Author: Judy Glasser

Life is a journey. Sometimes I'm coasting downhill and, other times, its a tough road uphill. My journey has been straight uphill since May 19, 2016 when my son, David Glasser, who was a Phoenix Police Officer was killed in the line of duty. When my life and dreams blew apart, I only had one option - to hold on tightly to my Rock, my Father God. I have a new understanding of just how short life is and how important it is to take loving each other seriously. God is love and all love comes from him. I have seen love do supernatural things since my son was killed. I have published a book, "Then I Looked Up: Losing a Child, Finding His Legacy of Love." about my tough and painful journey since my son was killed. You can order it from Amazon or you can get an autographed copy by contacting me on messenger. I am sharing some of my experiences as a survivor of a line of duty death in MYFAMILYBLEEDSBLUE.COM. Please feel free to share these blogs with anyone you know who might find them helpful. My other blog - JOURNEYTOWARDSTHETRUTH.COM - has been a work of love for many years as I read through the Chronological Daily Bible each year and share what I hear from God when he stops me. I am inviting you to come along on one or both of my journeys. Please share as often as you'd like. Thanks so much for reading!

May You be Filled with Joy!

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Paul prayed an awesome prayer for the Colossians and I pray these same things for all of us today…..

I ask God to give us complete knowledge of his will and to give us spiritual wisdom and understanding.

May the way we live always honor and please the Lord.

It is our desire that our lives produce every kind of good fruit.

All the while, may we grow as we learn to know God better and better.

I also pray that we will be strengthened with his glorious power so we will have all the endurance and patience we need.

May we be filled with joy!

May we be always thanking the Father for enabling us to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people who live in the light.

Thank you, Father, for rescueing us from the kingdom of darkness and transferring us into the kingdom of your dear son who purchased our freedom and forgave our sin.

Amen.  Hallelujah!

Up On My Wall

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Isaiah tells us the God has posted watchmen on our walls who will pray continually day and night without taking any rest.

I know who one of my matchmen was – it was my mother.

God had her posted on my wall and she prayed for me night and day, year after year.

She didn’t have to tell me she prayed – I knew.

I always believed that being posted on my wall meant that she was closer to God.  She had a more direct line because she had a very personal relationship with him.  She was up there, nearer to the heavens, asking for his blessings on my life at times when I felt very far away from him.  He never left me – it was me who wandered away.  But my mother kept me close to him in her prayers.  Looking back, I can see her prayer-print all over my life.

And I know her prayers are still be answered today.  They are living beyond her physical life here.

Her legacy continues.

Thank you, dear Father, for a faithful mother who prayed and will forever be a watchman upon my wall.

People of Light

On By Judy GlasserIn October, SeptemberLeave a comment

Paul tells us in Ephesians that we were once full of darkness but now we have the light of the Lord.

And he gives us the challenge of living as People of Light!

So how do People of Light act:

on the freeway?

at the grocery store?

at our kid’s baseball game?

at a restaurant?

when our plane is delayed?

when someone is slowly crossing the street or parking lot in front of us?

when the Walmart clerk is slow?

Wow, if appears that my light needs to shine a little brighter.  How about yours?

Growing Roots

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Awesome section of scripture in Ephesians 3!  Let’s pray this together…

Dear Father, we desire that Christ would make his home in our hearts as we learn to trust him more.

Please help our roots grown deep, down into your love so that we will be strong.

We want to know, dear God, how wide, how high, how long and how deep your love is.  

We would like to experience the love of Christ and be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that only comes from you.

We give you all the glory, God.  We know that you are able, through your mighty power, to work within us and accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

Yours is the glory, dear Father, in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever!  Amen.

Do I deserve this?

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We reap what we sow.  Sometimes its very good because we have sown the things that please our Father God and he lavishes a harvest of blessing on us.  Other times we have sown things that displease our Father God and we harvest the problems and consequences of those choices.

Paul is telling the Galatians and us today that we cannot mock the justice of God.  We get the harvest we deserve.

It’s our choice.  That’s always a hard one for me – I actually chose this.  I brought these consequences upon myself.

What is my problem!!!!!!?

Sin.  It always comes back to our mutual problem of sin.  We follow our own desires, we selfishly focus on ourselves first and sometimes we just give into the pressure from the culture around us.  Call it what you want, it’s all sin.

Rationalizing it away doesn’t work, acting like everything is ok doesn’t work, trying to be good and follow all the rules doesn’t work.

Nothing works except admitting we’re a sinner, then asking Jesus to save us and finally turning over our lives to his leadership.  The first part can happen in a few minutes.  The last step is a life-long process.

Dear Father, we praise you for the opportunity you have given us for salvation through your son.  Please help us each day to grow closer to you and to become more like Jesus.

A Revolutionary

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Jesus was a revolutionary.  He wasn’t conservative, he wasn’t quiet, he didn’t fit into the crowd, he didn’t follow the rules, he wasn’t intimidated by the religious leaders, and he preached a truth that was totally opposite of the culture that he was living in.

Jesus changed the world!

Paul tells us in Galatians 3 that we are the children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.  We have become new people who have put on new clothes.  There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female.  We are all one in Christ.

WHAT!!! 

Paul is saying this at a time that Jews looked down their noses at the Gentiles, they owned slaves who ‘slaved’ for them and the men also ‘owned’ the women – treating them like a piece of property.  Their culture was FAR from equal.

But it was true and IS true from God’s perspective.  We are all equally loved and cared for by God.  There are no boundaries and limits to God’s love and provision for us.  Jesus changed it all for all time.  He started a revolution that people are still trying to catch up with today.

Our Christian culture contiues to struggle with acknowledging that ALL people are equal in Christ.  Who do we look down our noses at?

Dear Father, we thank you for sending a revolutionary called Jesus to our world.  Please help us be part of his movement of love and truth.

Joy to the World!

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As we’re reading through Isaiah, it amazes me once again how clearly and how many prophecies Isaiah gave us about Jesus.  And we haven’t even gotten to the awesome ones in Isaiah 53.

I was so inspired that I went Christmas shopping!  Those of you who know me well know that Christmas shopping in September is not unusual for me.  Christmas comes so fast that I like to prepare as much as I can ahead of time.  Reading the prophecies made me ready to celebrate Jesus’ birth.

We can do that everyday, can’t we?  Joy to the World, the Lord has come!

He has come to bring us peace!

He has come to bring us hope!

He has come to bring us love!

Glory to God in the Highest!  Peace on Earth!  Goodwill toward men!

In Disguise

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Satan disguises himself as the angel of light.

Paul is talking with the Corinthians about false apostles who are trying to draw them away from the truth.  He says he’s not surprised that these deceitful workers are trying to disguise themselves as apostles of Christ because Satan himself tries to make himself look like an angel of light.

Satan uses disguises to make himself look like something that is good.

Does he ever catch us unaware?

Do we sometimes do or say things that cause a -twang- in our conscience but we come up with a good rationalization in our mind so we do it or say it anyway?  …….and Satan smiles.

Do we sometimes tell ourselves that the end justifies the means?  The end result is good – so what if we have to lie or cut some corners to get there?…….and Satan smiles again.

How do we know when we’re being lied to?

When we know the Truth, we also know what is a lie.

Thank you, dear Father, for helping us know the Truth as we read the Bible.

A Gracious Act

On By Judy GlasserIn September2 Comments

Paul talks to us in 2 Corinthians about the ‘gracious act of giving’.

When I read the word ‘giving’ in the Bible, I most often think about money and that’s the context Paul is using in this part of his letter to the Corinthians.

We know that it’s important to our relationship with God that we can generously give our money back to him. Today I am reminded of some other gracious acts that can support God’s message of love to the people around us:

*giving smiles to people we don’t know when we’re doing errands.  Will anyone be surprised when you do this?

*cleaning out our drawers, closets and garages so we can give away things we’re not using to people who can really use them.

*freely giving words of encouragement throughout our day.  This will surprise some people, too.

*giving people the opportunity to go ahead of us in line at the store or  go ahead of us as we drive down the road.

Any other ideas?

Never Enough? Or Busy Enjoying Life?

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Wise King Solomon tells us in Ecclesiastes that  ‘those who love money will never have enough.  How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness.”

Money sure LOOKS like it would bring us happiness, right?  We know we see rich people who aren’t happy but we wouldn’t be like that.  If we just had a little chunk more we would be happy.

But that’s what we said before we got that last raise or the last new job with a higher salary.  We just needed a little more.  We had more month than paycheck.

So – what happened?  We got a little more, so are we content now?

For most of us, the raise is quickly absorbed and easily forgotten while the quest for more money continues.

And King Solomon calls this meaningless.  That’s a good word for it.

Solomon goes on to tell us to enjoy our work and accept our lot in life – this is a gift from God.  “God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past.”

Busy enjoying life – like it!

Thank you, dear Father, for Solomon’s wise words for us today.