He asks for everything, though. 12 And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to observe the […]

So if you’ve known us for the last few years, you know that I’ve had pneumonia several times.  So yesterday when I started feeling bad and was coughing up stuff, I knew what was probably coming.  Off to the doctor I went this afternoon and sure enough…he said there was significant pneumonia in both lungs. 

Many millions have read the spiritual-fiction (isn’t that an oxymoron?  Anything truly spiritual isn’t/can’t be made up…hmm…maybe another post, another time.) — ANYWAY…  Many millions have read the works of fiction by Christian author, Frank Peretti (This Present Darkness, Piercing the Darkness, The Oath, Monster, and a few others).   He writes of the spiritual battles

J Campbell Wright wrote: Most men are not satisfied with the permanent output of their lives.  Nothing can wholly satisfy the life of Christ within the life of his followers, except the adoption of Christ’s purpose toward the world that he came to redeem.  Fame, pleasure, riches, are but husks and ashes in contrast with