A Life Today

I like what Jesus was trying to get through our heads. He knows what we do… we worry. He wants to take that load off us.
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important [...]

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Green leaf with Water, originally uploaded by sbgulfcoast.

Sitting on the porch this morning thought these leaves & soon to be oranges looked really nice.

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Evening Heritage Park , originally uploaded by sbgulfcoast.
Took a half day at work today then enjoy the outdoors. First to Big Lagoon State Park. After we headed along the coast to Gulf Shores then up to Foley.
More pictures…

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The word Hope has been on my mind.  No matter how difficult your situation or how dark it may seem you have hope today.  The Psalmist says, “‘Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night’, even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright [...]

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Here’s a thought for you to start this new year.  Lord’s strength is for this moment right now.  You don’t need to weary yourself thinking about the tasks that are awaiting you tomorrow.  Live in the present moment and experience the grace of God is sufficient for every moment of every day.  He does not give [...]

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Stream, originally uploaded by sbgulfcoast.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like [...]

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Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was  sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes  and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed [...]

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This is what is on my mind tonight.  It’s time for us as believers… or at least for myself to recognize the time is short.  The purpose Paul lived was for the gospel.  He desired to be with the Lord but recognized to live on would be “fruitful labor.”  “To live is Christ”, This is [...]

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As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him…
Colossians 2:6 New King James Version
Perhaps I should have called this article “keep it simple.”  Our relationship with the Lord is not earned by complicated religious systems or works.  Nor is it something we are born with.  It begins when we confess Jesus [...]

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Leafs 018 Originally uploaded by sbgulfcoast

This morning I took this photo. I was thinking about what Jesus told us.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Look at leaf and notice [...]

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