FRIENDSHIP. My friends are my most precious Gifts from God!!

The song "You've Got a Friend" used to be one of my favorite songs.  Jesus was the ultimate true friend. The greatest gift you could give is to lay down your life for a friend. So many of the all time greatest sayings came straight from The Bible. Nowadays kids say, "Yeah, I got your back". Do they?  I mean really. Do they know what it means to die for a friend or do they just mean, "I'm on your side."?  I believe with all of my heart that some of those kids would genuinely lay down their lives. Others would turn and run for their own. Which kind of friend are you?  I pray to God to please help me to be the friend I know He wants me to be. I love my friends so much!!

And lead us not into TEMPTATION.........

As I laid in bed last night saying my prayers, I asked myself, "Who leads us into temptation?  Do we allow the Devil to? Does God test us and put temptation in our way (so as to lead us)? Or do we just flat out lead ourselves into temptation?".  @ 51 years old I do believe that all three are true. We know right from wrong. "The Devil made me do it!!".  Yeah right. YOU did it.  "God created everything so, He also created temptation so it's His fault if I sinned!!".  Yeah right. YOU sinned. "How can I lead myself into temptation?  That doesn't make sense".   eg. You don't want to get pregnant, so don't go with your boyfriend or girlfriend to an empty house where you know for a fact nobody will be home. Being alone with your significant other puts you into a position of wanting to sin.  Always have people around you or go somewhere public so as not to put yourself into temptations way. The moral to the story:  TEMPTATION is EVERYWHERE!!!! Learn what temptation is and where it comes from and STAY AWAY from it.  You will find a peace that passes all understanding and God will bless you abundantly!!

There is truly only 1 guaranty in life. IF we are born, we are GONNA die!!!

You're born, you live, you die. I know you have heard it a million times. What does it mean to be born again? I believe more now than ever, if you really visualize yourself as a new born baby, you are a clean slate.  No anger. No hatred. Only a being dependant on others to take care of you. Feeding you, clothing you and sheltering you are the only true needs of a baby.  Beyond that there is God. God is Love. With Love comes kindness and compassion, understanding and gentleness. Anything not of God is anger and cruelty, condemnation and harshness. When you were that naked baby, were your surroundings of God? Answer this question honestly and you will know if you need  to be born again.