Tagged: Forgiveness

  • Those Who Are Merciful
    Friday, August 3rd, 2018     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7 Blessed (loved and favored by God) are the merciful (not those who only express acts of mercy but those who do so as an expression of  God's character) for they will obtain mercy (receive God's graciousness when He frees them from deserved punishment). I was a little hung up on the word obtain in this scripture. To obtain something generally means you have to… Read More

  • Those Who Hunger and Thirst
    Friday, July 27th, 2018     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    Photo by Taylor Ann Wright on Unsplash.com Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness  for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6 Blessed (loved and favored by God) are those who hunger (used figuratively: to crave desperately or to long for) and thirst (used figuratively: to eagerly seek refreshment for the soul) for righteousness (a heart right with God) for they shall be filled (satisfied by spiritual blessings.) Have you seen the pictures of the children in third-world countries who are emaciated? It breaks my heart! Their parents can't go… Read More

  • 1 + 1 = Eternal Salvation
    Friday, November 13th, 2015     Sherry Carter     12 Comments

    Note: Usually, my posts reflect my passion: to bring God's Word off of the page and into our daily lives. To discover how to live it, to be encouraged by it, and how to make it real and alive. But, every once in a while, I want to share something deeper. A new understanding. This is just such a post:     To explore the depth of God's Mercy and Grace. But because of his… Read More

  • Love Him, Love Him Not
    Friday, July 10th, 2015     Sherry Carter     14 Comments

    When we moved to west Texas a few years ago, it was a big hassle and expensive. I was amazed that, through it all, God protected our little emergency fund. I praised Him as Provider and Sustainer and all kinds of other wonderful words. Then the air conditioner went out. Boy, did my tune ever change! I was afraid – after all, my little fund was empty. What if something happened? I got mad. How… Read More

  • Do You Know Him?
    Tuesday, August 5th, 2014     Sherry Carter     2 Comments

       "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. Isaiah 1:18   When my husband and I took the train from Washington D.C. to Pittsburgh in February,  the fields of freshly fallen snow reminded me of this verse in Isaiah.    God promises us that Jesus’s death, His burial, and His return… Read More