Marion Gaskins

The coastline of North Carolina is known as "The Graveyard of the Atlantic" due to numerous shipwrecks. There are over 5,000!      In the sea of life, wouldn't it be great if we all experienced clear sailing?  But, there are storms that come our way, and there are times we will most certainly encounter a shipwreck!  In St. Pauls instructions for  living he references "shipwrecked faith " (1 Timothy 1:18-20) " I am giving you these instructions, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight,    having faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have suffered shipwreck in the faith;   among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have turned over to Satan, so that they may learn not to blaspheme." *******A storm is coming..... maybe not tomorrow, next week, a month,  maybe not for a year. ...

"Intentionally" interact with people of all ages! You miss out on so much love and likeness of Christ  when you only mingle and associate with those people  who "are like" you or I.  How sad to segregate by age, religion,  life status and season in life!   There is abundant blessings  in inviting and being invited  into each other's lives.  Today, "Welcome" to "your" table. "Welcome" to "your" home  and most definitely, "Welcome" with your heart.

Our sword - "It is written".   Just like Jesus, we need to say "It is written".                                                      It should be our guide, our rule.                                                                           No compromise! Jesus,  Himself used Scripture to resist temptation.   In Luke 4: 1-13 we read..........  " And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness   for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.   The devil said to him, “I...