Jesus is my Rock

Jesus is my Rock I am a 60+ man. I use a manual wheelchair to move and live. I have known Jesus for 40+ years.

04/15/2024

I have been unable to get Psalms 127.1 out of my mind. A few months ago, a report was written that my behavior in the classroom was immoral. Initially, my thought was that I had been in the classroom for over 30 years and no one was ever accused me of this before. The God reminded me through His Word that He is building the house (my life) and that there was some bad building material (pride) that needed to be gotten rid of and replaced with love (I Cor. 13:4ff) and to trust Him to build properly (Pro 3:5,6). I still want to give Him assistance, but He says that what I need to be is available. May I be continually available.

04/10/2024

I woke up at about 2:00, my body didn't like it but it didn't have a choice, with the words from Frances Havergal's hymn going through my mind. "Take my life..." I have been singing those words for many years and I think, I know, the Lord God took me literally. He says that I am his, that I am not my own (see I Cor 6:19). I'm not sure I like where He has taken my life, but I know He is with me and that all things work together for good, there are no bad things from His perspective. He wants me, though, to trust Him, with my life which is now His.

04/04/2024

Life is interesting. Two hours ago I didn't have a migraine. Now I do. I have been thinking about Romans 8:28 and there are these two word phrases in that verse that keep grabbing my attention: "all things" and "God works". God works. I would like to work but I am, at least God wants me, to be a bystander. All things. Does that mean bad and undesirable things? There isn't anything, even migraines, that is not included in "all things". That is beyond my understanding and I can only accept it by faith. Perhaps that is why He tells me to, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding... (Pro. 3:5)."

02/08/2024

Promise is my service dog. She pretty much goes with me everywhere I go, except she doesn't go to the bathroom with me:) She and I are in Ukiah. She and I went to Costco this afternoon. It usually isn't a pleasant experience and today was not disappointing. I am learning, though, that God wants me to be thankful in every circumstance. It's easy to be thankful in pleasant circumstances but God has to help me to be thankful in unpleasant circumstances. Then, Paul gets very annoying by saying that being thankful is God's will for me in Christ Jesus (I Thes. 5:18).

02/05/2024

Paul says in Romans 12:9 that, "Love must be sincere." In another translation it says "Let love be genuine" and in another "Let love be without hypocrisy." Paul is writing about the love that I have received from God. That love is pure. But, when I go to love my wife, my family, others...,, Paul knows that all of a sudden that love is corrupted. I must go to God and when I share His love with those people around me, I must depend on Him so that it will be sincere and genuine and without hypocrisy.

11/30/2023

I'm still thinking about the word, "thanks" and the question I have is why does God want thanks. He doesn't need it because He is lacking it, but yet the wrath of God is being revealed , in part, because man knew God but didn't give thanks to Him (Romans 1:21). To give thanks in every circumstance is God's will for me (I Thes. 5:17)so it is necessary but it is not a duty. Although it is good to think about "thanks," it seems like what is most important is that I do it. So, right now I am sitting by the window being warmed by the sun when it is not behind the clouds, so i thank God for the light and warmth it provides, and for making me feel better:)

11/29/2023

Giving thanks should be so simple, but it isn’t. It is easy and simple to give thanks for things that are good and pleasant, but it is difficult if not impossible to give thanks, from the heart and full of sincerity, for those things that are difficult and for which the flesh is not pleased with. Yet, the apostle Paul says that it is God’s will for me to give thanks for everything in all circumstances. For example, trials teach/cause/show me and others/perfect the faith God has given to me, endurance. That means, trials are a good thing and yet my flesh rebels against them in part because trials are difficult and unpleasant. The flesh craves a life of pleasantness and despises that which is unpleasant.

Yet, to give thanks in all circumstances is God’s will for me. The question is ultimately whether or not do I want to do what is God’s will for me. It is not a question of whether or not I can do it because I cannot. Yet, this is one of those things that I can do only through Christ who gives me strength. I was in the airport last week and the experience left me feeling dehumanized. Then, I was reminded to give thanks in all circumstances. I had to think about what God did for me and to give thanks for it. For example, I was unable to use the bathroom because someone who did not need it was using the only stall I could use and the bathroom was such that I had to wait outside. After waiting some time outside, a pilot noticed me and said that he would wait inside for me. God reminded me that I could be thankful even in a difficult situation because He was looking out for me

06/26/2023

There's a song that I heard this afternoon that is in my head and hopefully travels to my heart or maybe its truths have travelled from my heart to my head. It's by Phillip Bliss and goes, "I will sing of my Redeemer and His wonderous love for me; on the cruel cross He suffered, from the curse to set me free..." This is a song I want to sing in private, not in public because its words leave me with tears and speechless.

06/26/2023

Euline and I just got back from Hawaii. I was in the emergency room 2 days before we left and I was put on antibiotics at that time. Travelling for me is at best difficult and adjusting to a new environment is also difficult. But, I will say this, that there wasn't a moment when God wasn't with me. It is like what Paul wrote to the Corinthians in his second letter, that outwardly we are wasting away but inwardly we are being renewed day by day. That speaks to me of a relationship and in the first chapter of Romans, Paul write that God promised and Moses wrote in Numbers that "God is not a man that He should lie..." and it is hard, if not impossible, to have a relationship with a liar. When Euline and I adopted a boy when we were in Alaska, he lied at least 90% of the time. As much as we tried, we never could build a relationship with him, in part because we could believe him. God it not that way. He has never lied to me. He promised the gospel and He made good on the promise; He promises to come again, and He will.

03/17/2023

Pain. It doesn't seem like I can get away from it. It has been with me 24 hours a day for years. This morning I the pain was worse than before. Pain medicine doesn't even help. God told me in James to persevere, which is also translated patience. To be honest, I don't want to patience. Unfortunately, patience has a work God wants to complete in my life (1 Pet. 1). So I guess when the doctor asks me about my pain, I will tell him that pain is my friend and not to take my friend away. I guess I need that sort of friend.
God encouraged me though "The Imitation of Christ". Thomas A. Kempis writes, "Grant me Thy grace, most merciful Jesus, that it may be with me and work in me and persevere even unto the end."

02/21/2023

Why is Jesus my Rock? The name Jesus is from the Greek and means "the Lord is salvation." I was 21 years old when Jesus became my Lord, which basically means that I do what He says, and 40 years later I am still learning to do what He says. I do know one thing, though. I did not like the person I was and He saved me and by saving me He changed me into something I wasn't. For example, I was not a patient person, and He taught me to be patient. This is one reason He is my Rock.
In a few days, I will be in Boise, Idaho, visiting from friends Euline, my wife, and I knew in Willits, CA. I don't know what to expect since I am in a wheelchair. More than a few people think I cannot do much. Usually, though, it just takes me longer and takes more effort.

02/19/2023

I don't know anyone who does not need a Rock throughout life. About 40 years ago I started following Jesus and He has shown me during the ensuing years that He is a Rock that I can trust. Now I am in a wheelchair and more than ever I need a Rock that can help me roll throughout each day. I plan to post my journey with me in my wheelchair and with Jesus as my Rock, here.

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