Author Archives: randscallawayffm

Over the past few months, I have been dealing with a company that is not doing or providing any of the services they said they would upon purchasing their product.  Sound familiar?  Promises made at the sales table to get … Continue reading →

My parents had a saying.  “Just because you can doesn’t make it right.”  Growing up in a world where many want it their way and will do most anything to get their way, these words began to make sense.  Legal … Continue reading →

“What color is the sky in your world,” the math teacher would say to me.  As a young student I loved to daydream and wonder why things worked the way they did or why people acted the way they did … Continue reading →

Fill my cup, LordI lift it up, LordCome and quench this thirsting of my soulBread of Heaven, feed me ’til I want no moreFill my cup, fill it up and make me whole Matthew 5:1-12, The Message You’re Blessed 1-2 When … Continue reading →

Not long ago, I had a question asked from a ministry student who asked that I be her mentor.  Her question was more a frustration and she already knew the answer but she still needed to say it out loud.  … Continue reading →

Matthew 3, The Message Thunder in the Desert! 1-2 While Jesus was living in the Galilean hills, John, called “the Baptizer,” was preaching in the desert country of Judea. His message was simple and austere, like his desert surroundings: “Change your … Continue reading →

After living in this world for seventy plus years, I’m learning I cannot always trust what people say to me.  (I know, right?!)  You have probably discovered this, too.  It only takes a small amount of time on earth to … Continue reading →

There is a chorus of my youth I still recall when challenging situations overwhelm me.  Just singing a few lines lifts my thinking to a higher, more realistic perspective of the circumstance—God’s perspective.  So, let’s talk about Jesus! Let’s talk … Continue reading →

… God of AbrahamYou’re the God of covenantAnd of faithful promisesTime and time againYou have provenYou’ll do just what You said … Though the storms may come and the winds may blowI’ll remain steadfastAnd let my heart learn, when You speak a … Continue reading →

I think it is safe to say these rhetorical questions have angrily or bitterly come from our lips more than once in our lives:  What am I doing wrong, why won’t this work?   Why won’t life work for me? Why … Continue reading →