Stone of help In I Samuel 7.12, it is recorded that after God provided a great victory over the Philistines, Samuel took a stone and set it upright and he named it Ebenezer, “the Lord has helped us to this point.” Ebenezer primarily means ‘stone of help’. Why would Samuel have been led to do […]
Train In every area of sports, each team or athlete has trainers. For some, it may be just general conditioning, while others for an area of competition. I have the joy of working out at the Aerobics Center. Around twenty percent of those present are utilizing a trainer. Some need them a way a lot […]
God’s plan In the beginning God…created everything necessary for his people to prosper. He walked with Adam and Eve and communed with them. It was a sinless environment and they had full access to the Creator God. This was the original design by the Lord and only through sin were they and now we, separated […]
Established roots remain The aftermath from this unparalleled frigid weather across Texas and elsewhere to plants, vegetation and trees has been pretty revealing as to just how bad it was. Time to own a landscaping company in Dallas for sure. I have never experienced anything like it. It has been interesting to see the impact […]
Job interview When I was interviewing for my first job right before getting married, I had an interesting interview. This was my fifth job application that day. A high school friend’s father owned a mortgage company in Nashville. And Joanne’s sister was working there. My interview started slowly with her boss, who turned me over […]
Keeping watch Having grown up in my early years in Tennessee on my granddad’s farm, I often heard the expression, ‘who’s tending the store, ‘who’s tending to the feeding of the livestock,’ who’s tending to this or that?’. What they were meaning is, ‘who’s taking care of whatever, or who’s watching over things’? One of the most significant […]
Words from God These were the very last recorded words from God for 400 years between the Old Testament and the birth and ministry of John the Baptist. He was Elijah in spirit. His message was repentance and turning back to God away from disobedience. That message still resounds today. Dads, we are not Elijah […]