Debi Fronczek

We have just started a new year and a lot of us are making resolutions.  But human nature usually comes in a ruins our good intentions.  We become distracted or bored or tired and we soon fall back into our old routines and changes that we wanted to make get put aside once again.  This morning the Lord reminded me that His mercies are new every morning.  He is a God of second, third, forth, etc chances.  He not only gives us a new year to start over, we can start over each month, each week, each day, hour, minute…as a matter of fact, we can start RIGHT NOW.  With each breath we take we can make the choice to change what ever we want.  We can begin NOW.  So do not be discouraged if on this 3rd day of the new year, you have already fumbled the ball or missed the mark.  You can start again this afternoon or this evening or tomorrow morning. And if you get derailed again, you have the power of choice to start again.   Just NEVER, NEVER, NEVE...

I love to sit around waiting for .....?......., said NO ONE EVER. I am flying to Atlanta today on a standby ticket.  That is an appropriate name for the ticket because I am "standing by" watching everyone else get a seat on the plane.   I like to be in control and have plans executed according to MY plan so I was a bit surprised when I didn't feel upset or frustrated when my name wasn't called to board.  I simply looked for a monitor to get the gate for the next flight.  My favorite pastimes are watching people and writing so I have something to occupy my time while I wait. In my bible study recently, I have been learning to be patient and wait on God.  This is the first time I have had to exercise my new knowledge.  It is wonderful to simply rely on God and trust in His way and His time.  I don't know why I am not getting on any of the departing planes but I know there is a reason and my times are in His hands.  It is comforting for me to...

I am not a body.  I am a spirit confined to a body on this earth.  When my body dies, my spirit will be released and I will enter eternity.  This is what happens to everyone - regardless of our station in life, race, or religion.  Though there are many differences in the teachings in different religions, it seems that all of them teach that when you die you go to a good place or bad place.  For those who believe what the Bible teaches, and I do, there are only two options - heaven and hell.  In heaven we will be with Jesus, our Savior, where we will live in eternal peace.  In hell, we are tormented day and night in a lake of fire. It is a sobering thought either way. We are so obsessed with our bodies (keeping them healthy, young looking and attractive) that we miss the reason we are alive. Our bodies are given to us to provide a way to function while here on the earth,  and I do think we should do our best to take care of them.  But it i...

Many years ago, a friends husband had a discoloration appear on his back.  She told him to go to the doctor and have it checked out.  Like many men, he said it was no big deal and ignored it.  However, it continued to grow and worsen and my friend continued to try to convince him to go have it seen by their doctor.  Yet he resisted.  Finally, there came a day when he happened to see their doctor for another matter.  While he was there, he told the doctor about his wife nagging him about this "thing" on his back.  The doctor took one look and immediately knew it was a very serious melanoma and sent him to a specialist. Although treatment was administered, it was too late and my friend's husband died.  Perhaps the story would have ended differently if only he had agreed to seek medical attention at the first sign of trouble.  I believe that is what it happening in churches all over the world.  We notice something that is wrong but we do no...

It has been several months since I've had time to sit down and catch my breath. My car is being serviced today and since it is a gray, cold and rainy day outside, I thought it would be a good time to cozy up by the fire and write a little. The holidays came and went with the usual flurry of activities and social engagements.  During that time we were informed that my husband was being transferred to Ft. Worth, TX.  Wow...in a moments time, everything changed.  We had thought we might retire here in Georgia but God has a better idea.  I am sad to leave my friends but I am also looking forward to what God has in store for us in our new place.  We put our house on the market and had a buyer in one day.  That was definitely a "God thing"- especially in this depressed housing market.  So far the process has gone smoothly.  I have been house hunting non-stop via the internet for weeks and so far I have it narrowed down to about 73 houses.  (I smi...

"Thou shall have no other God before Me."  Most of us - who have any age on us at all - remember being taught this when we learned the Ten Commandments.  Unfortunately, nowadays, young people rarely even know any of the ten commandments.  Lately, I have been pondering the reality of this commandment.  I have been examining my life and finding that in spite of my desire to serve Christ, many "other" things have crept in and found a place of prominence. Many so called "Christians" are on the broad road living like the world while carrying the banner of Jesus.  We all want to think we will go to heaven when we die but we don't want to live the way Jesus instructs us to while we are here on earth.  The Bible is very clear that if we really love Jesus, we will do what he tells us to.  Yet, how many of us are openly living in sin daily with no shame.  We flaunt our sinful lifestyles and say that God understands our situation - as if in our case, sin i...

As I write, I am sitting on the front porch of a log cabin in the mountains in north Georgia.  It is six o'clock and in the distance I can hear the chiming of church bells.  Birds are singing, crickets are chirping, and I hear squirrels arguing amongst themselves in the tree tops.  Dogs are barking and occasionally I hear the crunching gravel under the wheels of a vehicle as their engines hum in the distance.  It is so peaceful here.  I am reminded of my childhood home in West Virginia. When I close my eyes I can travel back to a time when life was simple and my biggest concern was avoiding the crawfish pinchers when I went swimming in the creek. When I think about how my life has unfolded, I am amazed at God's redeeming love and daily mercies.  I have made so many bad choices and yet God in his mercy has forgiven me and restored me whenever I came to him admitting that I was completely undone and helpless without Him.  Even when I was not living for...