Bible Questions Answered at GotQuestions.org

   GotQuestions.org is one of those apps that I cannot do without on my phone. It has Bible-based answers (in article form with Bible verse references) to just about any question relating to Christianity that one can think of. The articles are well-written, thoughtful and insightful, yet presented in an easy to follow format. The posts are neither too long nor too short. I may intend on reading only a couple of question/answers, but often end up reading so many that I can easily lose track of time. Lately, I have especially preferred to get on GotQuestions.org before bed.

   I especially recommend this app to anyone who struggles to open and read their Bible because they just don't know where to begin. Because there are linked/clickable Bible verses dispersed throughout each article, it is very easy to find myself reading an entire Bible chapter in relation to the article, and I personally really need that. God's Word is the ONLY Word that has the power to effect positive change physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. GotQuestions.org is a fabulous resource for anyone who has Bible questions.

   As of this post, there are currently 460,197 questions answered. Additionally, each of the articles is available to listen to in audio, so you can listen while you work or rest. The GotQuestions.org website and app are frequently updated with new answered questions. This free app is available for Android, iTunes and WindowsStore. The site also offers many other wonderful features, so I encourage you to check it out. If you love it like I do, you can also help to spread the word with a free bumper sticker, here.

   Click here to read their Statement of Faith. They offer 10 different Bible versions to save as your default, although I personally prefer to stick with KJV or ESV. I'd love to hear if you have checked this app out, already have it on your device, or just want to know more!

"Alleluia" Sung by Jotta A; This Child Has an Amazing Voice and Heart

Prepare to get goosebumps. Wow!

"Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee; "Which Are You?"

Maybe you've seen this one before, it's one of my favorites:

Grandmother says... Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee; "Which are you?"

A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her granddaughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?"

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they got soft.She then asked her to take an egg and break it.

After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The granddaughter smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma. The granddaughter then asked. "What's the point,grandmother?"

Her grandmother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity--boiling water--but each reacted differently.

The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her granddaughter.

"When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff?

Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.

When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate to another level?

---AUTHOR UNKNOWN —

When facing adversity, remember this:
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 ESV
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

Meditating on Him

Did you know that God holds all of your tears in a bottle?

It amazes me that the Holy Creator of the universe

loves and cares for each of us so much, that

He holds

every

single

tear

we cry

in a bottle...

See Psalm 56:8 (ESV)

You have kept count of my tossings;

put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in your book?

It's such a comfort to know that the LORD GOD, Holy and Almighty, has this kind of love for us...