God's Good Plans

We serve a good God! From the rising of the sun to its going down, the name of the Lord is to be praised! Amen? Amen!

Praise be to God, the one and only true God who from the foundation of the world existed:

In the beginning of the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1

I don't know what you might be going through at this moment, but I know God is a good God and He has good plans for you:

I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11

God has good plans for us and thinks good thoughts for us, for if we understand "expected end" correctly is is a "hope and future." God wants to give us a hope and a future. Those are the thoughts that He thinks toward us, good plans, blessed plans, a blessed life.

Delight thyself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalms 37:4

Yes, goodness awaits God's people, the desires of your heart are just waiting to be given to you as you delight yourself in the Lord.

Blessings!

My Church Streaming

Since I don't really post on this blog very much anymore, I thought why not share the latest with my church's streaming widget:


 

Hello, it's been awhile!

Apparently people still find themselves on this blog, which I find to be interesting all this time later. Funny how things change over time! How we change, how we evolve, perhaps it's best said with the word mature. Several blogs I paid the hosting for I've completely abandoned but this one: the House of Mercy Mission. Working here at the Mission has been my life's work for the past 12 years, so it's only fitting that it's the only hosting that I currently pay for at the moment. Anywho, real busy these days but just wanted to drop this quick note to keep anyone up to speed who may be interested. Much love in the Savior! Timothy

Swartswood State Park in NJ

My work with the Mission is bringing me here (Swartswood State Park) on Wednesdays this July, and this past Wednesday (yesterday) I blogged a frustrated post from my BlackBerry only later deciding to delete it (for a couple reasons). However, in that post, I promised to post a picture from where I was sitting (along with that link, above is the picture). One last thing I'd like to do (to complete this post) is re-post the message I deleted from Wednesday. Here it is:

I'm a bit frustrated with my 8820 BlackBerry: I can't tweet, can't access my notepad and even find accessing certain phone numbers difficult. The little roller ball is not installed at the moment. The ball compartment of this phone has been giving me trouble for awhile and finally had its last stand last night. I went on ebay to order the new compartment, but until it arrives, I have limited ability with this phone. I can't access facebook messages, can only read the first few words of text messages and can read only titles of emails. It's quite a strange feeling having to deal with it all. Hopefully the new piece will be in tomorrow, for I need the speed and convenience this phone has to offer I tell you! Anyway, that is that. I suppose the upside is that I'm at the beautiful Swartswood State Park in northern New Jersey. What I will do is take a picture and show you the view from where I'm sitting. Be blessed!

Eternal Life Can't Be Bought

Twisted and turned, around we go, life is but a flash too hard to hold. Throughout history wars have raged, people have strived and knowledge has been sought after. Many have said, "My eyes have been opened."

But to those who have said this, their eyes remained shut. For salvation can only be found in the person of Jesus Christ. Many have died for our Lord, many have suffered for his name's sake, but history tells us of their great sacrifice.

95 is the number we will always remember Martin Luther for, but there are many others who had no name or number at all for us to remember them by. They died in service to our King, and there are many others who lost everything they had for our King but found what really matters.

If you must ask, it is eternal life that really matters. All the money in the world can't buy you that.