Sharing the Journey

I don’t know how, and I don’t know when. But this I do know. God made me a promise, and it WILL happen. The how and the when are of no concern to me, because I have full confidence in the WHO. Numbers 23 (NKJV) says plainly, “ God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? ” Praise God! He is a promise keeper. There is no shadow of turning with Him. (James 1:17) Or real-speak, He doesn’t change! God has made me a promise and He will perform it. Like Abram, I tried to help God. I tried to go out and work and bring to pass what He clearly told me He Himself would do. I have since repented and now walk by faith. Now like, Abraham , I believe God. I recognize and acknowledge what is impossible with man is just right for God. He WILL do all He has promised. I also acknowledge that He will not do it because of my goodness or my righteousness or even because I possess great fa

            Some years ago during my Bible reading/study, I came across James 4:17. It’s one of the few verses I can remember the address to. Maybe because something that hurts you stays with you, and this verse certainly hurt. This verse in the NIV Bible says, “ If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them. ” Even more convicting for me is the NLT rendering which reads, “ Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.”  Why is it no one preaches this verse or adds it to recommended memory verses?             When we think of sin, we generally think of horrible things such as murder or rape or even theft. We think of breaking one of the “big 10.” And those things are sin. But so is telling a “white lie” or a half-truth. Going to work and not actually working is theft and therefore is sin. Calling out sick so that you can sleep in or shop online unhindered is a sin. Homosexuality is a sin. So is fornication and adulter