Archive Story - With Nancy Jackson Episodes

Originally written June 24, 2011 posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/06/24/elevator-buttons/ Elevator Buttons It is hard to resist. You know, pushing an elevator button more than once. We push the button, and nothing happens. So we look at it long and hard. It is lit, but nothing is happening that we can see, anyway. So, we push the button again. It must not have ‘heard’ us the first time. Sometimes we get really frustrated and push it over and over very hard. That should make...

Originally written June 22, 2011 Posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/06/22/patience/ Do you think we will ever have all the patience we will need? As for me… I doubt it!!! Oh my!! Just about the time I see myself exhibiting extreme patience, well then you know how that goes… But let’s consider a few whose patience was more than I can ever hope to achieve. In John 1:10, 31 and 33, John the Apostle declared that when Jesus came into the world, the world, even John himself, did n...

Originally written June 15, 2011 Posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/?s=hard+work Hard Work… We wear that phrase like a badge of honor. “I worked really hard today.” “I logged 50 hours this week at work.” “Man, I’m exhausted. I’ve worked so hard.” And I know you can come up with many more. After all, we have said something like that so many times and been very proud of that very fact. But what I’ve been learning over the past year is that the only labor commanded of us under the...

Originally written July 15, 2011 Posted here: https://forthesakeofthetruth.com/2011/07/15/my-life-as-a-pot/ I’ve been writing a lot lately about God’s love for us and how we should reject condemnation because it is never from God. It is always from the enemy or our own insecurities. This type of writing is encouraging and uplifting, and it causes us to move closer to the Lord. Some of my posts have talked about being yoked with Him and letting Him lead and guide you through life, which removes...

We often say that people don’t change. We warn those in relationships of that very thing. If you are in a relationship and think that you can change the other person with your love and care and nurture, you are wrong. You never change that person. The same is true of friendships. If you are staying in a relationship that causes you grief, but you stay because you think that something you will do will change them, you are wrong. You might as well raise the white flag and abandon ship right now. ...

I remember many years ago when I was studying computer science, first in Vo-Tech in the 70s, then in college in the 80s, there was a term that was frequently used. It sounded funny, and we tossed it around flippantly, but nevertheless, one that is true and was birthed out of truth. The irony of that term is that it is pretty much universal, not just for computers. That term is GIGO, or Garbage In, Garbage Out. Through the years, I realize this is critically true of us as humans. From the moment...

LOVE! What a word! We hear that word from the moment we are born. Mommy whispers in our ear, ‘Mommy loves you”. As we grow we hear, and therefore learn, that big brother just ‘loves’ the neighbors new car. Big sister, ‘loves’ her new boyfriend she just had one date with. Mom ‘loves’ the new wallpaper in the bedroom. Dad ‘loves’ his new job. Our first impression of love is one of tender affection. And honestly it IS our whole world. But as we grow, that word becomes watered down. That once p...

How many moments in our lives could truly be labeled… “Attention. Attention. This is a test of the emergency GODCAST system!”? As children of God, we are continually being tested as to our quality. I Peter 4:12 in the Amplified reads, “Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you.” (Emphasis mine). Sometimes it takes years before we even real...

Archive Story Episode 18 Originally written January 25, 2024 Do Something Different If you’ve ever been on an old country dirt road, you know that through time the ruts just get deeper and deeper and more pronounced. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. I can still see the rutted red dirt roads where I grew up. The road was much lower than the sides where tall, wild grass grew. Often there was also a strip down the very cente...

Archive Story Episode 17 Originally written March 23, 2023 Check Engine Light - is yours on? For many of you, it may seem that my last blog post Religion - A Dead Man Walking distilled Christianity down too far. I did that in order to make a point. You should know by now that I love to push the antithesis to shock you into thinking. BUT, I believe every word I posted. I believe we were meant to be a unified body with one goal: to be the body with Christ as the head, and to spre...

Archive Story Episode 16 Originally written March 1, 2023 Religion - A Dead Man Walking Sometimes I say things that shock people. Saying that religion is still, after thousands of years, standing in the way of God fully doing what he wants to do on this earth may be shocking to many people. But I am completely honest in making that statement, and it is our fault. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. We Alone Are To Blame Re...

The World and The Earth - Not the Same It is common to hear the words earth, and world interchanged. But I believe a closer look at the meaning and proper contextual use is warranted. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the wate...

Deception Can Keep You Stuck Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Deception, by its very nature, operates undetected until it has done so much damage that it is difficult to break free from. By the time deception is uncovered, it has changed a life to become so dependent on the lie that the spirit of pride will hold the person solidly bound to the deception. It creeps in like a tiny water leak in a home. A small bit of water con...

Honest Motivation Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Why Are You Writing Those Blogs? A friend asked me earlier this week why I was writing the blogs I've been writing. It seemed like an odd question to me. Wasn't the 'why' obvious to this friend of mine? We proceeded to have a discussion regarding my 'why'. I was able to articulate exactly my 'why' for each of the three blogs that I write weekly. But, her asking gave me a re...

What Soil Are You Planted In? Some of you may know that I love to garden. I also love house plants. Over the past few years I have been trying to systematically replace all my old fake plants with real live plants. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. I knew in order to do it well, on a budget, and in a way to be able to keep up with them, I had to do it one or two at a time. Gardening is My Hobby I often post about my plants ...

The Most Toxic Contagion During the past two years living in this pandemic we have heard certain words frequently. One is carrier and another is contagion. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. We Are All Carriers of Something The other day I was thinking about certain people in my life and how being around them just made me feel better in general. Then I realized that there were yet others through the years that, despite my bes...

Foolish and Ignorant Speculations Last week I wrote about the importance of history and of love. Two seemingly very disconnected subjects. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. It is human nature to feel that what we are experiencing is worse than anyone else has ever experienced. My Bad is Worse Than Yours I remember when I was growing up and I would be with my mother and a group of her friends and how they would try to 'best'...

Love Does Miracles As I am writing this it is the eve of Christmas Eve 2021. The house is very quiet around me. I live alone and work at home. I joke that I am an introvert. Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. I do enjoy being home alone and working from home. But, sometimes I miss people. Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Today, seems strange to me. Because of sick family members, I am not sure what our Christmas is going to look lik...

Looking For Loopholes | Could Grace Be A License to Sin Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. I've recently had many people cross my path who were in dire need of a listening ear and a voice of counsel. I do my best even though I am not a licensed counselor. I have however, spent decades in the Word and gone through my own share of experiences where I've learned the hard way. So, I do my best to be a good friend/counselor to them....

Rise Above | Can You? Are You Willing To? Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Politics When a political climate changes usually our mental and emotional state does as well. We can lose hope or gain hope in just the proclamation of a new elected official. We are convinced that if the right person gets into office our lives will change for the better, and so it might. We are equally convinced that if the wrong person gets into o...

Do People Ever Really Change? Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. We often say that people don't change. We warn those in relationships of that very thing. If you are in a relationship and think that you can change the other person with your love and care and nurture, you are wrong. You will never change another person. The same is true with friendships. If you are staying in friendship that is toxic and causes you grief, but y...

Mary vs. Martha - A View From The Mary Perspective Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. We all know the story of Martha and Mary where Martha was busy and Mary was seemingly doing nothing, sitting at the feet of Jesus. Luke 10:38-42 38 Now while they were on their way, it occurred that Jesus entered a certain village, and a woman named Martha received and welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister named Mary, who sea...

Are We Fighting With Paper Armor? | Archive Story - Episode 4 Originally written November 15, 2021 Are We Fighting With Paper Armor? Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. Sometimes even after walking with the Lord for as long as I have the Lord will still stop me in my tracks at times when I am thinking in a certain way and say, "Really?" That is when I lean my ear into the Holy Spirit, because I know He is about to correct me. ...

A Lesson from Downton Abbey the Movie | Archive Story - Episode 3 Originally written November 8, 2021 Listen to my professionally narrated audio books and other podcasts here: AUDIO BOOKS & ALL PODCASTS. I've been a Downton Abbey fan for a long time. I've been to see the new movie twice now (as of November 8, 2021). It was fun entertainment, but something I didn't expect happened while I was watching it. I got a spiritual lesson straight from above. Without providing too much of a spoiler a...