Only thru the Blood Of Jesus

Milk and Meat By: Maxine A baby’s distressed wail fills the night…“I’m hungry” is what is meant For newborns WANT & NEED milk to keep them happy & content Milk!! Nature’s perfect food, promoting growth & development…good health will represent But then as time goes on, solid foods are introduced, much to their delight Cereals & mashed vegetables to help a baby sleep through the night Then finally MEAT as their digestive system develops, acquiring strength & might Now, the bible states that as Christians, we move from “milk” to “meat” as we mature & grow Remember!!, how verses like John 3:16, in our “infancy”, made our faces glow That 1st realization that GOD LOVES US…the greatest love we’ll ever know Beautiful psalms soothed our spirit, chased away fear, brought His presence near As a parent quiets their child, we could feel His everlasting arms appear Promises of one day knowing He

Is There a Purpose to Pain? By: Maxine M. From one to ten, ten being the greatest, please rate your pain!! Doctors & nurses often ask this question so valuable insight they’ll gain Pain is when nerve endings trigger a message to our brain We immediately react to something HOT…instantly moving away For at the pain of burning, RETREAT is what our mind will convey But even a minor, vague ache can cause a day to seem bleak & gray Cuts, bruises, broken bones, surgery, disease…all cause pain from mild to severe No one has ever been EXEMPT since Eve’s 1st labor pains would appear Pain clouds the future, as the UNKNOWN may bring apprehension & fear Imagine, the progressive pain of leprosy, treated as an out-cast everywhere you went But Jesus showed great compassion for those of His day in physical torment He healed many, relieved their pain, forgave the sins of those that would repent

If a Man Dies, Will He Live Again? By: Maxine M. Job pondered this question at a time when he prayed for death’s release Oh!! That my soul would just fly away and be at peace That all this pain & suffering…soul searching would finally release But then he wondered, “What then?” “What would be my fate?” Will I live again, just in a different form? …perhaps he’d heard ancient philosophers debate The wisdom gained from meditation was that man WOULD live forever in an altered state Because man was created in the VERY image of God…the ultimate Supreme ETERNAL Being For He gave man the “Breath of Live”…a continual perpetual existence decreeing Thus, man has a SOUL, an immortal part of our being, that’s EVERLASTING we are conceding So Job concluded he’d see God in a conscious state…even when his body underwent decay Now, all of humanity was given this GIFT so ALL will have an awareness of their Creator one

Looking for TRUTH? By: Maxine M. What is truth?! Where can we find it in our world today? Truth is the COMPLETE accuracy of a fact…the reality a circumstance may convey The unerring CERTAINTY that a statement is free of falsehood in every way Children expect all adults to speak truth but sadly that ISN’T true Often, their own bias, prejudice & misunderstanding is what their words construe Or, they outright DECEIVE to gain advantage or hide guilt from view But the search for truth is an aspiration to which all man-kind is inclined Because conflict and confusion can reign if there’s uncertainty in our mind Confidence & trust in a deceptive person, misleading report, or one’s false motives can leave us completely blind Perhaps we even hide truth from OURSELVES…push it down deep inside Ignoring or denying our falses & failures…a counterfeit façade is tried But truth has a way of coming to the surface causing an emotional divide Now, there is one source of TOTAL TRUTH…on which,