Hope From Your Mama!

Ghandi: “Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected” SO TRUE!  It needs to be REAL love, not this, "I know more than you, so I HAVE to tell you. Because THAT is Love",  type of love. Which probably isn't really love at all, is it?? In Rob Bell's "controversial promo video" for his book, "Love Wins", he shared that they had an art show at the church he Pastors. In it, they featured a piece of art that had a quote from Ghandi on it, and that somebody put a sticky note right on it saying,  "Reality Check, Ghandi is in HELL!"  I've always wondered what the quote might have been, and I BET this might be the one!! I found that Bell's book was not really so much about the doctrine of Hell. He gave some varying thoughts on the subject and I am perfectly happy to leave that whole discussion up to the "Big Boy Theologians."  I personally don&#

 1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails . But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away! For we know in part and we prophesy in part , but when COMPLETENESS COMES, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a (dim) reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part ; THEN I shall know fully, even as I am fully known...  And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.   BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE. The older I get, I tend to not look at things the same way as when I was younger. This is true in matters of my faith in God as well. Like the idea that God cannot (WILL NOT) be contained in a single denomination nor a "Set and Perfect Doctrine" or certain understanding of Scrip

I have always been a lover of good stories. Stories with lots of meaning, maybe a little romance  and a great happy ending that makes you weep! I tend to really like fantasy/fairytale type of stories.    My favorite books ever, are the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis.  They are children's' fairytales with these amazing, deep spiritual truths in them.  If you aren’t looking for the truths, you will probably miss them. I’ve also become acquainted with the Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien.  I say to my shame that I have not read the books… Yet.  But I did see the movies!! I’d like to share a scene from one of those movies with you.  The second movie in the Trilogy, The Two Towers.  I watched it at a very difficult time in my life of dealing with some of the most trying times of my son's disability and feel that watching this movie was very much my Father speaking to me. Yes, He speaks to me often through movies! For those of you who are not familiar with