Today's reading... Acts 26: 24,28-29...

"Paul, you are insane. Too much study has made you crazy," ...

Have you ever been labeled a crazy "Jesus freak". I have. By family one Christmas... After that first semester at seminary... So excited about the ministry and all the miracles we had witnessed. We were labeled "better than thou" because we were always talking about what we were learning from Jesus... I guess it made them feel bad about themselves so they told us to leave... It was a confusing and lonely Christmas.

Well... Life goes on.... I missed that excitement that comes when you eagerly await what God will do next... I was in a slump... That old excitement is back for me! I am seeing Him again doing miraculous things around me! My eyes have been blinded by worries and sadness and I could not see the Light fully shining... I had a clouded vision. My vision is clearing. I see the Light once again! And it is glorious! I feel like I have been living under oppression. Satan can not possess a Christian, for we are sealed, but he can oppress us until we want to curl up and give up, shut down, and not hearing from (listening to) God as we once did. Praise God He won't allow us to stay there! I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know Who holds tomorrow! I pray that you do too...

If you have never read my blog before I pray that one thing sticks in your mind... God loves you and wants to give you victory over your loneliness and pain. He wants your heart. And if you give Him your heart you will never be alone again. He will walk you through your pain. Take it from a fellow sojourner... He is worth it! Give Him your life, such as it is, knowing that you are handing over all your past and receiving forgiveness and love and hope and peace. Christianity is not "fire insurance" from He'll... It is LIFE INSURANCE! You get to really live... Starting the moment you trust in Him. It is no cost to you... He has paid the price for you already... You just have to take the gift! If you have any questions just comment me and I will get back with you.

And for the remainder of the reading today...Agrippa interrupted him (Paul), "do you think you can make me a Christian so quickly?" Paul replied "Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except for these chains."

Blessings, friends!