Have Faith In God’s Future Plans

September 29, 2026 Gracie

Do You Have Faith in God’s Future Plans?

It’s estimated that the word “Faith” is used approximately 247 times in the Bible.

Of course, that number may vary slightly depending on the Bible translation that you use.

For a word to be used that many times in God’s Word speaks volumes.

As you read through the Bible, you will see that repetition is a big part of it. These are essential teachings that bear repeating.

By God’s grace and through the life, death, and resurrection of our Savior Jesus, God wants us to “get the point.”

Our faith and trust is important to God, and it should mean everything to us.

Have faith in God's future plans

Do you have faith in God’s future plans for your life?

Without faith, it is impossible to please God; in fact, we cannot even begin to approach the Lord and experience a personal relationship with Him without it. Faith is the atmosphere in which the believer’s life is lived. We are called “believers” because we are continually putting our faith, trust, and confidence in God. By faith the Christian life begins, and by faith it perseveres until the end. – gotquestions.org²

There’s an old saying that “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.”

Don’t let that be you.

Tough times are up ahead, and your faith will be challenged.

Doubt sees the obstacles,
Faith sees the way;
Doubt sees the darksome night ,
Faith sees the day.
Doubt dreads to take the step,
Faith soars on high;
Doubt whispers, “Who believes?”
Faith answers, “I”!
– Author Unknown

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²Quotation from gotquestions.org from “What does it mean that without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6)”? n.d., para. 3. Web. Accessed September 28, 2026. Retrieved from without faith.

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Enduring Faith In A Crazy World

September 22, 2026 Gracie

Is it Possible to Have Enduring Faith in a Crazy World?

Recently I heard someone say, “People have lost their minds.”

Actually, it was me who said it.

Never ever did I think that, in my lifetime, I would see the extent of the “crazy” going on right now.

calling evil good

People hurting people, picking fights, calling evil good – any conscious or personal responsibility on their part seemingly lost.

They have no hope.

They don’t have Jesus.

It’s hard sometimes to not fear this darkness because the fever pitch of violence is on the rise.

Thanks, no thanks, to the availability of 24/7 news coverage and social media – it’s getting harder and harder to get away from it and feel “at peace.”

Only through God, can we find a “peace that surpasses all understanding.”

The following encouragement found in Deuteronomy 31:6 struck a chord with me.

Here, Moses reassures Joshua (second-in-command) that the Lord is with His people as they enter the Promised Land.

It had already been a difficult 40-year journey wandering in the desert fraught with danger, rebellion, fear, and war.

While these words were spoken many generations ago, they reinforce the character of God.

The Lord keeps His promises to His people.

However, these promises were not for an easy life.

Enduring Faith in a Crazy World

We will continue to witness and/or experience suffering and stories of evil on the evening news until Jesus returns for His church.

With all that, is it still possible to have enduring faith in a crazy world like this?

Absolutely, yes.

No doubt, tough times are up ahead, but stay strong in your belief in God and salvation through Jesus.

If all the “crazy” gets you down, remember, God is greater than anything going on in this world.

Seek the Lord’s guidance through prayer and reading His Word.

Your story, my story, – it’s God’s story and it isn’t over.

He is still very much in control.

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Heirs of Grace: Your Heavenly Inheritance

September 14, 2026 Gracie

Heirs of Grace: Embracing Your Heavenly Inheritance

As you know, when a loved one passes away, they often leave something of value behind for their beneficiaries.

The gifts could be financial, special heirlooms, furniture, property, and more.

When my dear in-laws passed away years ago, they gifted us many beautiful keepsakes.

Instead of keeping these special mementos at a storage place, we chose instead to decorate our home with them so we could see these treasured reminders every single day.

Do you realize that as Christians, we are already heirs of grace?

The gift of salvation from our Heavenly Father is made possible for us through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus.

Heirs of grace

Heirs of Grace: Salvation Through Christ

Jesus gave His life as atonement for our sins.

In His death and resurrection, He gave the greatest gift of salvation to those who believe.

Through His sacrifice, we are Heirs of Grace and can look forward to our eternal inheritance in heaven.

What a blessed day that will be!

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Happy Labor Day 2026

September 7, 2026 Gracie

Happy Labor Day 2026

On this Labor Day 2026, we celebrate the dedicated efforts of working men and women across this country who helped shaped our nation’s economy.

For Christians, the act of “work” has an even deeper meaning.

A wise person once said, “all Christians have the same Employer, they just have different tasks.”

²³Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people, ²⁴knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. – Colossians 3:23-24, (NASB).¹

Labor Day 2026

Happy Labor Day 2026!

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² Meme quotation is from Colossians 3:20-25 Commentary, [2024] Courtesy of Precept Austin, Web. Accessed 19 September, 2026.

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Life’s Red Sea Moments

August 24, 2026 Gracie

Trusting God through Life’s Red Sea Moments

Life's Red Sea Moments

Have you ever experienced a “Red Sea Moment”?

How about too many to count?

Think of a difficult time in your life.

Perhaps you’re going through something right now.

Does it feel hopeless – like there’s no way out?

Life’s Red Sea moments are very real, and often painful (emotionally and/or physically).

Our human nature wants, whatever it is, “gone.”

I look back at some of the major challenges that my husband and I have faced – some were so surreal that it’s hard to believe we made it through.

But we did . . . through God’s providence and in His timing.

Sometimes, the outcomes weren’t what we were hoping for.

As Christians trusting God, we were never promised that He will take us out of our difficult situations.

But, He will take us through them.

Never forget – you are not alone.

Keep your eyes on Him, and trust where He leads.

Isaiah 43:2

Seeing God’s Hand in Life’s Red Sea Moments

God allows our difficulties, but He doesn’t abandon us in the midst of them.

Never forget that He loved us so much that He sent His only Son to pave the way to our eternal salvation.

Even though we may not understand the “why’s”, God makes a way and will lead us through the tumultuous waters in life.

May I Not Forget

Lord, may I never forget,
the favors You’ve granted me
or how You made a path
across my very own Red Sea.

May my love for You,
keep me humble all my days
may I remember to follow
and to walk in all Your ways.

Lord, may I never complain,
nor forget Your mighty deeds
may I always remember
it’s You who supplies my needs.

May my praise rise each day,
and lay upon my lips at night
may I not forget Your counsel
nor the pillars of Your saving light.

Lord, may I never forget . . .
the wondrous works of Your hand
nor how You made for me a path
leading to the promised land!

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Psalm 106:13-14

They soon forgat his works;
they waited not for his counsel:
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
and tempted God in the desert.”

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²Poetry courtesy of Deborah Ann Belka, “May I Not Forget.” [online post], August 6, 2026, Web. Accessed August 19, 2026. Retrieved from May I Not Forget.

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