OUR FATHER’S BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE A husband spent months working on his beautiful painting for his wife’s birthday gift. He labored night and day in his little paint shop in the basement getting the colors just perfect. It was a picture of her favorite flowers only found in certain parts of the world. He went to bed after his last stroke. “Magnificent!” He exclaimed as he sighed a sound of relief. As he closed his eyes and kissed his wife…
JESUS CHRIST THE TREE OF LIFE WITHIN US Long ago there stood two trees in the middle of a beautiful garden. Both were green, teaming with fruit but only one bore LIFE. One day a little boy came to sit under the ‘Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil’ to rest. It was a hot and humid day and he wanted to be quiet and sit for a while. As he sat under the tree, the tree told…
TWO TREES IN THE GARDEN OF OUR HEARTS Part 7 The Tree of Life (Jesus Christ) Over the past few weeks, we have looked intently at the ‘Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.’ We have discovered it to be the forbidden tree because whenever we eat from it, we behave as ‘little gods’ unto ourselves. The enemy of our souls couldn’t destroy us, so his way of controlling us is through the flesh. We came to…
CREATED TO BE LOVED Copyright © 2005 by Tresca S. Grannum You are not a vessel that I might use. You are so noble, my precious, precious jewel. You were created to be filled with my glorious delight. To be filled with my spirit, my love, my life. You are not a vessel just to serve me as a servant, You are my child, my son, my treasure, you bring me pleasure. I have created you to love…