Debi Fronczek

We'd had a busy day and it was late by the time my husband and I fell into bed Saturday night. Sunday morning would come all too soon. It wasn't long after we had fallen asleep that our dog, Tilly, began to bark.  I heard her but was too tired to move and thought she'd probably settle down and go back to sleep in a few minutes.  However, she continued to bark...and bark...and bark.  Since my husband would sleep through a bomb going off, I finally crawled out of bed to see what was so important.  The door to our patio has a full length window which allowed Tilly to see whatever was making her bark her fool head off.  The hair on her back was standing straight up and her eyes were wild with fear.  I flipped the patio light on to see what had Tilly in such and uproar and discovered a big pig on my patio.  The pig looked annoyed with me for turning on the light.  I ran to the bedroom and woke my husband telling him I had seen a pig on our pa...

When reading Matthew 7 today, I got hung up on verses 21-23.  "Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven.  Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name?  And then I will say to them openly, I never knew you: depart from me, you who act wickedly." As I pondered these verses, I wondered who would be those that would be sent away into eternal darkness and suffering.  It appears from the verses that these people thought they were saved and went about doing what they thought was good in the name of Jesus. As I meditated on the Word, I realized that many think they are saved but are basing it on a religious act .... such as the sinners prayer...or baptism....or simply good works.  They never really surrendered their whole heart to Jesus and willed to do His will. ...