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Scriptural Reference: Psalm 34:14 ‘Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.’ I’ve been traveling a gruesome and bloody road. Frequently falling down and rising up. Laying quiet while waiting for the pain to resolve. Walking with unsteady gait, eyes blurred, and head muddled. With tear streaked cheeks and aching heart I have stumbled into this moment when I think I might be near to something like acceptance. Something like forgiveness. Something like release and relief.  About this time of year, 26 years ago, some choices were made and injuries incurred that fractured lives invisibly and visibly. Recently, I heard a voice, heart, and mind speak to me. Their stated words sounded like a resolution. I think I understood their words to be a firm intent and forthright revelation. Perhaps, they were a declaration of will. Eventually, those words culminated in a quiet unspoken recess and exit with no backward glance. I sat gazing at their receding back and felt irrevocabil...

Scriptural Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (kjv) "Pray without ceasing." 1 John 5:14-15 (kjv) "And this is the confidence that we have in HIM, that, if we ask any thing according to HIS will, HE heareth us: and if we know that HE hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of HIM." Colossians 1:17 (kjv) "And HE is before all things, and by HIM all things subsist."   It takes prayer to quiet ones heart and mind in faith. It takes faith to quiet ones heart and mind in prayer.   I, like many believers in JESUS, am sometimes amazed at how simultaneously easy and difficult this life of faith can be. Not because of haranguing sorrow or by exultant fist shaking troubles that arrive suddenly. Nothing so roaring and rallying as that. I think it is rather, the ordinary tedious day after day of a life of faith that can tax the soul to plumb its depths until the bottom is arrived at solidly. Our prayers are sometimes the whispers ...

Scriptural Reference: 1 Chronicles 17:1-2, 4, 10-12; 22:9-10 (kjv) (1-2)"Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, 'Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains." (4)"Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:" (10-12) "... I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house." "And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me an house and I will stablish his throne for ever." 1 Chronicles 22:9-10 "Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quie...

Scriptural reference: Isaiah 53:5 (kjv) "But HE was wounded for our transgressions, HE was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon HIM, and with HIS stripes we are healed." 1 Peter 2:21-24 (kjv) (paraphrase) "...CHRIST suffered for us... who HIS own self bare our sins in HIS own body on the tree, that we being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."    It's likely that you have remnants of the roast you made for the celebration of JESUS resurrection in your refrigerator. The roasted bits are creatively tucked into pitas, taco shells, and slices of toasty bread until they are mere memory of something delicious and shared. It's also likely that you heard it alluded to in song or sermon, "Were you there when they crucified my LORD?" As that term was likely echoing in your ears, you may well have thought, "No. I wasn't there." We were all there. JESUS gave HIS life for all...

Scriptural Reference: Colossians 4:6 kjv "Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." There is victory in silence. I grew up in the 'hood. No excuses. No shame. Just the 'hood. The smell of fried chicken wafting through hot kitchen open windows. The staggering drunk singing, 'Wooopiee LaLa Lee!' Kids of all ages running up and down the street. Jump rope. Hop scotch. Patty cake and relay races. We would play up and down our block until the street lights came on. Then all the neighborhood kids would rush home for dinner like tiny birds to the nests in the trees.  The mama's would watch out for the neighborhood children. Those "neighborhood mama's" would even tattle to the parents when the 'neighbor child' was being disobedient away from home (where they thought no one would see.) (Don't ask me how I know...) I vividly recall the neighborhood bully standing defiantly o...

Scriptural Reference: Romans 8:28 (kjv) "And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love GOD, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose." It's like this: We pray. We pray in faith. We look expectantly for the prayer to be answered in the affirmative. Like Christmas time, we peek under the tree, trying to discover what's in the wrapped package with our name neatly printed on the label. We strain our ears to discern what we think we hear rustling just under the lid. We gently shake the boxed contents not quite hard enough to break them, but strongly enough to divulge the contents, if we can. Or perhaps we sit on our wooden pew, each Sunday, listening to the preacher redirecting our uncertain hearts from teeter-tottering in between hope and doubt while we continue to pray. While we bite our nails, clinch our fists and pray. Sometimes that gasp and sigh that becomes a sudden rush of tears is the prayer that at last meets us with an answer. ...

Scriptural Reference: 1 Peter 4:18 KJV  'And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"  Think about these things...  Before the LORD whispered to Noah to advise him of the coming flood people were living hundreds of years (averaging 700) and birthing countless children. When the cup of the LORD's patience was nearly full Noah began to preach of the coming flood and Noah began to build the ark. Noah spent 100 years building the ark while preaching of the coming flood. Of the countless millions who were on the earth, each with a life expectancy of 600-700 years, we can only speculate that there were perhaps trillions of people living at the time of the flood. The shattering truth is that of those untold millions 8 people were saved. Could some of the others have been saved? Noah preached repentance, but there is no record of their repentance. Scripture does not provide any other inclusion of any other people in the ark.  The pe...

This is a preview of my exciting and continuing journey with JESUS through my dating, non-dating, married, and divorced life. My Newest book!!!  "Free from the Weight of Waiting to be Married" by LaTendre' Moore    Excerpts from the book,  "Free from the Weight of Waiting to be Married" by LaTendre' Moore :  "Dedication:     To every woman and man who is unmarried (never married, divorced, or widowed) and you have reached for this book because waiting is weighty and painful. This book was written from my heart and experiences because I have laid down the painful expectation of waiting for marriage, not because I do not want to marry, but because...   Chapter 1      I do not know if I will marry. I accept that. Chapter 2      I do not know if I want to marry. I accept that. Chapter 3      JESUS has withheld the married blessing. I accept that. Chapter 4    ...

  Scriptural Reference:  Romans 6:23, 'For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of GOD is eternal life through JESUS CHRIST our LORD.'     In honor of the memory of Rob and Michele Reiner for  Princess Buttercup and Wesley,  Harry and Sally, and  all those who love vicariously through them because of  those romantic hearts  I grieve  the penalty of sin and  rejoice in the redeeming  gift of GOD  through JESUS CHRIST our LORD.   My family, like other families, continues to experience disharmony for various reasons such as differing faiths, unpopular life choices, opposing opinions, and random bits of likes and dislikes. However, in my continuing pursuit of peace, because of JESUS LORDSHIP in my life, I do not use my words, or hands to harm. May all our mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and kindred far and wide come to the saving knowledge of JESUS CHRIST. The terrible penalty of ...

Scriptural Reference: John 8:32 (KJV) "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Ephesians 4:25 (KJV) "But speaking the truth in love...."   Full sigh and deep breath.  Repeat. This is the way I am right now and since some special dear people who love me have spoken life transforming truth(s) to me.  There are occasions when we may find ourselves in conversations about our lives that has been witnessed by long-time friends, and close family relations. Our mutual proximity to one another is often a place where true bonds of emotional vulnerability and trust are created and strengthened with time. I am so grateful to JESUS for providing such an environment and persons who promote this type of atmosphere in my life. I know that this is not common. I am certain this is unique. I am not surprised that few groups, and fewer families, know this precious treasure. I celebrate JESUS grace in providing the confidante(s), companion(s), and true friend(s)...

Scriptural reference: Luke 19:10 (KJV) "For the SON of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." John 6:39 (KJV) "And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which HE hath given ME I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day."  Tonight, as I was preparing my dinner, I chose to use the pop-up dough biscuits. Per usual, I struggled to get the spoon at the proper angle so my biscuits had a chance to look more like the photo and less like blobs. I was so focused on the biscuits fitting into my baking dish that when the biscuits were all neatly nestled, I thought every biscuit was out of the tube. I set my timer and when I began to smell the baking I knew soon I would enjoy a delicious biscuit. Ding! When the biscuits were ready I carefully retrieved them from the oven and buttered them gently while salivating with glee. When I had removed all of the biscuits from my baking dish I began to count them. "One, t...

Scriptural reference: Galatians 6:9 (KJV) "Be not weary in well doing, for in due season you will reap if you faint not."       I had a tantrum and fainted like a proper southern belle!!! I swooned and promptly fell unaware, soundless, and without a visible witness to call for help. I landed on the proverbial rock-bottom ground with my unrealized hopes and dreams splayed around me like copper and red hued dried leaves. I lay unconscious and still. I lay there in undignified, uncovered and unseemly wretchedness in the middle of the floor of my weary life. At first glance the collection of musical information noted on a page of sheet music doesn't look like much of a triumph. These few measures do not readily announce the effort, straining, tears and passion poured into a project that is still a work in progress. The naked eye cannot see the enduring unspoken longing that this fragment of notation heralds. It is there. Look again, and perhaps you will see it. Thirty-five ye...

Scriptural references: Galatians 4:19a, “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,” Philippians 3:10, "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death." 2 Peter 1:4-8, “According as HIS divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of HIM that hath called us to glory and virtue; Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor ...

Scriptural Reference: John 4:24, "GOD is a Spirit, and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and truth." I need JESUS 24 hours of every day. I cannot wait for a 9-1-1 moment to suddenly turn to JESUS in prayer begging HIM to rescue me from an event, circumstance, situation or trial. I need JESUS to make it through my life's journey. Period. Peace:          is not the absence of sound. JESUS is peace. Tears:           are shed in sorrow and joy. Tears are the souls earnest prayer and praise.                         JESUS bottles the tears of those HE loves, and those who love HIM. Worship:     is the heart response to the integrity and worth of GOD. Humble, fervent, joyful, tearful, and deliberate worship is not an indication that there is no adversity, test, or trial. True worship is the defiant stance of the heart that is confident in the Hol...

There are some extraordinary examples in scripture of how GOD encountered frail, desperate, and hopeful humanity. Wells and altars are places in our life of faith where we discover GOD. At these wells and altars GOD reveals us to ourselves. We in turn, present ourselves back to GOD. At the wells we are refreshed. At the altars we sacrifice, surrender, and worship. Just like the sun is either about to rise, rising, or about to set, we are either at wells to be refreshed or we are at altars sacrificing, surrendering, and worshiping. This is true of the nature of following JESUS in the varied seasons and experiences of our life’s journey of faith. Since the earliest mention of GOD’s dealing with man in scripture (Genesis 4:4) we know of Abel, a man who honored GOD with an offering on an altar. After the days of Noah the scriptures focus on a man of Ur, a Chaldean named Abram. Scripture Reference:  Genesis 11:27; 12:1-6 - Abram's Journey Begins When Abram is called by GOD he is living ...

  JESUS is... Thought Close Breath Near I am praying  for you and your loved one, too. JESUS is your anchor,  your fortress, buckler, and shield. JESUS is thought close and breath near. You don't have to  find HIM. You belong to JESUS so JESUS is where you are. John 14:18 'I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you.'   Feel free to shine,   OneLight  (c) Copyright 2025 MDel Publishing  All rights reserved. No part of this post may be used without written permission.

Scriptural Reference: John 15:9 ‘As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.’ In this scripture JESUS speaks of HIS intimate, bonded, and deep familial relationship to GOD as HIS parent. JESUS is the expressed personage and fullness of GOD manifested in skin, blood, and bones. The Father, who is GOD, becomes the SON housed in a mortal body in time and simultaneously remains in eternity without diminishing one state of being for the other. The SON is the Father mediating, redeeming, restoring and bridging the gap between sinful man and the holiness of GOD. JESUS in HIS sacrificial offering at Calvary stood pressed between the chasms of eternity and time so that whosoever would come could come and be reconciled to SON-ship, heir-ship, joint heir-ship with CHRIST JESUS in GOD. This Father who anoints the SON JESUS with wisdom, dominion, honor and all power loves HIS only SON. The Father endows the SON with all authority to delegate the kingdom within me...

Hello dear friends and readers, To put it mildly, I've been through a season of devastation. I walked through the valley shadowed by the death of my dreams, the destruction of my expectations, and I collided with truths that left me weeping when awake, weeping while dreaming, and weeping while trying to understand my hearts utter breaking. I was in this graveyard until I had a vision I survived an apocalypse. I didn't know I would be alright until I saw myself walking away from the rubble in the vision GOD mercifully sent to let me know I would live and not die. My first glimpses of hope came when I could think about the disappointment and not hate the one(s) who utterly disappointed me. The more I could see myself plainly, and learn how I contributed to my own suffering, the more I knew healing. I lived for months with my head swimming not sure if I knew what to hope for or if I knew what to pray for. I only knew that at the feet of JESUS I felt safe. With JESUS I felt secure....