Seasons Change

Spring is finally here and summer is on its way. Thank God, for a South Louisiana boy the winter I have experienced here has been near torture, but hopefully I will get use to it. I am so thankful for the warmer weather. It seemed as though winter was going to last forever.

The same can be said about life at times, there are moments when we go through those winter seasons, so to speak, and it appears that it is never going to end. Someone has said that a great tree, even though it appears lifeless in winter, is actually growing more in this season than in any other it just can't be seen. So next time you are in a winter season of life decide to grow beyond your obstacle so that when Spring comes it will be all the better. Remember weeping may endure for the night but Joy comes in the morning, the night may be long but the the dawning of a new day is certainly coming.

Jake

Golf is in the Air

I shouldn't have watched the Masters! Every year about the time the masters is played the golf bug begins to reveal its ugly head, and unfortunately I seem to always succumb to the temptation to go play. I must admit I am hooked on golf (my wife would say I am hooked on several hobbies).

The other day I got the chance to go and had a great time. The fact that golf can be so difficult is an intriguing thing to me. You really wouldn't think it would be so hard at first glance you think to yourself "O.K. this is going to be easy" until you start playing. Now I am at the stage where I can consistently get it to the green with a two putt for par, but unfortunately that is about the extent of my game, it all goes down hill after that.

This causes me to think about our walk with Christ. So many get so close to truly developing a genuine relationship with Jesus, the kind of relationship in Him that leads to victorious living, incredible faith, and a better life. However, it is so easy to give up on God especially when it gets hard. I have frequently stated that it is easy to do what's right when doing what's right is easy. But it is another thing altogether to do what's right when adversity comes. What I have learned is that if I will hold on to God when it gets tough, he will lead me through those difficult times and at the end of the thing I can say like Paul "I have finished My course" even if it took many more strokes than it should have taken, I didn't give up.

The Undisputed Champion

"O death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?" (1 Corinthians 15:55)

Death couldn't handle Him, and the grave couldn't hold Him.
Thats My King - S.M. Lockridge

At this time of the year I seem to always find myself in awestruck splendor at the work of the cross and the power of the ressurection. In a moment of time the kingdom of satan was conquered, and his apparent victories in the Garden of Eden and at the cross were reversed by Jesus death and resurrection. From the vantage point of Jesus victorious return, death and hades (The Grave) have no power over Christians, because Jesus has already conquered both. He is and always will be the undisputed Champion of Heaven and Earth. Praise the matchless name of Jesus.