Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters, WE are at war.

One of my favorite sayings is "Sin will take you farther than you ever wanted to go." It will lead you on a path of self destruction that will forever change you. And in a parents love we want to prevent you from finding yourself in the hog pen, feasting with the pigs, when we have sweet, clean, green grass right here for you.

What can happen if Ergonomics are not applied *according to the expert scientists* that have poured their life's work into the study of said science? Any number of horrific consequences!!

I have heard so many times the saying "If God brings you to it, He'll bring you through it." And that is so true. BUT, may I say, God doesn't bring you to every problem?

Even though He is the King of Kings, He loved me. Even though I didn't deserve it, He took me in His arms and He will never let me go, although I am free to walk away.

I can't cower down in the face of the adversary. I must face him like the bully he is. I must not be afraid to strike.

I was in class in Sulphur, Louisiana learning about the wonderful state that I was living in when the teacher began to tell those innocent, wide eyed kids about the peanut trees. PEANUT TREES!! I fell out of my desk! And when I climbed back in, my hand shot up.

I sink to my knees in my very own valley of weeping and allow Him to quench me, allow Him to remind me of other times I have wept, and bring me back to a place of praise where He strengthens me once again.

Heart murmurs are not a disease, but rather an indication of a problem within the heart itself. And although the sound the murmur makes can help to pinpoint where the problem lies, the murmur is not the cause of the problem, but merely the effect of the problem.

Because He first loved you, because He will never leave you, nor forsake you, because now, more than ever, He is worthy, return to your first love.