A Touch of Encouragement

Sure enjoyed this bit of encouraging thoughts, and remembrances of times gone by, very peace provocking

I believe that we are all true children of God, no matter how old we are, as long as we believe and are willing to accept Christ's love. It's all a matter of our relationship with Him. It doesn't matter who we physically or mentally are, what we do, how we're born, or where we come from.

Thank for your loving testimony!

Love, David Dewan

" Let the littel children come unto me and do not deterr them from my path."
"For it is for these littel ones that I have come for to seek and save the lost."

I guess it's a matter of what appeals to each of us. My entire church is nondenominational contemporary. Our praise and worship is all Contemporary Christian music and I love it at age 51. Can't imagine going back to a traditional style of worship. I raise my hands and get into the music. It increases my faith. That being said, I hear, down in the Middle and High School service, they rock pretty hard. Still Christian but from what I hear it's loud!
My child is not quite old enough to go into that service but when she is, I'll be there cheering her on. I love the kids, they are so precious, the fact that they care enough to even do a service is a big plus in my book. We need to encourage that so that they will stay focused on God. I didn't have it at that age because of the old saying, children should be seen and not heard. How else are we going to reach them if we don't include them?

Ugh, I hate it when there is "Youth Sunday Worship."
I can't stand it. To be fair, I couldn't stand it
when my daughter, as a teen-ager, was involved, but
she, of course, did not know it! It's a waste of
time and a missed opportunity to truly worship in
God's house having the youth blat on about their
'truths.' All the while, I understand they're in their
developmental angst of recognizing and establishing
rituals for personal religious and faith purposes. I
just don't want to hear their baseless, inexperienced
about life sermons. They know everything and know
nothing at that age. However, they are parr of the
sacred mysteries of this life, as they exact as
spiritual luminaries and illustrate ways of grace to
a congregation full of tested by fire in life adults.
We were all in our youth once and yes, we, too, knew
eveything and knew nothing on our fresh path. Then,
life shows up!

Erica,

I am not a great knowledge here, but I think what you said is true. God's plan is truly one that we as people often don't understand. However, that said I have learned in the past that you must try to let yourself go to FAITH and allow GOD'S PLAN to work out. When someone close passes awawy it can be so ruff to get by, but trusting in God sometimes is all we have left. I think you said the right thing, your friend may not understand it possibly at this current time, but eventually he will. I sometimes question God's plan, then I try to look deeper inside myself and rely on trusting God instead. I lost my Grandmother who was like a second Mother to me, she actually raised my own Mother, it was so HARD! We were very close, I still think of her dearly. The one thing that stuck in my mind that someone said to me, remember the GOOD times, and always keep them close to your heart. That is where she is forever in you, in your heart! She will never be really gone, she is actually even closer to you now, she goes with you always. Maybe, just maybe that is something of words you could share with him. God Bless, I feel for you, and I especially feel for your friend! Take care.

I HAVE SENT 2 OF YOUR PROGRAMS TO MY DAUGHTER HERE IN SAN DIEGO-SHE NEVER RECEIVED THEM. CAN U HELP ME? WE ENJOYED YOUR SHOW ON TV & REALLY MISS IT. GOD BLESS & KEEP UP THE WONDERFUL STORIES!

My friend recently lost his grandmother or should i say mother because she raised him from 5 months old. This post touched me because I find it hard to know what to say to him. So i told him to continue trusting and beliveing in God's plan. Seemed kindof hard to say being that he has lost a VERY special person but that is all i could think to say at the time. Did I do right or is there a better way to acknowlege his greiving and lost?