Seeds Most of us have at one time bought a packet of flower or vegetable seeds for planting. All of them are very tiny and produce relatively small products. Some people even spread wildflower seeds along roadways for beautification. I have always been amazed that some tiny dead dry seed can actually produce a living […]
A new thing Who doesn’t like to experience something new, different? Might be a job, home, auto, church, set of friends, whatever, New is most always associated with good. “It’s a new day” or a “new lease on life”. How about, “ring out the old, ring in the new”. One year ends and another begins. […]
From generation to generation A year or so ago, I started a session on FaceTime with our youngest grandson who was 14 at the time, now 15, who lives in Great Barrington, MA. We were studying the book of Genesis and the Ten Commandments. The material was developed by Practice Ministries. They have numerous study […]
Attributes of God What attribute do you think best describes God? Is it love, merciful, gracious, kind, generous, what? Scripture will tell us that God is love (I Jn. 4.8). It says in I Cor. 13 that we now abide in three things; faith, hope and love, with the greatest being love. In eternity, faith […]
Confusion So much confusion in today’s world. Things you and I who are at least 50 years old would never have even questioned, even thought about. But today, not so. We are seeing boys and girls actually confused, or so they say, about their gender. Recent articles have shown a growing minority of young people […]
‘All shook up’ Year-long pandemic, COVID deaths and sufferings, human trafficking and starvation, hurricanes, record winter storms in the South creating deaths and major power outages, earthquakes in Japan, Christian leaders falling from grace, political unrest here and in other nations, religious censorship gaining momentum. All this and more in a world that is affected […]
The elements Recently, in Dallas, we had a cold snap with temperatures below freezing. To some parts of the country this would seem like an Indian summer. Most of us who have plants that would possibly freeze covered them with something. It seems to work, protecting then from the direct freezing air or rain. While […]
Purposeful When you hear the word purposeful, what comes to mind? Not just ‘with purpose’, go deeper. Our astute dictionarians (my word) would tell us it is: ‘having or showing determination or resolve; intentional, full of determination, meaningful’. I love these: ‘bent on, bound, decisive, determined, do-or-die, firm, hell-bent on, intent, resolute, resolve, set, single-minded.’ I think […]
Idols Who or what is the source of your strength in life? It is so easy to try to control our lives through our own power—financially, emotionally, relationally, even spiritually. Idols are everywhere tempting you to trust in them. It may not be a graven image, but they are real and powerful. Name yours! Many […]
The pandemic What a year…is right. 2020 will go down in world history as one of the worst from many standpoints. Early on, a coronavirus emanating from China swept across the world and COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Millions have died, and it is still ravaging countries, families, economies. America was enjoying a robust economy […]