Category: CHRISTIAN FAITH/JESUS

Music Manna

March 8, 2026

One of my first posts on this blog was about Jabez, and his prayer to God.  Well, I just watched a short documentary which fired me up again–so excited because it’s a powerful prayer.  I figured there had to be a song on YouTube about the Jabez prayer, so here’s the one I chose for y’all this Lord’s Day.  Enjoy–and Be Blessed!!

~ Cale

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I gave birth to him in pain.” Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would indeed bless me and enlarge my border [property], and that Your hand would be with me, and You would keep me from evil so that it does not hurt me!” And God granted his request.

1st Chronicles 4:9-10 Amplified Bible

💖Heart of the Christian Faith…

March 5, 2026

The heart of the Christian faith: 

God sees a princess👑 in every scrubgirl,

a free man in every slave,

a son in every stranger.💖

Grady Nutt :  Grady Lee Nutt was a Southern Baptist minister, humorist, television personality, and author. His humor revolved around rural Southern Protestantism and earned him the title of “The Prime Minister of Humor”. Wikipedia

What the Bible Says (about showing Kindness & Generosity toward those who are Impoverished) ~

March 3, 2026

These scripture verses should have been added to Misky’s post which I reblogged earlier ~ Cale

Proverbs 11:24-25 – One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

Proverbs 19:17 – Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.

Proverbs 21:13 – Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

Proverbs 22:9 – The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

Malachi 3:10 – “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”

The Torch

February 28, 2026

The torch we hold up for others illuminates our own path.🔦

Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray (9 May 1828 – 18 January 1917) was a South African writer, teacher and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be “the chief end of the church”. Wikipedia

10 Things of Thankful

February 28, 2026

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I’m happy and grateful just to be able to share thankfuls!!  I’ve not always been in this place/space…so it merits a LOUD HALLELUJAH just to “selah” (pause/consider/reflect/marvel) that!

Here’s more:  I’m very thankful I didn’t have a nervous breakdown this week due to magnifying a mere misunderstanding (as my cousin would say if she were still in Texas, rather than Heaven:  “you are SO Dramatic!!”).  Yeah well, when God created me I guess he left out the Divine equivalent to Valium.  

Seriously, though–in a conflict of whatever size, my best defense is JESUS and the Holy Spirit’s gang unit.  A win-win, and no blood spilled!

I’m once again, and always grateful for the few excellent friends I have…as Kermit the frog sang, “it’s not easy being green”–and it’s not easy for reasonably normal folks to inhabit the world of a green person (cousin of Kermit).

I’m thankful we still have NO snow–some days rain, but mostly gorgeous sunshine with the promise of more, since Daylight Savings Time is just around the corner.

Glad and grateful to have a truly caring caregiver–it’s still a miracle to me that she comes back each week…and girl, she folds all my clothes up in neat little squares after doing laundry!  The first time, I laughed–but she insisted they’d fit in the bureau drawers better.  I feel like a queen–because I was used to quite happily just balling up and smooshing everything into drawers.

I’m thankful for all the Customer Service folks I speak with on the phone when I have a question, or want to make payments…they’re so friendly, ‘specially the guys (who’ve evidently been brought up to be kind to old women), very nice and helpful.  I guess that counts for “socializing”, right?

I’m thankful the Scallops Alfredo turned out well last night–it’s even better tonight!

And my nabe and I exchanged dinners again, mid-week:  I made turkey vegetable soup, she cooked Mexican.  But it’s about to get rough–she has to stop pretending she needn’t follow Dr’s orders to absolutely QUIT sugar…so there go all the yummy desserts…

I’m grateful for a change in perspective about blogging this year–I’m no longer a prisoner on the chain gang of Stats…sweet Freedom indeed!!

And I’m thankful to be fully immersed in this rich Lenten season…so good to feel the depth of the Lord’s love, that He would submit to the agony of His last days on Earth so that I could be with Him forever–washed clean, made new, a Somebody beloved of God.  Jesus be the Name I praise!

~ Cale

PS:  I think I went over 10–is there a fine for that?😉

 

Speaking My Belief

February 25, 2026

Having by the same spirit the same faith as David had when he said, “I believed, and therefore have I spoken:”

I also believe, and therefore I speak ~

knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up me also by Jesus, and shall present me with you ~

2nd Corinthians 4:13-14  Mace New Testament

 

My Plans or God’s Plans ~ One-Liner Wednesday

February 25, 2026

I can make all kinds of grand plans…but if the Lord hasn’t green-lighted them, they’re likely to tank…so it saves time and has a chance of success when I consult Him first.😊

~ Cale

Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

John 15:5
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

Proverbs 19:21
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

https://lindaghill.com/2026/02/25/one-liner-wednesday-plans/

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Love Looks & Listens💖

February 23, 2026

The first duty of love is to listen. 

Paul Tillich

Personal Note:  I don’t believe or agree with everything Paul Tillich believed, but this quote resonates in me.  Maybe because this is the season of Lent–and I’m rereading several of Max Lucado’s books about Christ’s walk to the Cross–Tillich’s words got me thinking in the midnight hour…

Sometimes people just need to talk (whether they are strangers or folks we know)–and when we listen to someone, really listen, it expresses love which respects and values the person we’ve chosen to give our attention to…even if only for 5 or 10 minutes.  It’s one of those “little” things that could hold far greater importance than we imagine to a person we–perhaps unexpectedly–feel urged to stop for…rather than pass by.

I confess I’m not always a good listener (I’ll further admit I’m not much of a ‘people-person’)…I get busy being self-consumed, and avoid or brush-off folks.  If I paused and looked into their eyes, I might see their longing to simply be heard. 

During His brief years on Earth, Jesus did a lot of stopping for people–He was very intentional in His contacts, connections.  Busy as He was, He always had more than enough time to see them and listen–because He had a heart for people. 

My life isn’t as imperatively scheduled as His was.  I need to slow down, make a change…if I’m serious about following Christ, loving as He did, reflecting God’s love.

~ Cale