Category Archives: Christian Blogs

Are you missing a piece

Have you ever been doing a puzzle and got down close to the end only to realize there was a missing piece?  My wife enjoys doing puzzles, I personally do not, but imagine her frustration to be working on a 1500 piece puzzle for weeks and to get down to the end just to realize that she was missing the final piece of the puzzle.  I think that might be why I don’t do them, that would send me into a tail spin, but what if that missing piece was just a conversation away, a trip to our knees from being right back where we needed to be, who wouldn’t want that?  A lot of us live our life that way, putting our puzzle of life together thinking that one day we will have the entire thing put together and that we will have done it all on our own and that quite honestly we did a really good job until one day when we look down and realize all the pieces aren’t there, which ones missing, did I misplace it, did I ever have it, do I really need it, will anyone really notice if it’s missing?  I mean it’s one piece in a fifteen hundred piece puzzle!  Life is hard, really hard, the day to day grind of working, the kids and their extracurricular activities, not to mention simply being a husband  or wife and a father or mother  to your family.  I lived my life for a long time not knowing that my puzzle was missing a pice and it was fun, I didn’t have  a care or a worry in the world!  I was self absorbed in exactly that….  Myself and what I wanted, but without that one piece I wasn’t complete I wasn’t happy and my family would begin to fall down all around me and it would become dangerously close to getting completely blown away almost like if a little toddler came up to my coffee table and in one giant swoop ruined my weeks of hard work on my puzzle, except it’s more than a puzzle, it’s our lives and God is screaming to come in and all we have to do is call for him!  How awesome is it to know that year after year after year of denial can be erased by simply excepting Jesus into your heart and letting him be a part of your life!  It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been trying to put that puzzle together if you ask for help from Jesus you won’t be missing any pieces and putting it together won’t always be easy and yah that little toddler might knock it down, but it will be a lot easier to fix when Jesus is there with you picking up the pieces rather than trying to do it all alone which isn’t a good way to put any puzzle together, but then again I don’t like puzzles, but it’s nice to know that when the pieces fall I have someone to lean on………

Do You?

Ephesians 6:4

S=. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.  Ephesians 6:4
O=. I’m realizing that kids are so easily influenced & that our words as parents are so powerful to them. This week I made it my objective to just talk to them instead of scream at them. This really worked with Grady. I asked him if hs was being good ( he said no). I asked him if Jesus would like the way he was acting ( he said no). In proverbs 13:24 it says
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.  I’ve always took that kind of literally, but in the past week I’ve really noticed that the “rod” can simply be sitting them down and talking with them. I’m not sure that beating them always gets the point across because then everyone gets angry and goes their seperate ways, but if I can sit down with them & talk it over & reinterate the fact that they are loved, but at the same time I am dissapointed it could be effective in a lot of situations
A=. I’m going to try to apply this simply by looking at the situation. I believe that the “rod” can still be a “rod” in certain situations, but there are a lot of situations that it is most definitely not the way to handle all of the discipline situations.
P=lord I just pray that you show me the way & give me the guidence on how to deal with certain situations. I thank you for giving me the know how on how to deal with all the different situations. AMEN!
Y=.  Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.6 So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him.  Deut. 5: 6&7. I just think this says it for me. GOD’s not going to beat you down, yet I have definitely seen where he tells me ” hey I’ve showed you the way & I’m not going to do it all for you”. It’s kind of like when pastor said that GOD wants you to be healthy & you can pray & pray & pray, but if you eat Mcdonalds every day it’s just not going to happen.

Forgiveness

What is Forgiveness?

As we go through our lives it is inevitable that Forgiveness will have to either be given or received.  The question is, what is it and how do we do it.  If we study God’s word we find quite a few scriptures.  I especially like the one that is found in second Corinthians Chapter two.  Forgiveness is simple, yet it can be very difficult.  God knew about all of our sins before we ever even committed them, yet he still forgave us by giving his only son.  If we will learn to forgive like it teaches us in the bible from a young age it will create a much easier life.  If we are quick to forgive and truly forgive then we will not harbor hatred or unforgiveness in our hearts which in turn will reduce our stress level which can lower blood pressure……… You get the point! Young or old single or married   Forgiveness is very very important for our lives and the sooner we learn to use it the better our lives will be!

Follow this link to my Soapy from second Corinthians on Forgiveness

https://cameroncorbin.com/?page_id=174

Here are a few Scriptures to check out on Forgiveness

Matthew 6:15

Psalm 103:3

Colossians 3:13

Psalm 130:4

II Corinthians 2:10

Hebrews 8:12

Luke 1:77