To all our church family and faith-based friends,

I am sure that you have heard the phrase Beware of the Ides of March but it may not be clear to some, what it really means are where it came from. It was the soothsayer’s warning to Julius Caesar in William Shakespeare's play of the same name: “Beware the Ides of March.” Not only did Shakespeare’s words stick, they branded the phrase—and the date, March 15th to the 17th with a dark and gloomy connotation. It’s likely that many people who use the phrase today don’t know its true origin. This phrase came me to mind, in light of everything that is happening in the world on our watch. Shakespeare had no idea how this phrase would evolve. Ides is not a word we use at all today but in the past ancients used it as a marker in relation to lunar phases. To borrow the phrase, we can say the day in which we are living has a dark and gloomy connotation about it.

Grace and Peace, today is my prayer for you and yours.

I felt like I should share with you this week our notes from our Wednesday Night Faith Clinic. You may have never tuned in but we do a mid-week teaching each Wednesday Night and these are the notes from March 9,2022.

Hope you are having a good week and recognizing that God is our Refuge.

Dearest Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I write this letter with a heavy heart for the world, with death tolls rising in the Ukraine and sabre rattling between other nations taking place, we can honestly say; “My soul finds rest in God Alone”. Realizing that there are strong believers in harm’s way, I cannot get John 3:16 off my mind. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him would not perish but have ever lasting life. God sent not His son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved.”

Choice Christian Greetings to all those that share life with us,

Dear Friends, how often do you think about the return of Christ?
I have personally heard more and more talk about the eminent return of the Lord, in the last two years, than I have heard in the last twenty years. Maybe it is time for us once again to revisit some of the verses in regards to this incredible subject. You know of course that you can find the gospel in the Old Testament and one example of this is found in Genesis 24. In Genesis 23 you will find that Abraham has just buried his wife. It is important to recognize Marriage and Burial are a major part of the Biblical narrative found in these chapters. I would encourage you to go read the story again and when you do you will find a special foot note in Genesis 24:67: “Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah [in marriage], and she became his wife, and he loved her; therefore, Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.”

Sending you Valentine’s Greetings and blessings to all our faithful friends in the Love Month of February.

The warmest of greetings to all those who have chosen to walk with us on the long road of obedience in the same direction.