His Ransomed Soul

“If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall.” ~ 1 Corinthians 10:12, NLT I honestly believe that the majority of us don’t wake up one morning with an intention to sin. Nobody circles a particular date on their calendar in red and thinks, ‘THAT’S the day I’m going to start being disobedient to God!’  I can’t imagine anyone making deliberate future plans to thumb their nose at and walk away from God.  It’s never a case of one day you’re obedient, and the next day – BAM!! – you’re not. It’s a slow fade...... Years ago, I was part of a weekly church Bible Study. The study was called ‘The Divided Kingdom and the Minor Prophets.’   Ho, hum....s ounds a bit dry and dull, yes?   NO WAY!   It was anything BUT dry and dull. For several weeks, our lessons were focused on the book of 1 Kings , where we learned about the various kings who came along after King David, and their disobedience towards God. Once, during our class discussion...

'God created humankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them, male and female He created them.' ~ Genesis 1:27 (NET Bible) Paintings don't paint themselves. Sculptures cannot mold themselves. Neither songs nor poems are able to write themselves.  You & I didn't create ourselves either. We didn't appear on this planet randomly, the circumstantial results of the Big Bang Theory. We simply didn't just materialize on this planet like the various 'away team' crew members did on weekly episodes of Star Trek .   We were intentionally created, carefully woven & spun, lovingly molded & fashioned, with brushstrokes, fingerprints and lyrical storylines unique to us, by the Master Artist, the Creator Extraordinaire: God. Our Father.  In The Living Bible , throughout the Creation story in Genesis 1, the phrase which pops up at the end of each day's descriptions is ' and God was pleased.' Except at the end of Day 6; ins...