Comfort in suffering!

A Good Saturday morning to you wherever you may be! 

I must keep this blog short. I have had three concussions and a minor seizure in the last three months! Then, last Thursday, my wife and I heard a loud pop coming from my right ankle. We went to the Urgent Care Friday afternoon. I had an MRI and an ultrasound. This morning I received a phone call with great news...there is nothing wrong with my ankle! I have a bone spur in the back of my right heal. Praise the Lord🙌!

The verse for this blog comes from Psalm 119: 50. "My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promises preserves my life." 

Here is a piece of knowledge from Psalm 119. King David wrote this psalm to teach his young son Solomon how to read the Hebrew alphabet. He also wanted to pass on to his son wisdom and understanding.

May you find comfort in your suffering today! If you are not suffering today, then praise HIM!

I am HIS,

David Walter Wiseman

IT IS HOT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!

I am still alive!

Hello,

I writing today to let you know that I am still alive! I have suffered two concussions recently! One in May and one just a few days ago. In fact, if my wife knew that I am writing to you today, she will not be happy with me at all😬!

I must keep this blog short because I have a pounding headache😦!

God is good even when we suffer!

I am HIS,

David Walter Wiseman

THIS IS HOW I FEEL TODAY!

Crown of Life

A good Tuesday afternoon wherever you may be,

I did it again! I hit my head on a wooden crossbeam in my trailer last Thursday. Gratefully, I have been able to get some things accomplished these last three days. God is allowing me to write to you today...Yeah!

Do you feel like the tests in life keep coming one after another? I do! Thank God for this verse in James chapter 1, verse 5. James exhorts, "Blessed is the one who persevere under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him."  Isn't this verse encouraging?

I send out one verse a week to about forty people. I place the verse on a picture and send via message. My brother Tim, who I have known for many years, responded, "Amen! We invite JESUS into our life and walk with Him and in the end we receive the crown of life. Doesn't get any better brother!!!" I totally agree!

Those of you who have been reading my blog know how much I have been through. Even after divorce, cancer and divorce, God has never left me! I desire to persevere through this life and gain that crown of life that the Lord has promised! My hope and prayer is that you desire it too! Do not give up! God is with you and He knows your pain, guilt, and loneliness.

Thank you for reading my blog! I am overwhelmed and blessed more than you know!

I am HIS,
David Walter Wiseman

THE LORD GOD IS WATCHING OVER YOU!

Jesus answered...

Hello,

My neighbor Ray passed yesterday after a five year battle with pancreatic cancer. Ray and I became close friends and brothers in Christ. We talked and prayed on many occasions. Ray came home from the hospital about a week ago and was put in hospice. I visited him three days in a row. I am so grateful that Ray is no longer suffering! Ray fought the good fight! He is now in the presence of God.

"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father expect through me '" John 14: 6.  You may be wondering why I chose this verse for today. Well, Ray went home to heaven yesterday. Do you know where you are going when it's your time to pass away? I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am going to heaven! Why, because Jesus is my Lord and Savior. He has been since I was twelve years old.

If you are not sure where you will go when you die, then I would urge you to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Jesus loves you and he died on the cross for you. He is gentle and kind. He accepts you as you are right now!

All you have to say is, "Jesus, I know my life is a mess. I need you. Please come into my life and help me." If you prayed this short prayer and believe in your heart that Jesus is real, then go and tell a christian friend or relative of your decision. If there is no one you trust, then go to a Bible teaching church this sunday and tell the pastor. Please, do not be quite about this important decision you have made!

In Revelation 3:20, Jesus exclaims, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me."  Jesus is standing at the door of your heart. Will you open your heart to him? Do you want to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that when you die you will be in heaven? What comfort there is when a Christ Follower goes home! Please, if you feel Jesus is knocking at the door of your heart, let him in!

I am HIS,
David Walter Wiseman

Psalm 86: 16 &17. Thus ends Psalm 86

Good Day to you,

Last week my wife and I went on a road trip vacation! It was our first vacation in six years! We went to a Fair & Rodeo in Nevada. Then, we drove to Utah and walked/hiked at Pioneer Park, Snow Canyon, and Zion National Park.

Our Creator blew my socks off! We ran out of adjectives to describe all the beauty our eyes were seeing! At one to stops in Zion, a wind gust almost knocked me on my butt! May I remind you that I am 6"2' and around 300 pounds! I was stunned😲! Overall, we had a wonderful trip. We are already planning our next trip...maybe back to Zion.

"Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant; save me, because I serve you just as my mother did. Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me." Psalm 86:16 & 17. Thus ends Psalm 86.

As we go through life's ups and downs, David some how captures how we are feeling. On our trip, I was constantly asking God for His strength and mercy! Verse after verse kept coming to my mind, however, Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"continued to arise in my heart and mind. 

Have you ever desired a sign from God? Have you ever wanted your enemies to face their consciences of their actions? I have asked God. Yet, He shows me His comfort and asks me to forgive. God is love! If you desire a sign from Him, then spend time with Him in prayer and in the Bible. By doing so, you will find all that He has for you!

I an His,
David Walter Wiseman

SO TRUE AND AMEN!

Psalm 86: 14 & 15 Excellent Characteristics of God!

A good day to you!

Tonight, Nancy & I are going, Lord willing, to David Crowder's

concert! I have only been to one concert. It was when I was living in Texas. I won the tickets on a radio show! I saw Josh Turner in Fort Worth, Texas. I hope Crowder's concert is just as great as Turner's!

In verse 14, David frets about his enemies, "Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God; ruthless people are trying to kill me--they have no regard for you." Have you ever been in a situation where you fretted like David? Cancer was my enemy! It was attacking me and trying to kill me! Only by the grace of God, I am alive! Sure, there have been people in my life that have harsh to me. God has told me to forgive them...so I have!

"But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.  Now, in verse 15, David is shouting the excellent characteristics of his God! We all should shout to God his excellent characteristics! There are mornings that I do not feel like praising God. Yet, as soon as I put a worship cd into the stereo and sing His praise, I am lifted out of myself and into His arms! There is no other place I would rather be than in HIS presence! 

Praise God that He knows us better than we know ourselves!

I hope and pray your Easter Sunday was blessed! HE IS RISEN!

I an HIS,
David Walter Wiseman

SHOUT TO GOD!

Psalm 86: 12-13. Praising the Lord!

Good Afternoon, 

Well, my knees are recovering from acupuncture. Now, my lower back decided to join in the pain. I am able to write to you today with a tight lower back.

David is praising his Lord in verses 12 & 13. He exclaims, "I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead." 

An observation I have become aware of in David's writings is his emotional journey with the Lord. Verse 12, David is praising the Lord with all his heart. He wants to glorify the Lord's name forever! I have had days where I felt exactly the same! Have you experienced days in your life when you praised the Lord all day long?

In verse 13, I get an expression that David is shouting to the Lord! "For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead." I know this feeling very well. Having cancer was extremely difficult. However, the cancer treatments was almost killed me three times. Twice in Abilene, Texas and once in La Jolla, California. Each time my heart rate dropped into the thirties. My normal heart rate is between fifty five to sixty two. All three times I was rushed into the Cardiac Unit. Praise God that I recovered quickly! I know David's declaration of being saved from "the realm of the dead." I hope and pray that you have not had a near death experience. If you have gone through it, then you know why David is shouting verse 13!

I appreciate all of you who read my blog! 

I am HIS,
David Walter Wiseman

Let's learn through David how to talk with God!