Aug
18
Heart- Burn
By Julie B Cosgrove | 1 Comment
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32
There are some foods I love, and they love me right back —over and over. They keep revisiting my throat. I’d be wise to avoid them. But temptation takes over. I decide, because of the aroma, the initial taste sliding down my tongue, all the memories associated with that food, or because everyone else at the table is devouring it, it is worth the chance. Until the reflux hits. Ugh. Then I groan, “Why did I eat that?”
Mar
4
Straight and Narrow
By Julie B Cosgrove | 4 Comments
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” Matthew 7:13-14
You have probably heard the term “walking the straight and narrow” as referring to the Christian life. Why straight and why narrow?
Mar
1
Are YOU There?
By Julie B Cosgrove | 4 Comments
Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? Psalm 10:1
Feb
21
Get Comfortable
By Julie B Cosgrove | 3 Comments
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. II Corinthians 1:3-4
Yes, you may have to read that several times to follow the progression of Paul’s thoughts. He has got it down,though. Above all else and first off Paul praises God the Father. No matter what situation we are in, or find our loved ones in, if we can muster up the idea to praise God anyway, it can change our attitude. Just praising Him can be a comfort because it lifts our focus off the now into eternity.
Jul
22
Tried and True – Trust It
By Julie B Cosgrove | 3 Comments
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. Psalm 66:10
For a silver refiner to “try” silver, he must remove the impurities called dross from it. That is how it gets its purity. The best way to do this is to insert the silver into intense heat long enough for the metal to soften and the impurities to rise to the surface. Then the refiner scoops off the dross, leaving the shiny silver. When he can see his face clearly in the glow of the liquid metal, he knows it is purified. He has “tried” it and found it to be true.
Jul
2
Rendered
By Julie B Cosgrove | Comments Off
Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away. Matthew 22:19-22
When the Federal Mint started issuing the State Quarters in 1999, my husband and I bought a little folder to house them all. Yesterday, we finally got “Hawaii”. Now we have all 54- including DC, Puerto Rico, Samoa and the Virgin Island coins. So, when I read this passage today, something struck me about Jesus’ words.
Jun
15
Can’t He Provide?
By Julie B Cosgrove | 1 Comment
He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?” Psalm 78:20
Recently at a talk I gave on my book P.R.A.Y.I.N.G., a lady said she had gotten an email cartoon picture of a man complaining that a small rock had bopped him on the head. He asked why God had allowed that to happen. The next picture shows Jesus warding off thousands of huge boulders from crushing the guy. Another lady said she was reviewing an old journal entry when she felt a bit down and distant from God. She used to pray as a teenager she could live near water. As she read that and remembered how much that had been her hearts desire so many years ago, she looked out over her swimming pool to the horizon of the lake near her house. Yes, God does hear.
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