Here is a funny pic of my dad at a restaurant with my brother the day before his departure back to New York.



We will soon be on our way to visit my daughter and family in Washington state. It sure will be good to see them in person and soon hold the new baby who still has not been born. I am trusting hes just waiting until Grandma & Granpa come.

Some thoughts from my devotions today taken from Matthew 7:7-12.

Matthew 7:7 Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. If you take the first letter of each part of this vers Ask, Seek, and Knock, what does it spell? ASK

So many times we have heard that if the Lord doesn't open the door, it is not his will. But how many of ushave knocked and aske the Lord to open the closed door?

Jesus said, knock and it shall be opened. When you knock on someones door they will ask who is it and if they dont know you they might say What do you want? If they trust you they will open the door. Maybe more doors would be opened if we trusted.

Does the Father really know you? Do you know Him or just know about him? It all starts with a personal faith and trust with the Savior.

Taken from Call to Glory....

This morning we had a breakfast at the home of Madeline Derwin one of the ladies from church. About fourteen of us attended and our previous pastors wife shared a devotion with us on mustard seed faith. The food was delicious and the fellowship sweet. We even sang a few songs with the keyboard which was fun.

verses for today

As i was working on a few memory verses this morning i thought it might be a good thing to share on my blog.

Below are the verses i am memorizing currently.

1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

1Pe 1:24 For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

1Pe 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

I am thankful some thirty four years ago someone shared with my from the precious Word of God that i needed to be born again. If you are not familar with that term you can read about Nicodemus and his conversation with Jesus about that in John chapter three.

As i was working on verse 24 i was reminded of how brief this life we have on earth is. I think the fact that i have cancer and am always having treament and seeing doctors surely reminds me of this too. You may be young and healthy but the fact remains life is brief in comparison to eternity. This flesh we live in withering and dying. Gods word is eternal and will endure forever. It contains the good news that if we trust in Christ and his death burial and ressurection that we too can live eternally. One can know this for sure and not have to hope so or depend on their own good works. The Bible declares it is not by works of righteousness that we have done but according to his mercy that he saved us.

If you want to know where it tells us we can know for sure about heaven see below.

Tts 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

1Jo 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1Jo 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

1Jo 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

A new Pic of Kierstyn

Heres a new pic of Kierstyn posing for the camera.... She is a corker and loves to be photographed. She got a toy camera from my brother and his fiance'e and has been running around telling everyone to say cheese.

We talk on the phone with her almost every morning during her breakfast as its become a habit she enjoys and of course us.

Sorry i have been lazy about posting here but will try to post a bit more often.