Walk With Darrell

Consider your trials….count it all…what? James 1:2 “Count it all joy, when you meet trials of various kinds”. We can’t imagine that we can have troubles and be joyful at the same time. James says that we can. Let’s talk about joy. Joy is different from what we call happiness according to scripture Count it all joy isn’t saying, be happy about your trials. Happiness is a feeling that happens in your life. Happiness is a by-product when a lot of things turn out right. Joy ac

There is a lot of pressure to buy our way to happiness. We see it in our advertisements on TV. If I just had that car, that boat, that RV, or had that house on a lake with the private golf cart to drive around the community. Maybe even hang out at that cool beachfront resort then I know I would be happy. The world offers all kind of products to buy, which promises happiness. I will call it stuff. Solomon warns of the trap of buying stuff, it seems you never have enough. But i

Can you recall a time when God has prepared you for something that you were going to go through in the future? Our God is Omniscience, which is saying that God is all knowing including the past and the future. This happens in our lives probably more than we realize. When you do realize that this has happened to you it is another moment that gives you an opportunity to praise God. About 15 years ago I was involved in a ministry at the local Veterans Administration Nursing Hom