Month: April 2022

It is a good time (as it is always) to seek after the Lord through reading the Bible and praying to Him in the Name of His Son, Jesus Christ!  Drawing close, and staying close to God provides overcoming strength to keep on  “keeping on”.

As a young man, my developmental years were spent in a church with my family that was a “country church”.  There were a lot of good people in the church body and more good people in the community where I lived.  Many of those people, in addition to my family, spoke into my life and helped me grow in my personal faith.  One such person was a man by the name of John Tharp.  Brother Tharp was not a typical “worshipper” in the church where I grew up, but, he was a very profound thinker.  I do not know who originated the statement, “If God seems far away, who moved” but, it was Brother John Tharp who impressed it upon me.  A dear sister from my church created a poster with that message on it and the poster was placed in a shadowbox.  As far as I know-over 50 years later-it is still there to remind worshippers of the need to seek after God in order to stay close to Him.

Some messages are enduring for a reason.  As Chrisitan believers, our faith is the most precious treasure we have on this earth.  If God seems far away from you today, you can find Him in the Scriptures.  Faith comes from reading and obeying the Word of God.  Faith encourages us to pray, engaging the journey of faith for the glory of the Name of our God and of his Son, Jesus Christ.

I want God to come near to you today.  I believe He will as you read His Word, given to all of us, and as you pray to Him about your needs, in the Name of His Son, Jesus Christ.