holy Spirit start the transformation.

    You were called to be a different person, a person that does not love the world or its behavior. A person that reflects God in every situation or circumstance. A person who does not read or watch the news that only condemns. A person who is not watching TV programs that have questionable activity in them.  A person who is not online posting praise about politicians and their actions and criticism of other politicians or people that think differently.

    You are called to be a person that does not rip phones out of the wall but truly shows forgiveness and grace to all.

    Letting your daily actions, words, and choices reflect Christ’s love and truth.

    Ways to Point Others to God:

    Show Love and Grace: Treat people with kindness, patience, and forgiveness, just as Jesus loves and forgives us.

    Live Consistently: Let your faith guide your behavior every day, not just when you are at church or around other believers.

    Serve Selflessly: Help those in need and share what you have with others to bring honor to God.

    Speak Truth with Care: Share the message of the Gospel with gentle respect and clear love.

    Work with Integrity: Do your daily work and tasks with a good attitude, as if you are working directly for the Lord.

    What God are you representing today?

    “With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.  Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.” James 3:9-12 NIV

    Remember it is not a religion it is a Relationship.

    Prayers and Love for All.

    Larry

  • Compassion

    “And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them”. Matthew 9: 35-36 KJV

    The Completeness of Christian Character is attained when the impulse to help and bless others, springs constantly from within. COL 384

    Nothing is more opposite to the character of God than a heart without compassion.

    A Church or an individual without compassion is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Mark of the Beast. God is defined as love and compassion, a religious institution or an individual that abandons these traits inherently aligns itself with opposing forces, regardless of its outward appearance or its doctrines and teachings.

    The Mark of the Beast is more than a mark on the forehead.  It is an allegiance to a system that is opposed to God in every aspect. The mark placed on the forehead and the right hand symbolizes their internal thoughts, beliefs (forehead), and outward actions, compliance, or labor (hand) dedicated to that opposing power.

    “It is a miserable delusion to think we don’t have to be people of compassion as long as we keep the ten commandments and the doctrines of the church”. Wintley Phipps

    “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves”. James 1:22 KJV

    Genuine compassion is the deep awareness of another person’s suffering paired with an authentic, active desire to help them. It moves past feeling sad for someone and leads to practical support. It is not enough to feel sad for anyone. Your feelings are of no value to that person. You must have action.

    “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him”. Luke 10: 33-34 KJV

    Today you will be given an opportunity to be compassionate to someone.  To bind up their wounds and pour out the Holy Spirit on them.

    Don’t miss this opportunity with the Mark of the Beast inside your heart.

    Remember it is not a religion it is a relationship.

    Prayers and Love for All.

    Larry

  • Favoritism

    “My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism”.  James 2:1 NIV

    “Don’t ever attempt, my brothers, to combine snobbery with faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ!” James 2:1 JB Phillips Translation

    “My dear friends, don’t let public opinion influence how you live out our glorious, Christ-originated faith”. James 2:1 The Message

    At first glance this seems to be a straightforward verse and simple instruction.  Yet I find that it is almost impossible for believers to accomplish in everyday life.

    Many believers will tell you that they treat everyone the same and do not show favoritism. Yet their daily conversation, body language, and your social media posts show just the opposite.

    You must go back before favoritism to labeling. This is where the root of the problem begins.

    Everywhere you go there are labels put on people. Homeless, Democrat or Republican, Catholic, Seventh Day Adventist, Baptist, Liberal, Conservative, Wealthy, Poor, Immigrant, or the worse is Illegal Immigrant, Gay, Lesbian, or Trans.  These are just a few of the labels that we put on people. 

    The Danger of labels is not that you are describing the individual based upon a habit or color of skin or a lifestyle. The problem lies in that when you label a person you immediately start to treat them differently. Labels function as tools to belittle, isolate, or control opponents rather than to love them.

    One of the most recent examples of this is how we drew lines between those that received a vaccine for covid and those that did not get a vaccine.  Both groups treated the other group with disdain and condemnation.

    Religions do this every day.  You do not worship like I believe you should and therefore you are lost. Politics do this to a very harmful degree.  You did not vote the correct way and therefore you are mistaken. Democrats and Republicans both think the other person is worthless.

    The news programs you watch do this on every broadcast. Social media gives a venue for you to post what is right and wrong with people and the way they behave.

    “So God created man in his own image”. Genesis 1:27 KJV

    A believer should only ask one question, “how does God see this individual”? Ask Jesus to let you see a person through His eyes.  

    The verse in James 2:1 is telling us to always see everyone through the eyes of Jesus.

    “For God does not show favoritism”. Romans 2:11 NIV

    Remember Jesus sees the heart and we only see the outside.  Ask Jesus today to let you see that person through His eyes. Then start to treat that person with the same Love that Jesus shows you.

    Jesus did not wait for you to become loveable before He loved you.

    Remember it is not a religion it is a relationship.

    Prayers and Love for all.

    Larry

  • Idleness

    The Devil Rides on an Idle Horse.

    “Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good”. Ezekiel 16: 49-50 AKJV

    In the Bible, the phrase “growing fat” is a warning about forgetting God. When people get rich, full, and comfortable, they often forget God. They become proud and stop listening to His voice. They think their bank account, big house, boat and luxuries were because of their hard work, and they deserve to rest up and take it easy. They deserve to go on extended vacations and forget about doing God’s work in the church. They wasted the blessings that God gave them and took credit for it all themselves. They say to themselves and to others, “Look what I have done”.  

    Growing “fat” in biblical terms is not about waist size.  Even though that is a problem and a sin also spoken about in the bible. “Fat” here is about getting comfortable, content, and a sense of peace in your daily life that makes you forget about needing God. 

    Satan loves this stage of anyone’s life.  This led the men of Sodom to doing detestable things that were an abomination before the Lord. The Devil will ride in on that idol, content and happy horse.  He knows just what to tempt you with that will make you feel good in the present moment. Lust for another partner, lust for too much alcohol, lust for a drug, lust for pornography, lust for a TV program or news show that will distract you from God. Satan will use anything to get you addicted to that feeling of contentment and happiness. The devil knows that if he gives you an adrenaline surge and short-term enjoyment for doing something, you will be back for more. The men of Sodom started to enjoy the feeling of doing the detestable thing. This feeling made them forget that the action was detestable.  They soon forgot the Lord.

    Key Warning Passages

    Deuteronomy 31:20: God warns that once He brings Israel into a rich land and they eat well and grow fat, they will turn away to serve other gods. They will break His covenant.

    Deuteronomy 32:15: Israel (called Jeshurun here) grew fat, thick, and gorged. They abandoned God and turned away from the Rock of their salvation.

    Hosea 13:6: When they had pasture, they were satisfied. When they were satisfied, they became proud. Because of this pride, God says He forgot them.

    This is the main reason that there are so many bible verses and instructions from God to consider it pure joy when you face trials, pain, suffering, depression, death.  Why does God cause or allow any trials to come your way? Why should you be praising God when these things happen?

    Because He loves you!

    He knows that you are in danger of forgetting about Him. He needs to wake you up so that you will return to Him.

    God Loves you too much just to let you go down the wrong pathway. 

    Turn to God and ask Him what He is trying to teach you when trials of many kinds come your way. God is always faithful and true and always has plans for you. 

    You must be born again and completely transformed. Which may require pain and suffering to let go of control and surrender it all to Him.

    Remember it is not a religion, it is a relationship.

    Prayers and Love to all.

    Larry

  • Are You in a Hurry

    Being in a Hurry isn’t a time problem, It is a spiritual problem.

    Has Satan declared War on you and you are not aware of the battle?

    The World and most people are rushed and in a hurry. Being in a hurry comes in many forms and manifestations.  None of them are a blessing from God.  There are no words in the bible where God blesses believers with a lifestyle of hurriedness. There are numerous words in the bible on slowing down, being still, being in silence, patience and most of all waiting on the Lord.

    When God asks you to be in the world but not of the world, this is one of the areas He thinks is most important.  Therefore, it is an area that Satan feels the need to attack the most.

    Hurry steals the very thing love needs most: time. Rushing creates a barrier that disconnects us from God’s presence and keeps us from being truly present with others. When you are consumed by hurry, it can blind you to the needs of the people God loves.

    Hurry changes how I treat the people that God loves.

    Hurry steals the time we need to show genuine care. When we rush, we lose the ability to be truly present, causing us to treat others—whom God loves deeply—as obstacles, interruptions, or tasks rather than as people.

    Ask yourself how many times you became irritated at the cashier for moving too slowly. The clerk behind the counter at the post office, or any employee at DMV. The person in the car ahead of you that did not move the second the light turned green.  A family member that just seems not to understand. Impatient with any situation that was not going your way and at the speed you wanted it to happen.

    God loves each of these people that you are irritated at, and He never runs out of patience.  We do not know what is happening in that person’s life today. Why do they seem distracted?  Yet God has asked us to show love, compassion, empathy, and long suffering.  The very same things he showed you on your walk with Him. 

    God asks you to have His character when dealing with all people.

    What happens when the pace of life becomes frantic, it fundamentally alters our behavior toward others in several destructive ways:

    Loss of Patience: We snap, speak harshly, or grow frustrated when others do not meet our schedule.

    Reduced Empathy: Because love and compassion require time to sit and listen, hurry prevents us from seeing and sharing in the struggles of those around us.

    Shallow Interactions: We don’t take the time to listen and care with Love. We just say “I will pray for you” and then we hurry up and leave the conversation.

    Self-Centeredness: When we are in a hurry, we view the demands of others as burdens rather than opportunities to serve.

    God does not treat us this way and He reminds us that He said they will know you are my disciples because of your Love.

    The World may teach and tell you that you can multitask, handle it all, run a business, family and many more things.  There is nothing wrong with any of that and all of it may be good.  But not if you mistreat the very people God loves and He came to save.

    God reminds us that it is not about how much we obtain, in wealth, status, standing in the community, size of house, or the car we drive.  God reminds me that everyone is his son or daughter and we need to treat them as such.

    Today, make sure you are living your life with God’s definition of success and not the world’s idea of wealth and success.

    Remember it is not about religion; it is about a relationship.

    Love and Prayers for All.

    Larry

  • Pruning

    Over the course of the last few years God has taught Donna and I the importance of Pruning in the garden.  I struggled with the concept of pinching off a beautiful bud, or completely removing branches, thinning fruit and basically removing growth from a plant.  The bud was going to be a beautiful flower and now we just pinched it off and put it into the compost pile.

    We have learned that pruning encourages new growth because it allows more light to enter the interior of the plant. You want more fruit, more flowers, more vegetables, then you must prune or thin the first buds or shoots.

    We have come to learn that pruning is how we show Love for the plant and the garden. Pruning is an act of Love. 

    “He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful”. John 15:1-2 NIV

    God wants more light to enter your heart and the way to do that is through His pruning.

    There are two actions being performed by God in the above verse.  One is total removal of a branch, “Cuts off” and the other is pruning.  He prunes the good branches even though they are producing good fruit for the Glory of Him. The pruning makes the branch even more fruitful.

    One of the greatest stories of pruning is the story of Joseph.  He was a spoiled, very handsome young boy.  Treasured by his father and he knew he was special in the way he treated his brothers. God had plans for Joseph, but Joseph in his present frame of mind and attitude could never become what God wanted him to be. 

    It was 13 years between when Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers until he became second in charge of all of Egypt.  That is the position God wanted him in to be able to save his family and to help the nation of Israel grow.

    Joseph produced a lot of good fruit during his time as Potiphar’s assistant, and other positions he held.  But he still needed pruning.  He then was falsely accused of attempted rape and thrown into prison.  God knew what was needed to make Joseph into the man that was needed to represent God to the family and nation. It just took thirteen years of pruning.

    We do not read if Joseph understood that he was being pruned.  Yet, we do not read any verses of him complaining to God.  He went through the pruning in full trust of God even if he did not understand or if he felt he was being unjustly treated.

    Pruning is what makes you a better reflection of God.

    God’s pruning is not related to any form of punishment.  It is the one of the greatest acts of Love that God relishes to do for you.

    The Branch cannot prune itself and the branch never realizes it needs pruning and has no say in how it is going to be pruned.  It thinks it is a great branch that is producing great tasting fruit.  The branch believes it is doing God’s work and doing it well. There is nothing wrong with the fruit that it is producing. But God had bigger and greater plans for the branch.

    The need for pruning in our garden never ends. We never reach a point and say it is all done and finished.

    The greatest love of God is that He is never done pruning the ones He loves. God’s pruning is a loving act of edits and adjustments, not punishment. He cuts away what is dead to make space for your next season of growth. It removes obstacles like pride, control and selfish habits to bring forth more fruitfulness and to let new light inside so that there will be further growth.

    “When all kinds of trials and temptations crowd into your lives my brothers, don’t resent them as intruders, but welcome them as friends!” James 1:2 JB Phillips New Testament

    Stop asking God to bless and walk with you.  Start walking in the garden of life with God and let Him completely transform you into a new and living branch for Him. God Loves You!

    Remember it is not a religion, it is a relationship.

    Prayers and Love for all.

    Larry

  • Good morning.  What a great day to dive a little deeper into God’s word. We are going to start in verse nine of Romans chapter 12. 

    Yesterday, I emailed verses 9-21 of chapter 12 in the book of Romans.  I asked that each of you spend some time with the Holy Spirit reading and then listening to His voice and guidance. I pray and hope that it is the start of a wonderful journey.

    Romans 12:9 is the opening of a list of practical instructions for Christian living. It sets the tone for how believers are to relate to one another and to the world.

    First, I would like for us to revisit verse 2 of this chapter. “Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within.” This is the J.B. Phillips translation.  This is a good warning to us, that unless we have allowed and are allowing God, through the Holy Spirit, to transform our minds, these verses 9-21 in Romans will not make much sense to us in our daily living.  

    Verse nine starts with telling you that your words are worthless when it comes to showing Love.  Love must not be an imitation; it must be sincere. The King James version says “Let love be without Dissimulation”.  This word means hiding one’s true feelings, intentions, or beliefs by pretending to be something different, a form of hypocrisy or deceit. It implies a deliberate act of concealing one’s real self and adopting a false appearance.  You are telling someone you “Love” them, but you have no intention of showing that love in an actionable form or fashion.

    You have read that faith without works is dead, well the word Love without any action on your part to actually show “love” is exactly that.

    It is not a witness to others about God if your words are just words and you have no actionable loving attitude toward that person.

    The second part of verse 9 states for us to break from evil and have a real devotion to what is good.   The second part of this verse goes hand in hand with the first part.  There is a lot of evil that we could talk about breaking from. But remember the first part of this verse. The evil spoken about here is the evil of telling someone you love them and then doing nothing to show that love. You are supposed to abhor that form of evil.  You are to embrace the “good” way of living and show love to everyone in an actionable fashion.

    You have heard the saying “speaking with a forked tongue”.  Telling someone that you Love them and then having no outward actions is doing using a forked tongue.

    Remember the greatest commandment is to Love.  Not just in words but in an actionable form.  This can only happen if you go back to verse two and understand the transformation that must happen inside of you.

    Today, Let God in. Open the Door to your mind and heart. He is knocking and just wants to come in to sit, eat and drink with you.

    Let others see God not in your words but in your deeds.

    Love and prayer for all

    Larry

  • Time is Short

    Yesterday I stood in an ICU hospital room with family members around the bed of one of their members that was at the end of His life.  One thing stood out to me the most.  One of the brothers of the person was there.  He had arrived from Pennsylvania that morning.  He was here to see His brother.  The Brother in the bed was unresponsive and on life support machines.  They tried to get him awake but to no avail.  The brother standing there said, out loud, his regrets not being there earlier and speaking with his brother.  He also regretted not coming out for several years and spending time with his brother.  Being able to relive their past with conversation and food. You could see the regret in the tears coming from his eyes. 

    The Lesson is time is short, and things happen quickly.  What ever the problem is, Work, lack of time, or a need to forgive, now is the time to go to your family member and visit.  Not next year.  You may not have another time.  Don’t let time get away from you and you regret not spending time with family.  No matter what has happened or the distance or cost, GO and spend time with them when both can participate in the conversation.

    My Wife’s Mother is 94 and in a living facility.  She can’t get around much and she is hard of hearing.  But nothing is more precious to her and to us to spend a few hours a week just sitting next to each other.  Go, before you are not able to go.

    For none of us are promised tomorrow.  Get on a plane or in a car and go visit.  The distance is shorter than when they have passed away.

    Don’t let anything come between you and friendship.  Go and bring forth the radiance of God to every situation.

    Prayers for all.

    Larry