My Dear Friends, this article is going to be a tough one for me to write. We lost our oldest Grandson Donovan in a horrible auto accident. This is tough, considering my age, as compared to Donovan’s age of 20 years. It literally breaks my heart! When Donovan was little, I had written a song just for him, that he was my “poopy-Boy” and so dear to my heart. I know many other Parents and Grand-Parents have been through this before, but…this one was for me and my Family. I Praise the Lord for all HIS Love for us and giving us such Peace.

October 27, 2019, was like any other day; my Wife and I had been up for 20-30 minutes, and my Daughter and Son-in-Law were on their way to work. My Daughter received the phone call, telling of Donovan’s death, and she in turn called my Wife and told her. It was a shock like no other, and our world changed for good on that Sunday Morning. Within an hour, to an hour and a half, my Kids and my Wife had packed some clothes and headed out for Texas, a two-day drive from Tennessee.

The previous Tuesday, I had had a Total Left knee replacement surgery, and I could not go with them; thus, I was left alone here at Home. I Thank and Praise the Lord for HIS love to me and the help of some really good Friends that hovered over me while they were gone. Somewhere in the next two days, The Lord gave me so much Peace! I am Truly a Blessed man of my Lord and Savior! My Knee and leg were so sore and aching consistently! Unfortunately, the Pain medication spaced me out really bad, so maybe that was a good thing, if you know what I mean. This article is my First in a little more than a month. It is an article of some pain that there is no medication to stop. It is in the hands of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

It has been almost a month since Donovan left us; the pain is still there, and I am sure it will be there for quite some time to come. My Family has, indeed, been through the wringer of emotions! How is one to deal with all of this? It is almost insurmountable, to say the least. Anger and Hatred at someone for taking his life, to profound sadness…and it doesn’t want to stop. A vicious circle of pain.

It dawned on me a few days ago, we know this life here on earth is temporary and not very long. So why should this event be such a wound and so painful to deal with?! Thousands and thousands of people die every day, over the surface of this globe. Does this mean the Lord God does not love us as HE says in HIS Holy Word? Absolutely NOT! As I said before, The Lord gave me such Peace in light of this event. I KNEW Donovan was with the Lord!

Matthew 11:28-30 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Are you Heavy Laden? Are you suffering a great loss, as my Family is? Go off by yourself, kneel before the Lord God, and confess all your Sin and let HIM cover your Sin with HIS Blood from the Cross and wash it away. Then…open up your heart! And I mean, tell HIM everything…absolutely everything! Go ahead and Cry and then yell…your heart is broken…Tell HIM. HE already knows your entire situation, but HE wants you to come before HIM…and let HIM make it right again. HE will give you PEACE. A PEACE you will never understand, until the day you stand before HIM. HE will wrap HIS capable arms around you and hold you tightly as you cry. Jesus Christ is GOD and HE LOVES YOU!!

Psalms 56:8-10 “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.”

My Mom Loved the Lord with all her heart, and one day when I was hurting, she told me the “Lord collects our Tears in a bottle. And then pours it back to you as a blessing.” In my 68 years, I must have cried a bucket of Tears. Today, HE is giving those Tears back to me as a Blessing of PEACE. NOW…THAT is a BLESSING like no other! MY LORD and SAVIOR Jesus Christ…IS HIS name…and I LOVE HIM with all that I am or will ever be. HIS Holy Word is absolute TRUTH, and it always will be!

While we are still here on Earth, we rely on HOPE; there is always HOPE for us! One day that will end because we will be with the Lord God… or you will be in HELL and wishing that HOPE still existed for you… it will never come! It is your CHOICE to make, and no one else can make it for you. This is the greatest decision you will ever make!

Personally speaking, this surgery was the most painful I have ever experienced, and there were times I was almost in Tears. I prayed FERVENTLY. First, I asked that the Lord forgive my Sin and wash me clean, renew our Relationship; and then I begged for relief from the Pain and aching… HE always comes through…HE LOVES ME. I Depend on HIM for absolutely everything! HE has delivered me many, many times, and I will forever look for HIM. I Praise and Glorify YOU, my LORD and SAVIOR… In Jesus name… amen!

2 Timothy 1:12 “For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”

My Life never belonged to me; it belonged to the Lord! Thus, the passage of scripture above resonates within me!

Is life tough? You already know it is! But the arms of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ are strong enough to deal with my little problems. HIS Heart loves me like HIS Child, and HE LOVES to see me happy and whole. If you do NOT know this for yourself, then you need to meet Jesus Christ and get to know HIM. Your Life will never be the same afterwards! It will be cleaner and clearer, and more understandable, easier to find happiness and joy in HIM. Remember, HE controls everything!

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

All Passages of Scripture come from the King James Version of the Bible.

All Emphasis is mine.

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Just wondering here, since I have had so few responses to my Previous articles, mostly because they were about “Our Sin,” which few want to discuss. Still as yet, it is our Sin that stands between God and all of us. That being a fact, far too many are still on the outside as far as a relationship with the Lord goes. Back to what I was wondering about, how do you feel about Heat?!

I have stated before, when I was young, my Mom and Dad would take us kids to a Texas Tent Revival. And I remember it was blazing hot! I would venture to guess it was somewhere between 90 degrees to 105 degrees during the summer. Everyone was sitting in the chairs and melting, hand-fans everywhere and waving continuously. I would look across the field that the tent was on and watch the heat rolling across the ground, evidence of the extreme heat.

I also remember living in the Philippines as well as Southeast Asia where the temps could easily reach 90-100 degrees and the humidity would be above 85 %. I recall, there would be a morning rain and then a small cloud would hang out, reaching to about mid-thigh. Everything was sickeningly wet and the sweat would roll off you in sheets. Hence the special clothing the Military would provide for you; yet the only True relief would be a cold shower. It was almost unbearable!

All of this was extreme heat, and the only respite would be a cool breeze; but do you realize just how hot it will be in Hell?! The Holy Word of God tells us.

Matthew 13:49-50 describes the angels separating the evil from the good and throwing the evil into “the furnace of fire.” Luke 16:23-24 describes a sinner in Hell asking Abraham to “send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.” Revelation 9:2 describes the bottomless pit as having “a smoke of a great furnace.”

Evidently, Hell is a really Hot place, to say the least! And I am not talking about a heat as you or I have ever experienced here on earth. How about the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?

Daniel 3:19 “Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.“

Now that, my Friends…is HOT! But alongside that, it will never be as hot as Hell or the Lake of Fire! Now, having stated that, Hell and the Lake of Fire is not somewhere anyone would want to go. And yet the Word of God states that this is where the Majority of humanity will definitely go. And then to think, they chose this for themselves!

Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and FEW there be that find it.“

If FEW there be that find it, does this mean that the majority of people will NOT find the small Path to the Narrow Gate? You already know that this is the Truth…God said it…that settles it! What else does the Word of God say about Hell and the Lake of Fire?

Luke 13:27-28 “But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.”

This is NO Joke, my Friends! Hell and the Lake of Fire are worse than anyone is able to conceive in their mind, and yet they will still go there because of their unbelief in Jesus Christ! Here’s some more to think about:

Matthew 13:41-13 “The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

Did you notice, the last sentence is “Who hath ears to hear, let Him/Her hear!?” Again, this is NO Joke at all; it is the plain Truth from the lips of Jesus Christ…God! God can NOT stand sin in HIS presence; all Sin is sent to Hell. What you must understand here is this: it is people that have NOT accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, that have turned their back on the Holy Word of God and HIS invitation for Salvation…that are going to Hell. It was and is their choice! Don’t be one of them!

There is one other thing to consider here: there is NO HOPE in Hell…and it will last for Eternity!

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”

Only those that have given their life to Jesus Christ and had their Sin covered by HIS Precious Blood, from the Cross of Calvary, will go to Heaven for Eternity. Everyone else will go to Hell! That, my friends, is the bottom line to know and believe. I don’t care what anyone else tells you; read the Holy Word of God for yourself…and KNOW the TRUTH. Then decide for yourself…your Eternity depends on that!

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

All Passages of Scripture come from the King James Version of the Bible.

All Emphasis is mine.

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