Kevin M.

It’s almost Christmas and everything seems picture perfect here in Northern Michigan. The snow coming down, the bare trees covered in snow, the Christmas music in the background seem to add to the beauty of the season.

Then I think of the reason that we as Christians celebrate Christmas. We don’t just celebrate his birth, but the real reason for his coming, to die for us. I’m so glad that he came in human flesh to save us, the perfect sacrifice to take away our sins. He didn’t stay in the grave though.

Now that is something to really celebrate about.

If that is something to celebrate, then it is something to tell others also. We need to (I included) share Jesus’ love this season and tell others the good news of his coming to save us. I want to share his love this Christmas with others and I need all the help I can get.

Have a Merry Christmas and remember that Christ came to die for you.

kmpierpont :: Dec.06.2006 :: Christian, Contemplations, Snow, Writing :: No Comments »

Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest by David McCasland

kmpierpont :: Sep.17.2006 :: Books, Christian, Reading, Uncategorized :: No Comments »

Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper

kmpierpont :: Apr.04.2006 :: Books, Christian, Reading :: 1 Comment »

In Corrie Ten Boom’s book The Hiding Place she shares her experiences of how She and her family helped hide Jews during World War II and later how she and her sister, Betsie where arrested and eventually taken to Ravensbruck, Germany where thousands of innocent men and women died including Corrie’s sister.

But the story behind the story is how God helped her and protected her as she was in a concentration camp, how her sister Betsie helped her to praise God, even for the fleas that infested their living quarters, and how to overcome hate with love-all with God’s help.
Who would of thought that this fifty-year old lady who lived with her elderly father and sister in a little house above their watchmaker’s shop would ever have a story to tell-a story that she would tell all over the world about God’s work in her life-a story that people more then fifty years later would read?

The Hiding Place was written over 35 years ago but ramians a powerful testimony of God’s love and provision in the midst of severe difficulty.

kmpierpont :: Mar.12.2006 :: Book Reviews, Books, Christian, Reviews, Writing :: 4 Comments »

Have you ever had that feeling of “invincibility”? You flex your muscles, Take in a big breath, Feel the blood coursing through your veins and you think to yourself “why I almost feel like could run through a brick wall and not even hurt myself”. You’ve probably had this feeling when you where young and strong. I had that feeling today and then a thought struck me “We humans are so frail and weak” and realized that I could die any moment and nothing that I could do would save myself. I could be in a car crash, trip on the sidewalk and bash my head in or catch a deadly virus and die. We always need to keep in mind that the only reason we are still breathing is that God is graceful enough to let us wicked, sinful beings live and that He could take our life away any moment and snuff it out like a candle.

We have a very short life to live and lots to do. Jesus in Mark 16:15 says “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” (ESV). We have much to do and we better do all we can with the life God has given us and realize that God can take it away in a moment. So if you ever get that feeling of “invincibility” remember that God can take your life at any moment.

kmpierpont :: Sep.21.2005 :: Christian, Writing :: 1 Comment »